Some Murphy businesses won’t be fazed by the mask mandate lifted by Gov. Greg Abbott. Going into effect March 10, the governor’s executive also allowed businesses and facilities to return to 100% capacity. Businesses, though, can still require customers to wear masks....

The Murphy Police Depart­ment didn’t receive any civilian complaints alleging an officer en­gaging in racial profiling last year, a consultant told the Murphy City Council at its March 2 meeting. Eric Fritsch, director of Jus­tice Research Consultants LLC, gave an...

Allan West remembers the first time he saw his father cry. The tears flowed not be­cause of sadness or loss. His father’s tears came from a place of pride he expressed for his son, who received his sec­ond lieutenant designation in the ROTC on that day in 1982. West,...

Kara Geller has experienced the COVID-19 pandemic first­hand, and she has seen how young people have reacted to the virus over the last year. Geller has been a nurse for 21 years and is in her 13th year with Wylie ISD. She is the campus nurse at Bush Elemen­tary...

Fire ripped through two homes in Wylie last week, in­cluding one that displaced 10 people. The other fire damaged a home of a family of four and their three cats. Wylie Fire Departments crews responded just before 8:45 p.m. Feb. 25 to the 400 block of Milford Drive,...

Diners can eat a traditional egg breakfast or indulge in a skillet chicken or steak meal at the Scrambler Cafe in Murphy. Or they can have pancakes or French toast. Whatever the appetite or culinary preference, they can treat themselves to numer­ous dishes at the...

Murphy City Manager Mike Castro said he was pleased with how the city responded to the challenge posed by the winter storm last week, a pe­riod when people’s power and water locally and statewide suffered disruption in service. “Staff assessed the chal­lenge,...