An attempt is being made to hold a local option election allowing the retail sale of liquor in package stores.The Murphy Chamber of Commerce will begin circulating a petition for the City Council to place the issue on the Nov. 3 ballot.Voters would be asked whether...
The Garland Police Department has issued an arrest warrant for a suspect in last week’s fatal shooting of two Wylie teenagers.The GPD’s public information officer, Lt. Pedro Barineau, said 16-year-old Amancio Anton Noriz of Dallas is sought on a Directive to Apprehend...
Gov. Greg Abbott kept a promise to Rep. Candy Noble by campaigning for her re-election to a fourth term in the Texas House. “She is a conservative warrior,” Abbott said in an appearance Saturday, Jan. 13, in Noble’s hometown of Lucas. “I need her back in Austin.” For...
People who are passionate about eclipses are called umbraphiles, like the vain guy who Carly Simon said “flew his Learjet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun” on July 10, 1972. But 12 million Texans won’t have to leave on a jet plane to see the next...
The Murphy City Council has agreed to delay a decision on Walmart’s request to build a fuel station and convenience store in its parking lot along FM 544. The Planning & Zoning Commission rejected the plan by a 4-2 vote last month so Walmart appealed directly to...
Older Texans and those with preexisting health conditions or disabilities face extra dangers from winter cold, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).Such people are especially vulnerable to the health impacts of power outages due to their...
Six weeks after Hamas attacked Israel, Sabiha Shariff appeared by herself before the Murphy City Council to request their support for a cease-fire in Gaza. “The destruction and carnage has to stop,” she told the Nov. 21 meeting. “The bombing of civilians has to end...
Nobody alive today saw the last total eclipse in Murphy. And nobody who sees this year’s April 8 eclipse will live to see the next in this location. The most recent total eclipse for the area occurred July 29, 1878, the week Texas Rangers killed outlaw Sam Bass during...
A dozen Murphy residents came before city council to request passage of a resolution calling for a cease-fire to halt Israel’s bombardment of Gaza since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.Mayor Scott Bradley thanked the speakers for their comments but said he could not...
