🌱 TimTheTatMan Tailgate + Diversify Our Narrative

Morning, people of McKinney-Frisco! It's me again, Nicole Fallon-Peek, your host of the McKinney-Frisco Daily.

First, today's weather:

Windy and cooler; p.m. rain. High: 50 Low: 23.

Here are the top stories in McKinney-Frisco today:

1. TimTheTatMan, the popular YouTube gaming streamer and part-owner of Complexity Gaming, is hosting a tailgate in Frisco from Jul. 16-17, 2022. The event will offer hotel room blocks with discounted rates. More details about ticket sales, activities, contests, and more will be released in March. (CW33 NewsFix)
2. The Conference USA Basketball Championships will be played in Frisco this year at Ford Center at The Star. With conference titles and an NCAA Tournament automatic bids up for grabs, the championships will take place from Mar. 8-12 and feature 28 basketball teams playing 26 games. (CW33 NewsFix)
3. Athena Tseng, a Frisco teen, spoke at a Frisco school board meeting in August to share her personal experience with racism at Liberty High School. Tseng formed the Frisco branch of Diversify Our Narrative and continues to push for more ethnically diverse classes in the district. (The Dallas Morning News)

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Today in McKinney-Frisco:

• Wobblers And Walkers (10-16 months) - Roy and Helen Hall Library (10:15 AM)
• Multilingual Storytime (3-5 years) - John and Judy Gay Library (10:15 AM)
• Adult Book Club - John and Judy Gay Library (12:00 PM)
• Belly Dance Cardio - Apex Centre (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• As Texas grows colder, Unique by Nature shared reminders for the McKinney community to help protect their homes and water pipes. (Facebook)
• Spread the word about the most recent missing pets in the Frisco community! (Facebook)
• Frisco and McKinney have been named as the top two safest cities in Texas. (Facebook)

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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.