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With increases to employee benefits approved last month and a 1 percent midpoint salary increase likely to follow, the Allen ISD Board of Trustees is still deciding whether or not to offer employees a one-time payment for the 2012-2013 school year.

Allen resident Rachel Hedstrom sure does seem to have a full plate these days. The full-time public relations professional and writer balances work with marriage, volunteering for veterans and the American Heart Association while still having time to become a licensed pilot and race car driver.

Carl Clemencich and incumbent Jason Shepard have emerged victorious from today's two contested school board elections.

Early voting results have been released for the Place 2 and 3 Allen ISD school board races.

Power-pop 1980s chart-toppers The Bangles have been announced as headliners for the 17th-annual Allen USA festival, sponsored by Market Street and Texas Health Allen, held June 30 at Celebration Park.

With early voting polls closed as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, voters and candidates are starting to set their sights on Election Day.

A month after telling the Allen American it would endorse candidates in Saturday's school board election, a Political Action Committee opposed to the planned Allen ISD service center is taking a step backward.

The last round of campaign finance reports before Election Day in the Allen ISD school board election was due Friday, with candidates revealing how much they have spent and earned between April 12 and May 4.

A series of revisions to the Allen Land Development Code was approved unanimously Tuesday by the Allen City Council.

Candidates in the Allen ISD Board of Trustees election fielded questions from the Allen Area Patriots at a candidate forum on April 26.

The Allen American sent identical questionnaires to this year's Allen ISD Board of Trustees candidates to find out where they stand on the most important issues facing the district. Below is Place 3 candidate Rona Zafari's response.

The Allen American sent identical questionnaires to this year's Allen ISD Board of Trustees candidates to find out where they stand on the most important issues facing the district. Below is Place 3 candidate Jason Shepard's response.

The Allen American sent identical questionnaires to this year's Allen ISD Board of Trustees candidates to find out where they stand on the most important issues facing the district. Below is Place 2 candidate Alan Hurst's response.

The Allen American sent identical questionnaires to this year's Allen ISD Board of Trustees candidates to find out where they stand on the most important issues facing the district. Below is Place 2 candidate Carl Clemencich's response.

The planned Allen ISD service center will have no negative impact on air and water quality or neighborhood traffic conditions, consultants told the AISD Board of Trustees Monday.

A conservative website has taken aim at Allen ISD after obtaining a copy of Superintendent Ken Helvey's renewed contract earlier this month.

Early voting in the Allen ISD Board of Trustees election starts Monday, and candidates are in full swing to spread the word about their campaigns to the residents of Allen.

The Allen Police Department is launching a new initiative to teach residents how they can be their own advocates when it comes to keeping their neighborhoods safe.

Kittyhawk Airport may have already seen its final flight, but developers are confident the 70 acre plot on which it sits can grow wings of its own as an upscale development.

District, police host student safety program

Candidates running for the Allen ISD Board of Trustees submitted their first batch of campaign finance reports seven days ago, revealing who has been raising and spending the most money at this point in the election cycle.

A Political Action Committee has emerged from the milieu of criticisms thrown toward Allen ISD regarding some of its high-profile, high-cost capital projects.

A plan that could mean more public funding for transportation projects was revealed Friday by Michael Morris, North Texas Council of Governments transportation director Michael Morris.

Harry Whalen, formerly with the Caldwell County, N.C. Economic Development Commission, has been named the new executive director for the Allen Economic Development Corporation. Whalen assumed office Monday, April 16.

Juan Vazquez, 38, of Allen, was sentenced by a Collin County jury to life in prison without the possibility of parole for one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child and one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child, Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced last week.

When the Allen American interviewed Allen ISD school board candidate Rona Zafari about her school board campaign in March, she said she wasn't ready to make known her positions on several key issues facing the school district.

Police say a man suspected of burglarizing an Allen Premium Outlets fragrance store Sunday morning was arrested Monday after calling the police in an attempt to report his abandoned getaway vehicle stolen.

More than a month has passed since the Lone Star Conference made its Allen debut, and the city has tallied up the numbers to find out exactly how well the event did during its first year at the Allen Event Center.

The Allen ISD Board of Trustees dove head-first into its annual budget planning process Monday.

Alan Hurst said he has built his campaign for Place 2 on the Allen ISD Board of Trustees around three core principles: open communication, fiscal responsibility and unwavering commitment to students.

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