Plano East incoming senior Bilal Habib, right, earned fifth place at 106 pounds in the Class 6A state wrestling tournament. Photo courtesy Niall Morga By David Wolman [email protected] It was a banner year for Plano East. The Panthers enjoyed success across the...
New Murphy Fire Chief Perry Elliott has been sworn in as successor to Chief Del Albright, who retired at the end of last year.Elliott, who joined the Murphy department in 2011, had been the fire marshal. He began his career as a firefighter/paramedic with the Sherman...
About two dozen demonstrators greeted 3rd District Congressman Keith Self at a town hall in the Collin College Conference Center in Wylie.“Do your job!” chanted the crowd carrying signs including “Dump Musk,” Russia is Not Our Ally,” “Bullying Ukraine is UnAmerican,”...
Briggs B. of Murphy was all smiles as he poses for his dad with one of his trophy-winning trout. Some dads brought tackle boxes and a handful of fishing poles, but it all came down to finding the right spot. The 11th Murphy Rainbow Trout Roundup began under sunny...
Plans are proceeding for a new spring event, with the city soliciting entries for the Backyard BBQ Competition. Director of Parks & Recreation Director Matt Foster told the Tuesday, Feb. 18, meeting of the Murphy City Council that barbecue cooking teams are being...
Texans in Washington have expressed support for legislation that would create unique ZIP codes for two Collin County cities. A bill passed last month by the U.S. House would have provided Murphy and Fairview with their own postal codes. However, the measure by Rep....
Two members of the Collin College Board of Trustees have decided not to run in the Saturday, May 3, general election. Place 4 Trustee Greg Gomel of Plano, elected in 2019, did not file for re-election and longtime Trustee Stacy Anne Arias withdrew from the race. Arias...
Three members of the Murphy City Council face challengers in the Saturday, May 3, general election. Candidates for the at-large seats began filing on Wednesday, Jan. 15, and filing closed at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14. Mayor pro tem Elizabeth Abraham, a sales operations...
Students at Plano East Senior High School have been sent home today because of problems with the school’s heating system. The Plano ISD said three boilers on the campus broke down, so portable heaters were used to keep students and faculty warm until they could leave....
