Plano East junior outside hitter Simone Heard has been named the most valuable player of District 6-6A, as voted on by the coaches in the district. Photo by Roosevelt Joubert / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Plano East junior outside hitter...
Squads play in holiday tournaments
Plano East boys and girls basketball traveled to holiday tournaments over Christmas break. The Lady Panthers ended up 2-2 in the 68th annual Sandra Meadows Classic at Duncanville. They beat Saginaw 68-49 and Frisco Liberty 38-48. Losses came to Conway, Ark. 67-55 and...
UIL releases athletic realignment for 2018-’20
By David Jenkins Sports Editor [email protected] Not much changed for Plano East Senior High athletics following the Thursday, Feb. 1 realignment. Football, basketball and volleyball will be members of 9-6A Region II. That alignment will be used during the...
Murphy Police investigating apparent murder/suicide
Murphy Police filed a report of an apparent murder/suicide in the city in the afternoon hours of Tuesday, Nov. 7. Officers responded to a welfare check to a home in the 600 block of Taylor Trail in the Windy Hill Farms subdivision shortly before 3 p.m. A caller...
Plano ISD open to enrolling hurricane evacuees
From Staff Reports [email protected] Plano Independent School District welcomes families relocating as a result of Hurricane Harvey last week in the Houston area. In preparation for evacuees, the district has provided information to campus principals and...
Donations accepted at Murphy Community Center
The city of Murphy is holding a donation collection for victims of Hurricane Harvey at the Murphy Community Center, located at 205 N. Murphy Rd. Donations will be accepted 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31 and Friday, Sept....
Tax Free Holiday this weekend
By David Jenkins Staff Writer [email protected] The start of the 2017-'18 school year is two weeks away and for those who haven’t stocked up on back-to-school essentials, the Tax Free Holiday is scheduled for Aug. 11-13. According to information from the...
Sign ups open for congressional youth advisory council
Applications are being accepted for U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson's (TX-03) 14th and final Congressional Youth Advisory Council for 2017-'18 school year. High school students living in the Third Congressional District are invited to submit their applications by 5 p.m....
Residents decide Place 3 city council winner
Murphy residents selected Chris George for Place 3 on city council in a run-off election. George received 504 votes, or 50.15 percent, and Elizabeth Abraham received 501 votes, or 49.85 percent. A total of 1,005 people voted on Election Day, Saturday, June 10, and...