Frisco Gets Pet Training + Interpreter Reunited With Son

Rise and shine, McKinney-Frisco! It's Thursday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in McKinney-Frisco today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and very warm. High: 90 Low: 65.

Here are the top stories in McKinney-Frisco today:

1. North Texas’ first Dog Training Elite center is expected to arrive in Frisco by the end of the year at 4747 4th Army Drive. The center provides various training programs, including obedience, anxiety and aggression, therapy, and service dog training. Group classes and personal protection programs will also be offered. (Community Impact)
2. A former U.S. interpreter in Afghanistan was reunited with her son in Frisco recently. Eight years ago, former U.S. interpreter Atefa Sharifi left her son Saeed with family in Afghanistan to come to the United States on a Special Immigrant Visa. For the better part of the last decade, the mother of two has worked to welcome her 15-year-old to North Texas. (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
3. Frisco is one of the nation’s ringleaders for transportation innovation. (The Dallas Morning News)
4. Nomi Health expands COVID-19 testing clinics across Texas with five new locations, including one in Frisco. (Business Wire)
5. The McKinney North Lady Bulldogs swept Princeton in volleyball. (North Texas e-News)

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Today in McKinney-Frisco:

• State Fair of Texas - SRC Day Trip - McKinney Parks and Recreation (9:00 AM)
• Historic Preservation Advisory Board Meeting (5:30 PM)
• Frisco VFW & Auxiliary Monthly Meeting (6:30 PM)

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Events:

• Taxes in Retirement Webinar (October 11)
• FREE, OUTDOOR Storybook Fall Festival hosted by Creative World School Frisco (October 16)
• Plano Music & Arts Festival (October 16)
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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.