Here are final, unofficial results from Collin County Elections with 21 of 21 vote centers reporting. Election results are unofficial until canvassed by the Murphy City Council. Council Member, Place 3Andrew Chase 876 35.67%Debbie Ison 1,580 64.33%Council Member,...
If maintaining a Christmas cactus has turned your green thumb into a shade of brown, fear not because 95-year-old Murphy resident, Martile Hawkins, has tips on how she has kept her cactus alive and thriving for 52 years. “The secret to keeping it alive is to water it...
While many people who make New Year’s resolutions drop them within a couple weeks or months, pulling those newly received tech device gifts out of the packaging and putting them to good use may be just the help you need to keep your resolutions on track. Learn how to...
To me, it was a thunderclap. Years ago, when I was in Congress, we were in the midst of a tense, contentious debate. Members had gotten irritated, levying charges back and forth, and tempers were rising. It was starting to look like we might just go off the rails....
Next week will mark the kickoff of a month-long art exhibit celebrating the environment. Collin College’s Spring Creek campus in Plano will host the “Land: Awe and Raw” exhibit from Thursday, Jan. 16 until Wednesday, Feb. 12. A reception is scheduled for 4 p.m....
Eagle Invitational runs Thursday through Saturday Plano East boys soccer will suit up for one final tournament later this week at Allen. They’ll compete in the Eagle Showcase on Thursday, Jan. 9 to Saturday, Jan. 11. For the full story, see the Jan. 9 issue or...
Student-artists in Murphy are asked to showcase their talents by entering the seventh annual Keep Murphy Beautiful Recycling Art Contest. “As usual, we will have several categories,” Bailey Ragsdale, President of contest co-sponsor Keep Murphy Beautiful, said. “Grand...
At about the midway point of the 2019-20 flu season, cases treated in doctors’ offices and emergency rooms have started to rise. “It’s definitely starting to spike, especially over the last month,” Dr. Joseph Meier of Wylie ER said. For the full story, see the...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year in Texas – time for Girl Scouts to start selling cookies. Treats go on sale Friday, Jan. 17, and if you donate blood to Carter BloodCare through that date, you could receive a complementary box of cookies. For the full...
