As communities across the nation prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, local businesses and organizations are being invited to take part in a special publication commemorating the historic milestone. The...
Here we are again…it seems like just a few months ago we were celebrating year-end holidays, and now we’re just days away from Christmas Day. How time flies! Christmas may hold different meanings for many people. For some, they remember family and friends that are no...
The final Murphy City Council meeting of 2022 included a public works update, a public hearing on a proposed zoning change and a request to close a main thoroughfare in the city for street work. Councilmembers Jennifer Berthiaume, Sarah Fincanon and Deputy Mayor pro...
Have you seen the first Spider-Man with Toby McGuire? I love that movie and I watched this one part the other day. After he gets his spidey powers he starts learning how to use them. He’s climbing walls and jumping from building to building. At one point, he remembers...
Attendees of the city of Murphy’s annual Christmas in the Park were greeted by chilly weather, cloudy skies and packed parking lots — hallmarks of the season — but none of that seemed to matter as holiday revelers descended upon the municipal complex by the hundreds...
My mother must’ve kept everything my sister and I ever made for Christmas. Some things were put together in school, but most were done in Sunday School. Same is true for anything we ever made, regardless of the time of year. Decades later at a Christmas gathering, if...
It was Flag Day 1987. I was opening the mic for the first time as a new announcer on KTBB AM 600. It was the early part of my radio journey, and I was excited to be moving up in the industry. KTBB was the second radio station to be licensed in Tyler, Texas. A station...
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov 18 -- “In terms of absolute strength – that is, without regard for body size, weight or composition – the average man tends to be considerably stronger than the average woman. Specifically, the absolute total-body strength of women has...
Knowing beans about chili “Oh, waiter. There’s a bean in my chili.” So goes the encounter every Southerner dreads when he orders a bowl of red and is served chili with beans. There are certain missteps in the South that are unforgivable. Asking a girl out without...
