Murphy City Council OK’d a 2024 tax rate of 41 cents per $100 property valuation. The final rate would be set after a public budget hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 5. The proposed tax rate is 12.5% less than last year.In other business at the Tuesday, Aug. 15 meeting,...

The Murphy City Council accepted the resignation of City Manager Mike Castro during a special meeting Friday, Aug. 11. Council voted unanimously following a 17-minute executive session. The open session portion of the meeting lasted less than four minutes.Mayor Scott...

More than 800 runners from as far as California took part in the 2023 Murphy Half Marathon, 10K & 5K runs.The event, begun in 2010 as part of Maize Days, was held Saturday, June 24, in perfect weather. It benefitted the nonprofit Kyle Kucauskas Educational...

U.S. Rep. Keith Self said he would soon visit Taiwan to learn how serious the country was in defending itself against possible invasion from Communist China. “China is no longer just a big warehouse in the sky that Amazon delivers to you,” Self said at a “Koffee with...

Taylor Swift tribute band RED was the fourth performer in the Sounds@Sundown series in Murphy's Central Park Amphitheater, Friday, June 23. Emerald City Band plays Friday, June 30. To read the whole story, see the June 29 edition of the Murphy Monitor