Collin County plans COVID-19 vaccine mega centers as McKinney launches new online resource
The McKinney Fire Department has given about 800 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as the state’s immunization campaign continues.
David Bishop of Bedford receives a COVID-19 vaccination from Arlington Fire Lt. Joshua Jones at Esports Stadium Arlington & Expo Center, a mass vaccination site in Arlington, Texas, Monday, January 11, 2021. The hub site is distributing over 2,000 vaccinations a day.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
McKinney has launched a new online resource to share news and vaccine distribution information as the state ramps up its campaign to immunize Texans against COVID-19 and Collin County pushes ahead with plans for major vaccination hubs.
McKinney has appointed its first African American woman to the City Council after a brief special meeting Monday.
The council appointed Angela Richardson-Woods to fill its empty District 1 seat. Richardson-Woods has been serving on the McKinney Community Development Corporation Board of Directors but was appointed to the City Council after former District 1 Councilman LaâShadion Shemwell was removed by a November recall election and after the districtâs first appointed replacement was found to be ineligible to represent District 1.
âThank you to everyone for entrusting this duty to me, and please hold me accountable,â she said. Hold me accountable.â
Richardson-Woods thanked her family, the Collin County NAACP, the city of McKinney and others in her remarks.
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At least, thatâs how one McKinney resident felt.
Julie Luton, addressing council members during a Dec. 1 meeting, said she saw the City Council as a group of people trying to move forward and advance the cityâs interests. However, she also saw something else.
âI also see a council that does not have a representative from 50% of this community,â she said. âI donât see our wives, our daughters, our sisters, our aunts, our mothers.â
The McKinney City Council, comprising six men as of Dec. 19, hasnât seen a female member since former councilwoman Tracy Rath ended her term in the spring of 2019. According to Collin County election result records, since 2009, 42 men have run for McKinney City Council Seats while eight women have run. In that time span, two women have won their bid for a spot on the City Council.Â
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