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Savvy summer travel

Savvy summer travel

See more, spend less with these road-ready travel ideas By Carrie Dunlea Summer travel is shaping up to be more expensive than ever, and for many Americans, that means rethinking long-haul flights and overseas adventures. Rising airfare and overall travel costs have...

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WISD names Teachers, Employees of the Year

WISD names Teachers, Employees of the Year

Wylie ISD honored 13 employees for outstanding work. Officials named Teachers and Employees of the Year at the annual Wylie Way Awards Gala Friday, May 3. The event was held at Southfork Ranch. All 20 campuses were represented, with more than 400 guests in attendance....

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Talent on display at Murphy

Talent on display at Murphy

MURPHY – Fans got a first hand look at what to expect in the 2019 football season during the yearly Spring Showcase. The seventh and eighth grade teams from Bowman, Otto, Murphy and Armstrong Middle School started things off at Kimbrough Stadium on Thursday, May 9....

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Elderly woman safe after search

Elderly woman safe after search

Several agencies coordinated their actions the evening of Saturday, May 11 to avert what could have been tragic after a 91-year-old woman was reported missing from a memory care facility in Lucas. Agencies responded to the missing person call were Lucas Fire...

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Five local Girl Scouts earn Gold Award

Five local Girl Scouts earn Gold Award

Five Girl Scouts were recognized by Murphy City Council last week with proclamations noting their earning the highest award in Scouting, the Gold Award. The five, who are members of four different troops, were recognized at the Tuesday, May 7 council meeting. The Gold...

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Family law mediator teaches, blogs about co-parenting

Family law mediator teaches, blogs about co-parenting

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes of a dissolved marriage, Kari Clemmer of Murphy combined the positives of rearing three successful daughters with research to develop The Co-Parenting Workshop to teach others about parenting after divorce. The 4-hour workshop...

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WHS represented at Annual Poetry Society event

WHS represented at Annual Poetry Society event

Seven WHS students were named as finalists, out of 1225 entries, and from 20 different schools, in the 48th Annual Collin County Poetry Society contest on Sunday, April 28, at the Church Street Auditorium in McKinney. The event was hosted by the Mockingbird Chapter of...

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Property value protest deadline is May 15

Property value protest deadline is May 15

The filing deadline to protest property values with Collin Central Appraisal District is Wednesday, May 15. Protests must be filed in writing, but may be filed electronically for residential properties. Property value protest hearings will conducted by an Appraisal...

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Collin College commencement planned for May 17

Collin College commencement planned for May 17

Collin College will honor the Class of 2019 with a commencement ceremony at 7 p.m., Friday, May 17, at the Allen Event Center, 200 E. Stacy Road in Allen. Dr. Mark Rudin, president of Texas A&M-Commerce, will deliver the commencement address. Dr. Rudin was...

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