Collin County officials recently published the Collin County Recovery Plan, a 22- page document detailing the projects the county intends to fund using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Along with ARPA funds, the plan includes State and Local Fiscal Recovery...

Serving on the PTA is a great way for parents to be involved and form new friendships, but those friendships don’t have to end when the kids head off to college. A group of Murphy women — all nearing their 50s — who became friends 13 years ago while serving on the...

Residents and Murphy Fire-Rescue firefighters got a little push-y at the re station in the early evening of Sept. 7. But this action centered on a positive kind of pushing. Fire officials held a push- in ceremony to dedicate a new re engine — 191 — at the station,...

Murphy City Councilmembers approved the fiscal year 2021-22 tax rate and budget at their Sept. 7 meeting. The budget year runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 2022. The approved budget was $44,472,286, a 7.8% decrease from the FY21 budget, officials said. The budget includes...

 The Wylie Championship Rodeo returns to Wylie on Sept. 17-18 after taking a respite last year because of the pandemic.  Gates open at the Wylie Rodeo Arena at Wylie Ag Center, Hensley Lane behind Wylie High School, 2550 W. FM 544, at 6:30 p.m. both nights,...