A beloved piece of playground equipment is turning 100 years old. The history of the jungle gym and monkey bars is full of weird and and delightful twists, spanning from Japan to suburban Chicago.

The City of McKinney teamed up with a non-profit called Project Playground to take the equipment apart, refurbish it, and ship it overseas to a school in Zambia.

Gilles-Sweet Elementary in Fairview Park plans to replace its outdated equipment with a $118,000 accessible playground, set to open by fall.

A committee of Murray Park students, teachers and administrators was formed in 2024 to come up with a plan for new equipment ...