October 10 is the last day to register to vote in November’s elections, Secretary of State Jane Nelson said. The Nov. 7 ballot will include 14 proposed additions to the state constitution including property tax relief, a state water fund and expansion of the Texas...
Is your name Murphy? If so, the Texas city would love for you to visit on St. Patrick’s Day, 2024, Mayor Scott Bradley said. The mayor delivered a “State of the City” report to the Murphy Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, Sept. 19, and discussed plans to set a Guinness...
The Murphy City Council has unanimously approved an average monthly increase of $6.47 or 7.31% for residential Atmos Energy service. The higher rate was negotiated by Atmos and the Atmos Cities Steering Committee (ACSC) representing Murphy and 181 other...
Fentanyl poisoning continues to claim a growing percentage of drug deaths in the state, according to the Texas Health Data dashboard published online by the Department of State Health Services (DSHS). As of Aug. 25, 45.39% of all drug deaths were attributed to...
There’s a deep satisfaction in seeing how far you can shoot a pumpkin from a giant slingshot. And there’s even more satisfaction if you can hit something with it. Well, for $5 a pumpkin you can try your luck at Punkin’ Chunkin’ at the annual Maize Days festival,...
Drought, generally defined as an absence of water caused by insufficient precipitation over a period of time, is as old as the Bible. “Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me,” said Jacob as he described his hardships as a shepherd (King James Version, Genesis...
Property owners will get a break in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 as the Murphy City Council adopted a lower tax rate despite a budget that will spend 1.7% more. Nobody showed up to speak at council’s public hearings at the Tuesday, Sept. 5, meeting at which councilmembers...
If you had been thinking about donating to the Murphy Veterans Tribute (MVT), now is the time to do it. North Texas Giving Day (NTxGD) is Sept. 21, but early donations are now being accepted and are matched dollar-for-dollar up to $7,000, said Tribute President and...
Texas ranks 35th nationally in state park acreage per resident. But voters will be asked in November to help improve that ratio. Proposition 14 on the Nov. 7 ballot would amend the state constitution to create the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund allowing the Texas...
