Achieve Academy’s Harold Lacey was named Wylie ISD’s Secondary Paraprofessional of the Year Friday, May 8, at the Wylie Way awards gala. Courtesy Wylie ISD Wylie ISD celebrated its employees Friday night during the 10th annual Wylie Way Awards Gala at the Plano Event...
Texas has its fourth attorney general of the year. Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Angela Colmenero as temporary attorney general on Monday, July 10, following the departure of John Scott, who was named to the post May 31. Both succeeded Brent Webster, first assistant...
The Murphy Chamber of Commerce Foundation has awarded $1,700 scholarships to eight high school seniors. The scholarships were available to career and technical education (CTE) students, home-school and private school students and college-bound Plano ISD and Wylie ISD...
On the final day of the 88th Legislature, lawmakers in the Texas House of Representatives delivered 20 articles of impeachment against Attorney General Ken Paxton. By delivering the articles Monday, May 29, the Texas House triggered an impeachment process that is set...
The top two students in Plano East Senior High’s Class of 2023 are both headed to Massachusetts. Valedictorian Shriya Bhat, with a grade point average 4.88, plans to attend Harvard University, where she will study cellular and molecular biology. Salutatorian Otto...
Runoff election early voting is right around the corner as voters will cast their ballots for two trustee positions on the Collin College board. The runoff election day is Saturday, June 10, with an early voting window that is set to begin Tuesday, May 30, and run...
There’s lots to eat, drink and do at Saturday’s Tunes, Tails & Ales festival in Murphy Central Park, 550 North Murphy Road. Admission is free but beer garden patrons must be 21 and have a VIP or general admission ticket to sample craft beer presented by 28...
On Election Day,Saturday, May 6, Murphy residents can vote 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Homer and Marie Adams rooms at the Murphy Community Center, 205 N. Murphy Road. Residents will vote on two contested city council seats and a proposal to re-authorize sales tax funding for...
New turn lanes are open on North Murphy Road to help motorists enter Murphy Marketplace on the northeast corner of the FM 544 intersection and the Walmart Superstore on the northwest corner. The hooded lanes provide a small, curbed island shaped in the form of a...
