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City reviews preliminary budget

City reviews preliminary budget

Murphy city officials are continuing work on the proposed Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget using preliminary property value estimates while awaiting certified taxable values from Collin Central Appraisal District, expected July 25.  Because those values have not been...

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Spider-Man and prayer

Spider-Man and prayer

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...

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Season kicks off with fun festivities in the park

Season kicks off with fun festivities in the park

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...

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Making memories

Making memories

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...

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The best radio reception

The best radio reception

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...

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Knowing beans about chili

Knowing beans about chili

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...

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Family goes all-out for Halloween

Family goes all-out for Halloween

As fall temperatures drop and the aroma of pumpkin spice permeates the air, some residents prefer to spice up their yards with spooky — and sometimes satirical — Halloween decorations. Anne Kelly and her family, who are residents of the Wyndsor Estates neighborhood...

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Water meter project update presented

Water meter project update presented

As the Murphy City Council begins to think about wrapping up business for the calendar year, councilmembers heard updates on the final phase of the water meter project and the recent performance of city-held investments and American Rescue Plan funds, during the...

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