🌱 Professor Sues Collin College + Toyota Stadium Showdown

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First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and nice. High: 77 Low: 53.

Here are the top stories today in McKinney-Frisco:

1. A McKinney professor filed a lawsuit this week after she was allegedly fired for saying that anti-LGBTQ former Vice President Mike Pence has a "demon mouth." Former Collin College professor Lora Burnett is accusing the public school of violating her First Amendment rights. During the vice presidential debate last year, Burnett tweeted, "The moderator needs to talk over Mike Pence until he shuts his little demon mouth up."
2. Appropriately dubbed "Fright Night in Frisco" by Austin FC play-by-play commentator Adrian Healey, the Verde and Black tricked and treated their way to Toyota Stadium one day before Halloween, with the Copa Tejas trophy and Lone Star bragging rights on the line.
   Austin FC lost to FC Dallas 2-1 on Saturday night, missing out on the first-ever Copa Tejas trophy for MLS. FC Dallas finished the season as Texas' top MLS team. (KVUE.com)
3. Calling all McKinney-Frisco area business owners and leaders: Collin Corporate College will be hosting a webinar on data-driven leadership development. (Press Release Desk)
4. Local gift and toy stores are forced to navigate supply chain issues as they head into the holiday season, relying on their distributors in McKinney. (Norman Transcript)
5. McKinney Boyd beat McKinney High in a crosstown showdown on Friday. (North Texas e-News)

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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.