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City staff recommends 1.2% property tax increase

City staff recommends 1.2% property tax increase

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....

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Work begins on new H-E-B grocery

Work begins on new H-E-B grocery

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...

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Murphy under the stars

Murphy under the stars

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 city’s first campout. It was 51 degrees Saturday morning, Nov. 16, as...

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New H-E-B plans detailed to council

New H-E-B plans detailed to council

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...

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No changes in D.C., Austin

No changes in D.C., Austin

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...

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Veterans know freedom is never free

Veterans know freedom is never free

The Military Heritage Collection of North Texas, near Nevada, has thousands of artifacts on display including ordnance, uniforms, flags, weapons and vehicles. It doesn’t look like much from the outside, but a museum in the southeast corner of Collin County is a...

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Rabid bats found in Plano

Rabid bats found in Plano

Courtesy John Wainscoat/Unsplash For the third time within two months, bats found in Plano have tested positive for rabies. The city said the third bat was picked up Thursday, Oct. 24, near 8100 Dallas Parkway. On Sept. 11, a rabid bat was found in the 1700 block of...

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2024 election results – other – FINAL

2024 election results – other – FINAL

Collin County Elections reports total voter turnout in the county for the Nov. 5 general election was 68.78% of the 751,832 voters registered. There were 424,236 early in-person ballots, 13,856 mail-in ballots, 2,108 limited ballots and 76,942 votes cast at the polls...

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