Columnist John Moore wonders if we can stop the rain we started. Photo John Moore By John Moore | TheCountryWriter.com Back in 2011, it didn’t rain. It didn’t rain for a long, long time. It didn’t rain for so long that fires began to pop up where I live. One of them...
After the March 6 primary races concluded, several runoffs developed in county and state races and will be decided in a runoff election set for May 22. In Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Republican race, there will be a runoff race between Mike McCandless and...
Arnold Guy Harrison, who was 20 when he died, was returned to his family in Sachse Thursday, March 1 at Charles W. Smith and Sons Funeral Home. In November 1946, the U.S. Army began disinterment to bring the remains to Oahu for identification at the Central...
Early voting for the March 6 political party primary elections ends tomorrow throughout Collin County. On the mid-term ballots are offices for most Texas state offices and several Collin County offices, as well as primary races for a U.S. Senate seat and for U.S....
Murphy residents voted in favor of three of four propositions in the near $23 million Capital Improvement Bond Election Tuesday, Nov. 7. Gaining approval were Proposition A by a vote of 516 to 306 or 62.77 percent to 37.23 percent, Proposition B by a vote of...
County deputies and police officers are asking for the public’s help to locate an inmate that escaped yesterday from the county jail. Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner announced that at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, Jason Earl Davis, 40, escaped from the booking area...
Climbing 110 flights of stairs is no easy feat, much less when one adds bunker gear, air packs and bullet proof vests into the mix. For four Murphy firefighters, the Dallas 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb marked a time of friendship, laughter and a time of...
Murphy residents filled three spots on council and four places on the Plano Independent School District board of trustees in the Saturday, May 6 elections. All totals are unofficially until canvassed. Residents chose Scott Bradley, 785 votes, over David Brandon, 587...
According to early voting results released by Collin County, the $600 million Collin College construction bond issue is passing with 21,893 votes or 56.73 percent. 16,700 were cast against the bond in early voting or 43.27 percent. Murphy residents voted for three...
