McKinney Residents Turn Out, City Hall Votes Anyway McKinney, Texas, a fast-growing northern Dallas suburb, is now at the center of a heated fight over a proposed Islamic center. Residents packed the August 4, 2026, city council meeting to speak against the project, according to the source report. After the public comments, the council voted 7-0 to approve the plan. That is not a close call. That is city hall moving like it already knew where the chairs were going before the meeting began. The Project Is Not Small The McKinney Islamic Association sought approval for a larger campus on roughly 5 to 5.5 acres along Virginia Parkway, near residential neighborhoods and a high school. Approved plans include a 15,000-square-foot mosque, a 10,000-square-foot classroom building, and a 7,000-square-foot gym. The total project has been described as roughly 33,000 square feet. For residents worried about traffic, scale, and neighborhood impact, this was not exactly a backyard shed with a fresh coat of paint. A Sharia Survivor Warns the Council One speaker identified in reports as Eddie Isa, also referred to as Eri Issa or Edwin Isagholi, described himself as an Iranian-born Christian and a “Sharia law survivor.” He told the council,…

Clark’s eighth technical briefly became a one-game problem Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark picked up what was first ruled her eighth technical foul of the season during the third quarter of the Fever’s Saturday win over the Chicago Sky. The call came after Chicago guard Natasha Cloud bodied Clark out of bounds, causing Clark to brush against a referee. Officials ruled the contact with the referee was intentional, which turned a sideline collision into a league paperwork festival. Because it would have been Clark’s eighth technical, it carried an automatic one-game suspension for Tuesday’s game against the New York Liberty. The Fever appealed, and after the clip drew wide attention, the WNBA rescinded the technical foul. An earlier foul made the game even hotter The Clark ruling came after another rough moment in the first quarter involving Fever player Sophie Cunningham and Chicago Sky player DiJonai Carrington. Cunningham was going in for a layup when Carrington made hard contact around Cunningham’s face and sent her to the floor. Officials first called it a flagrant 1, then upgraded it after review to a flagrant 2, which means the contact was judged excessive and unnecessary. Carrington was ejected. The source article also…