Wylie ISD trustees approved staff raises, adopted legislative priorities and recognized dozens of students during their Monday, May 18 meeting held at the Montgomery Center at Wylie High School. The meeting began with recognitions for the parent-teacher associations...
The Plano East boys' basketball team will face South Grand Prairie 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 1 in a Region I, Class 6A third-round game at Conrad High School in Dallas. The high school is at 7502 Fair Oaks Ave, Dallas, TX 75231. The Panthers made it to the third round...
By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] Things haven’t been easy for the Plano East baseball program these past months. First, there was the tough 2015 season, which was followed by an offseason filled with controversy that resulted in multiple coaches,...
By Joe Reavis Staff Writer [email protected] Retired horse trainer Herman Benson lived with and broke through racial barriers in a career that took him from the tiny town of Jewett in East Texas to the ranches of the wealthy in Dallas. In spite of what...
By David Jenkins Staff Writer [email protected] Young anglers flocked to the Murphy City Pond for the Feb. 20 third annual Rainbow Trout Roundup. New for this year was a split in the fishing times for the each age division. Fishing first was open to children ages...
By David Jenkins Staff Writer [email protected] Steve Cole recently took over the reins at the Murphy Chamber of Commerce as Chairman for 2016. He replaced former chairman Steve Dault. As the new chairman, Cole has a set of goals that he would like to...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] Local students shared their visions for the future at the 2015-’16 North Texas Future City Competition. The competition, a national event for students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, provokes students to ask...
From Staff Reports [email protected] Sameer Andoni Fino, 37 of Murphy, submitted a plea of guilty before United States Magistrate Judge John D. Love last Wednesday for dispensing controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice and not for...
By Wyndi Veigel [email protected] For some devoted locals, the temporary closing of the Dairy Queen in Farmersville has made hearts ache and stomachs growl. For Gene and Vivian Dotson of McKinney, their love story began in 1952 with a simple sighting at the...
