SFOT RH 2026
Bob Wieland
All-day fun from ear to there

All-day fun from ear to there

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...

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Parker negotiating with developer

Parker negotiating with developer

The Parker City Council has approved, with conditions, access from Hogge Drive (FM 2551) to a proposed high-density residential development between Parker and Murphy that has been the subject of a long-running dispute over a planned wastewater treatment plant. City...

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Council changes townhome zoning to commercial

Council changes townhome zoning to commercial

The Murphy City Council has overturned residential zoning in place since November 2021, returning 3.2 acres at the southeast corner of North Murphy Road and Betsy Lane to Neighborhood Services zoning that allows light commercial and retail development.  The...

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Master Plan focuses on city’s future

Master Plan focuses on city’s future

The Murphy City Council has adopted a new long-range planning document intended to guide development, land use and infrastructure decisions in the Collin County suburb for the next 15 to 20 years. The Murphy Master Plan replaces the city’s previous comprehensive plan...

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City adopts Master Plan, rezones neighborhood

City adopts Master Plan, rezones neighborhood

At a rare joint meeting, the Murphy City Council and Planning & Zoning (P&Z) Commission adopted a zoning Master Plan for the city and rezoned a residential neighborhood for commercial use.The comprehensive plan updated a document last drafted in 2008.Also at...

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Auditors OK city’s FY 2025 financial report

Auditors OK city’s FY 2025 financial report

Four new members of the Murphy Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) receive their certificates at the March 3, City Council meeting. From left, Fire Chief Perry Elliott, Fire Marshal Scott Eckstein, John M. Cox, Kathleen Hempel Cox, Jessica Weeks,  CERT Director...

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Primary voter turnout in county tops 26%

Primary voter turnout in county tops 26%

More than one-fourth of registered Collin County voters turned out for the March 3 primary elections, according to unofficial final results reported by Collin County Elections. And the number of Democratic voters nearly equaled that of Republican voters, a sharp...

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Public hearings 2, Tuesday, March 10

Public hearings 2, Tuesday, March 10

The Murphy Planning & Zoning Commission and the Murphy City Council will hold public hearings in the Community Room of the City Hall complex, 206 N. Murphy Road and consider and/or act on an Ordinance to approve a city-initiated zoning change for 11.56 acres of...

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Public hearings 1, Tuesday, March 10

Public hearings 1, Tuesday, March 10

The Murphy Planning and Zoning Commission and the Murphy City Council will hold public hearings at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in the Community Room of the City Hall Complex, 206 N. Murphy Road, to consider and/or act on an Ordinance to approve a...

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