Murphy resident Monica Landeros-Jimenez, master of ceremonies for the “Leading the Way: Celebrating Women in Murphy” chamber event, poses with her daughter, Olive, for photo Thursday, March 26, at Murphy City Hall. Courtesy Bobby Tillman/Special Webs More than a dozen...
Young race car drivers, ages 2 to 5, compete for the checkered flag Saturday, May 5 during the 15th annual running of the Pedal Car Races in historic downtown Wylie. Wylie Downtown Merchants Association and the city of Wylie sponsor the races. Registration opens at 1...
Three events, the Murphy Half Marathon along with 5K and 10K races, are set for running Sunday, May 5 to benefit the Police Sgt. Kyle Kucauskas Educational Foundation. Start and finish for all three races is inside Tom Kimbrough Stadium, 700 N. Murphy Road....
Make your next fiesta one to remember with colorful decor, festive touches and, perhaps most importantly, unique and mouthwatering recipes that bring guests back for seconds. To achieve the ideal flavors of a fiesta done right, try bringing something new to the table...
The arts are gaining more visibility in schools, but one group is still fighting to become more well known: improv. Many high schools have added improvisation groups to their theatre departments. Rather than performing traditional plays or musicals, these...
For a second straight season Plano East was left out of the softball playoffs. They had their chances facing McKinney Boyd in a fourth place tiebreaker in District 9-6A. Boyd emerged with a 6-1 win and would go on to lose in two games to Wylie last week in Class 6A...
Property values in Murphy increased 3.15 percent from last year to a new high of $2.58 billion including new property added to tax rolls, but the rise is not as much as in the past few years, preliminary estimates released last week by Collin Central Appraisal...
Texas legislators are once again debating Daylight Saving Time, considering a statewide vote to end the twice-annual switch between two timekeeping methods. Two weeks ago, a bill passed the Texas House by a 133-4 vote to put timekeeping to a statewide vote. The Texas...
Only a month is left for lawmakers to get the state’s business done in the 86th regular session of the Texas Legislature. Still unfinished are the issues at the top of a list shared by Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen: the passage...
