Mary Pat Elledge, board president of the Murphy Veterans Tribute, poses with the "honor the Fallen" statue dedicated Wednesday, May 27, in front of City Hall. Photo Bob Wieland/Murphy Monitor After nearly nine years of planning, fundraising and frustration, the Murphy...
A Greenville woman was arrested and jailed last week in an attempted robbery at the Bank of America branch in Murphy during which she reportedly poured lighter fluid and gasoline on the bank lobby floor. The attempted robbery occurred shortly before 1:30 p.m....
Both an excessive heat watch and a Heat advisory are in effect for portions of this week due to extremely high temperatures. An excessive heat watch is in effect from Thursday, July 19 through Friday, July 20. High temperatures ranging From 103 To 107 are possible...
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. “I’ve known the judge for a long time, I’ve followed his record, and I think he is the type of judge that we need on the Supreme Court, one that’s not going to be making...
Seven counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon were added last week to a capital murder of a police officer charge against a man arrested in the Feb. 7 shooting death of Richardson Police Officer David Sherrard of Wylie. The attack on police at a Richardson...
Murphy Chamber of Commerce is signing up sponsors and vendors for its annual Spring Fever celebration set for April 14. The event will be held from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the Lowe's parking lot at the intersection of FM 544 and Murphy Road. Spring Fever is...
Panther soccer pounced on a pair of must-needed wins in District 6-6A. They beat McKinney 2-1 and rival Plano West 3-0 at Clark Stadium in Plano. Plano East head coach Rick Woodard said it was a good week overall. “We played really well in the first half against...
Wylie Police took a 13-year-old male into custody last week for terroristic threat after the student reportedly posted a threat of a shooting at Burnett Junior High School on the social media application Snapchat. The police department received multiple reports on the...
If you’ve been working out of a room you call your office, but it also serves as the depository for the ice skates your kid outgrew two years ago, the news magazines you’ll read “someday” and the oversized frog-shaped lamp you bought last spring at a flea market, it’s...
