The SpineAssist is one of three surgical robots in the United States and the only one in Texas. It is the only surgical robot designed specifically to operate on the spine. With more than 1,200 surgeries performed worldwide, about 300 are in the U.S. all with no instances of nerve damage as a result of surgery.

Plano-based Frito-Lay will show off the farm aspect of the making of Lays potato chips in six major cities across the country during the next month.

Plano followed the example recently set by Allen and McKinney and banned K2 and salvia during Monday nights city council meeting.

With back-to-school shopping high on the list of most parents and teens in the area, J.C. Penney Co. has prepared for the season by taking advantage of a new trend in marketing - "hauls."

The Douglass Community Center finally met its fate Monday night at the Plano City Council meeting.