The Murphy City Council has voted 5-2 to adopt a Fiscal Year 2027 property tax rate of $0.361832 per $100 of taxable appraised value. Mayor pro tem Scott Smith first moved to adopt a no-new-revenue tax rate, but his motion was defeated.The votes followed public...
The Beatles had a song called, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” The line, “…It was 20 years ago today…” reminded me of something that happened not 20 years ago, but 50 years ago. My father dragging me outside to put a storage building together. It was...
U.S. Air Force Sgt. Mary Matilda Lange of Wylie receives her Congressional Veterans Commendation from U.S. Rep. Keith Self. Twenty-five veterans have received Congressional Veterans Commendations in a ceremony hosted by U.S. Rep. Keith Self. “Celebrating these men and...
Columnist John Moore still enjoys the old radio and TV shows, even though they went off the air decades ago. Courtesy John Moore My father used to talk about radio programs a lot. The Lone Ranger. Lum and Abner. Amos and Andy. Edgar Bergen. People tend to talk about...
The Annual Wylie Christian Care Center Thanksgiving Bake Sale will be held Nov. 27. The Wylie Chamber of Commerce is hosting an opportunity to support a worthy cause and connect with the community. The annual Christian Care Breakfast, set to take place on Tuesday,...
I hate pine needles. Growing up in Arkansas will do that to you. Pine trees are everywhere in Ashdown, Arkansas. They are pretty much everywhere throughout the Natural State. Pine trees brought the paper mills, which brought the paper mill employees, which...
There’s something about being scared. Some kids claim they don’t like it,,but do. While a handful of other kids claim they don’t like it, and really don’t. I was the former. My sister was the latter. In the small, redbrick house on Beech Street in Ashdown, Arkansas,...
The annual Drug Take Back program provides a place where unwanted or expired drugs can be safely and securely taken rather than placed in the trash or dumped into household drains. Murphy residents have another chance this year to discard expired or unwanted...
Boo on Ballard is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 24 in downtown Wylie. Frightfully fun times are ahead for those visiting the 18th annual Boo on Ballard event Thursday, Oct. 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. in downtown Wylie. Ballard Avenue will be full of local businesses and...
