TeamConnor awards $225,000 to fight pediatric cancers

TeamConnor awards $225,000 to fight pediatric cancers

TeamConnor Childhood Cancer Foundation awarded $100,000 to Dr. Laurence Cooper, M.D., Ph.D., of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, for his research aimed at implementing T-cell immunotherapy for metastatic osteosarcoma and to help fund vital equipment which will be able to electroporate a large number of T-cells in one setting. “Dr. Cooper’s research is very […]

US Women’s Nat’l Soccer Team to hold public training for fans

From the U.S. Soccer Communications Center: All U.S. Soccer fans are invited to attend the U.S. Women’s National Team public training session from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco. The East Gate of the stadium will open at 10:30 a.m., and admission is free. Fans wishing to […]

Frisco transforms into outdoor gallery for Arts in the Square

Frisco transforms into outdoor gallery for Arts in the Square

Frisco Square will transform into an outdoor fine art gallery the last weekend in March, with free admission and parking. The annual, juried Fine Arts Festival, which runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1, features the best national and regional artists selling their original creations. The third annual event is […]

Legacy Plumbing earns Small Business of Year Award

Legacy Plumbing earns Small Business of Year Award

Frisco plumber named Frisco Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Feb. 1, 2012 – Frisco-based Legacy Plumbing Inc. received the coveted award for Small Business of the Year during the Frisco Chamber of Commerce’s 28th Annual Awards Celebration on Jan. 27 at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center in Frisco. With hundreds […]

Jurors selected for Arts in the Square

Frisco Square Development and Frisco Arts announce the selection of the 2012 Arts in the Square jurors. The pool of talented jurors will select the very best in all categories during the 3nd annual Arts in the Square festival from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1. The jurors are […]

Record attendance reported for Frisco’s Christmas in the Square

(Frisco) Frisco Square Development, NBC5, and the City of Frisco announced today that the number of visitors during Christmas in the Square and holiday events this season surpassed all other previous years. During the holiday lights display held November 25, 2011 through January 8, 2012, 665,330 people came to Frisco Square. This is an amazing 30% […]

Global Slavery Remembrance Day to host informative dinner

In recognition of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, there will be an informative, free catered dinner by Chef DC and Venita Benitez, founder of the Global Slavery Remembrance Day, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 in the Black Box Theater at Frisco Discovery Center, 8004 N. Dallas Parkway. This event will serve as […]

Senator Jane Nelson to address redistricting, election

Senator Jane Nelson to address redistricting, election

(Frisco) Texas State Senator Jane Nelson will address the Frisco Area Republican Women from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 10, 2012 during the group’s 2012 kick-off luncheon at Isabella’s Italian Restaurant in Frisco. The event is open to the public. Senator Nelson’s keynote speech will provide an update on redistricting and other significant issues […]

Light display extended for NCAA championship game

Frisco’s Christmas in the Square’s holiday lights display, located at Main Street and Coleman Boulevard, will continue through Sunday, Jan. 8 to welcome the NCAA Division I Football Championship Game that will be played at 1 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, Jan. 7 and broadcast via ESPN2. The game will be played at the 23,500-seat Pizza Hut Park […]

New Year’s Eve Skating Spectacular is free in Frisco

New Year’s Eve Skating Spectacular is free in Frisco

(Frisco) Come out to Frisco Square Saturday, Dec. 31 to enjoy a New Year’s Eve Skating Spectacular at 6 p.m., followed by a public skate until 10 p.m. The free show will include skaters from the local area with regional, sectional, and junior national championship experience, as well as a few who are national and international champs and medalists. The […]