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...
Even if you don’t own the house you lease, there’s no reason you can’t make it feel like home by taking a creative approach to designing and decorating your space. More U.S. households are renting now than at any point in the last 50 years. That’s why Invitation...
The White House’s effort to draft an executive order to limit social media companies’ alleged biases against conservative voices gets everything wrong about freedom of expression. News of the proposed order, which is titled “Protecting Americans from Online...
Plano East volleyball kicked things off with a .500 finish in non-district. They fell four sets on the road to Plano John Paul II during the season opener. For the full story, see the Aug. 15 issue or subscribe online. By David Jenkins •...
Murphy City Council set public hearings for Sept. 3 and 10 on the proposed 2019-20 budget and the 2019 property tax rate that is expected to reflect a half-cent increase to 49.5 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The council met Tuesday, Aug. 6 for a brief budget...
Plano Independent School District trustees last week approved an amendment to the 2019-20 budget that reflects changes in public school financing dictated by the 86th Texas Legislature. The bottom line for PISD is that it will send $95 million less in property tax...
City of Murphy Animal Services is joining animal shelters across the country to host a Clear the Shelters Day pet adoption event Saturday, Aug. 17, from 9:30 a.m. until the shelter is clear. During the event, shelter is waiving adoption fees, and charges for spay and...
Combining a talent for art and some business sense, Plano East High School sophomore student Kirti Moteka created and published a bullet journal that she is selling to friends, classmates and family. For the uninitiated, a bullet journal takes the idea of a daily...
Car seats, strollers, cribs, breast or bottle feed, daycare. It’s a seemingly endless list of decisions most parents need to make pre-arrival of their baby. Then post-baby, more important decisions have to be made concerning their health and welfare so they can...
