Fairview residents, Latter-day Saints line up to watch town consider McKinney Texas Temple

Planning commission OKs Fairview temple plan amid community divide

A year-long battle saw some progress on Thursday night at Fairview town hall, where community members packed in for a special meeting on a proposed temple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This comes after a long dispute between the town and the church, which mostly has to do with a controversial steeple and other designs. The proposal is for what’s being called the church’s “McKinney Texas Temple” on a parcel of land on Stace…

Texas town's planning commission OKs temple if church changes name, turns out lights at night

The Fairview (Texas) Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved the temple but attached conditions like shutting off the lights at night.

Fairview residents, Latter-day Saints line up to watch town consider McKinney Texas Temple

A hearing on the controversial McKinney Texas Temple drew dozens to Fairview’s Town Hall Thursday, as planning commissioners consider whether to support the...