Columnist John Moore grew up eating at cafeterias. Today, if he wants those dishes, he has to make them himself. Photo: John Moore Luby’s. Bryce’s. Wyatt’s. Piccadilly. All cafeterias. Many gone. If you grew up in the South in the 50s, 60s, or 70s, odds are you had a...
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...
Following the Aug. 3 shooting that claimed the lives of 22 people and injured 24 others at a popular El Paso shopping venue, Gov. Greg Abbott and a group of officials met in the border city to discuss ways to address violence. Joined by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, House...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week appointed Andrea Bouressa of Murphy as judge for the newly-formed 471st District Court in Collin County. The appointment was made Friday, Aug. 1. The court is one of two authorized this year by the 86th Texas Legislature for Collin...
Plano East recently hired its next head volleyball coach. They selected East teacher and longtime club coach Cathy Manderson. “I missed the school environment and really wanted an opportunity to make a difference in a program. Something I could pour my heart and soul...
A Collin County grand jury last week indicted seven individuals on a count of Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity as the result of a months-long investigation that involved multiple agencies and collaboration with the Collin County District Attorney’s Office. On...
