Boo on Ballard will return to Wylie Oct. 29. File Art Cooler weather — or at least the promise of it — is bringing a full slate of festivals, Halloween celebrations and family activities to Wylie, Sachse and surrounding communities throughout October. From costume...

Collin County elected officials began receiving higher salaries Oct. 1 as part of the county’s 2026-27 fiscal year budget. The Commissioners Court approved the compensation schedule last month, with County Judge Chris Hill casting the lone vote against it. The 4-1...

Rodeo Drive Water Tower. File Art Three public works projects worth nearly $2 million were on the consent agenda for the Oct. 6 meeting of the Murphy City Council. Engineering services for a redesign for the FM 544 pedestrian bridge over Maxwell Creek had a...

The Murphy City Council has decided there are too many uncertainties about Flock Safety automated license plate readers (ALPRs) to continue using them.Following a presentation by Police Chief Jeff Gibson at council’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 6, members opted...

Dr. Lorraine Chalkley stands in front of a veterinary technology lab named in her honor on the Collin College Wylie Campus. Photo Courtesy of Collin College Collin College has honored longtime Murphy veterinarian Lorraine Chalkley by naming two labs and a surgical...

Collin County Elections is processing about 40,000 voter registration requests just received from the Secretary of State. The issue dates from last October, when a third-party vendor updated the software used to process registrations filed with the Texas Department of...

An administrative law judge in Austin has ended three days of hearings on the application to create a municipal utility district (MUD) for a densely populated development between Parker and Murphy. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) remanded the...

Murphy’s Maize Days Cornival is celebrating 16 years of fun on Saturday. The free Oct. 3 event in Central Park runs from noon until after the fireworks show at 9:30 p.m.  Entertainment will be on the Methodist Richardson Medical Center Main Stage and the CoServ...

Collin County commissioners adopted a $633.8 million budget and a higher property tax rate for fiscal year 2027, marking the first increase in the county’s overall tax rate in more than three decades. Commissioners approved a combined property tax rate of $0.151414...