The Murphy City Council will schedule a public hearing next month to consider staff recommendations for a 6% budget increase for Fiscal Year 2026-27, funded in part by increasing the local property tax by less than half a penny. Councilmembers meeting on Tuesday, Aug....
The Plano Independent School District and the Wylie Independent School District have received grades of âAâ for financial integrity and accountability from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for the 2023-2024 school year. âThese school systems reflect a continued...
Recreational facilities on the shore of Lavon Lake are being evaluated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Facing a $35 million maintenance backlog, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has launched a comprehensive study to improve recreational facilities around...
Festivities begin at 2 p.m. and last until 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. Courtesy photo This yearâs Christmas in the Park celebration at the Murphy City Hall Complex will start earlier in the day than last year, beginning at 2 p.m. and lasting until 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec....
Murphyâs new water rates include incentives for conserving water, but the city may take the idea one flush further. Assistant City Manager Jared Mayfield reported at the Tuesday, Nov. 19, Murphy City Council meeting that other cities offer rebates for water-saving...
A groundbreaking was held for the long-awaited and much-anticipated H-E-B grocery Tuesday Nov. 19. The McCreary Marketplace store will be located at East FM 544 and McCreary Road. Murphy City Council members have shoveled the start of a long-awaited H-E-B grocery on...
Four-year-old Graham Escobedo of Murphy and his mother, Lauren, welcome the sun after spending the night camped in Murphy Central Park. Dozens of campers spent the night in Central Park during the cityâs first campout. It was 51 degrees Saturday morning, Nov. 16, as...
Artist rendering of new H-E-B grocer store proposed for McCreary Marketplace. Courtesy image The Murphy City Council got a look at the site plan, landscape plan and building elevations for the new H-E-B grocery store proposed for 19 acres of McCreary Marketplace at...
Texans have returned Republican Ted Cruz to the Senate and U.S. Rep. Keith Self (R-McKinney) will serve a second term for the 3rd Congressional District. Results of the Tuesday, Nov. 5, general election are not official until the votes are canvassed, but final...
