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Small Business Week: Painting a path to success

Small Business Week: Painting a path to success

Victory Paint in Murphy owners, from left, Daina Hebert, Tricia Martinez Aiken, Jacob Magee and Carolyn Potter. File art As communities across the country celebrate Small Business Week, local entrepreneurs are being recognized not just for opening their doors, but for...

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Public hearing, road closure discussed

Public hearing, road closure discussed

The final Murphy City Council meeting of 2022 began with a year-end update on the sidewalk rehabilitation project by Public Services Director Tim Rogers. Also held at the meeting was a public hearing regarding adding retail uses to an existing planned development at...

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Wylie High School student arrested for making threat

Wylie High School student arrested for making threat

A 15-year-old male Wylie High School student was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 29, because of a threat made to shoot another student. School resource officers at the school were notified of the incident where a student pointed a pen at a female student, holding it like a...

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County commissioners approve letters of engagement

County commissioners approve letters of engagement

Collin County is lawyering up as it engages with a federal lawsuit filed Oct. 31 in the Northern District Court of Texas. The initial lawsuit alleges that Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis “created a toxic workplace by targeting female employees to try to...

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Chamber to fund eight scholarships

Chamber to fund eight scholarships

Thanks to a fundraiser at the thirteenth annual Murphy Maize Days that occurred in September, the Murphy Chamber of Commerce has announced it is able to fund eight chamber-backed scholarships for high school seniors graduating in 2023. According to Luke Trahan, the...

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Send a Letter to Santa this Christmas

Send a Letter to Santa this Christmas

If you’re the parents/guardians of elementary school-age children, the Monitor is collecting Letters to Santa again this year. The letters will be printed in the December 22 edition of the Murphy Monitor. Please print out the attached document, have your child write...

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