The May 30 Bluegrass on Ballard event in Wylie will feature classic and custom cars, music and more. Courtesy Craig Kelly Downtown Wylie will once again fill with music, chrome and festival activity when Bluegrass on Ballard returns Saturday, May 30, for a full day of...
3rd District Texas Congressman Keith Self is met by his wife, Tracy, after completing a June 7 parachute jump at Mont Saint-Michel, France, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy.A West Point graduate, Self served in the U.S. Army...
Communities & Creeks United is protesting a development between Parker and Murphy that could include a wastewater treatment plant. A group of Collin County residents has filed a motion with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to declare the...
Murphy city officials have outlined a strategic budget plan to address fiscal challenges and ensure sustainable growth. The plan was discussed during a special budget work session following the council meeting on Tuesday, June 4. For more on this story see the June...
Republic Services is still picking up brush from last month’s storms but has ended the two-week special collection that removed volume restrictions.A company official told the Monday, June 18, meeting of the Murphy City Council that Republic Services had picked up 386...
A group of Collin County residents has filed a motion with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to declare the petition for the creation of Collin County Municipal Utility District (MUD) No. 7 null and void. The petition was published Tuesday, June 11,...
Communities & Creeks United is protesting a development between Parker and Murphy that could include a wastewater treatment plant. The Parker City Council has refused a developer’s request to remove a 103-acre tract from the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction...
Mayor Scott Bradley proclaims May 31 as Barry Young Day in honor of his retirement as service area manager for Oncor Electric Delivery. He is joined from left, by Luke Trahan, Murphy Chamber of Commerce chair and Juli Richards, chamber executive director. Murphy’s new...
American GIs heading toward the shoreline of Omaha Beach around June 7, 1944. Courtesy of the National WWII Museum On the eve of Operation Overlord, Gen. Eisenhower told his troops: “You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these...
