As political and social divisions increasingly play out online and in communities, the Rotary Club of Wylie is inviting residents to step away from the noise and meet face to face. The club will host its inaugural Rotary Peace Summit from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday,...
The Murphy City Council has overturned residential zoning in place since November 2021, returning 3.2 acres at the southeast corner of North Murphy Road and Betsy Lane to Neighborhood Services zoning that allows light commercial and retail development. The...
The Murphy City Council has adopted a new long-range planning document intended to guide development, land use and infrastructure decisions in the Collin County suburb for the next 15 to 20 years. The Murphy Master Plan replaces the city’s previous comprehensive plan...
File Art The 59th Annual Wylie Show & Sale is scheduled for March 22–28, 2026, at the F.O. Birmingham Agricultural Center in Wylie. The weeklong event highlights the work of area youth exhibitors and features livestock shows, student shop projects, horticulture...
At a rare joint meeting, the Murphy City Council and Planning & Zoning (P&Z) Commission adopted a zoning Master Plan for the city and rezoned a residential neighborhood for commercial use.The comprehensive plan updated a document last drafted in 2008.Also at...
Home Depot employees deliver pallets of boxed cereal to Amazing Grace Food Pantry. Courtesy Amazing Grace Food Pantry Wylie pantry celebrates 20 years of feeding neighbors What began in 2006 as a small community service effort has grown into a lifeline for thousands...
TECRT Director Michael Dikovitsky and fellow TECRT volunteers. Courtesy photo When tragedy strikes — whether it’s a police shooting, a suicide, a mass casualty event or a devastating natural disaster — first responders rush toward the scene. But once the sirens fade...
Four new members of the Murphy Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) receive their certificates at the March 3, City Council meeting. From left, Fire Chief Perry Elliott, Fire Marshal Scott Eckstein, John M. Cox, Kathleen Hempel Cox, Jessica Weeks, CERT Director...
More than one-fourth of registered Collin County voters turned out for the March 3 primary elections, according to unofficial final results reported by Collin County Elections. And the number of Democratic voters nearly equaled that of Republican voters, a sharp...
