Rebekah Rodgers, assistant director of 5 Loaves Food Pantry and Adrian Phillips, former NFL player and founder of the L.A.K.E. Foundation. Phillips was one of the evening’s keynote speakers. Sonia Duggan/Murphy Monitor With a night filled with inspiring speeches,...
Murphy Fire Chief Perry Elliott takes his oath. New Murphy Fire Chief Perry Elliott has been sworn in as successor to Chief Del Albright, who retired at the end of last year. “You guys are a great bunch of guys,” Elliott said to firefighters attending the Tuesday,...
A 29-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with the shooting deaths of a Murphy couple two years ago. Cristian Andres Bocanegra waived a jury trial and pleaded guilty Friday, Feb. 28, to one count of murder. He was accused of...
Plano East senior Jackson Papenfus allowed just two hits and one run with eight strikeouts in seven innings in the Panthers' 6-1 home win over Princeton on Wednesday, March 12. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media From Staff Reports The following are final scores for...
Plano East senior Logan Potter scores one of his two goals in a 4-3 loss to McKinney on Tuesday, March 11 from McKinney ISD Stadium. Photo by Jerry Winfrey / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The Plano East boys' soccer team was eliminated from...
Erika Johnson will compete in the 2025 Special Olympics in Turin, Italy. Courtesy photo Murphy resident Erika Johnson is set to represent Texas at the 2025 Special Olympics in Turin, Italy, departing this week as part of the USA Delegation. Johnson, 37, is the only...
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reports 94.35% of Texas kindergarteners were vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella as of the 2023-24 school year, with 93.31% of Collin County kids having received the vaccines. As of Monday, March 3, the...
Trustees to get on the Saturday, May 3, general election ballot, there remains the option for write-in candidates to be elected. Collin County Elections Administrator Kaleb Breaux said the first step would be for a qualified write-in candidate to file with the...
Demonstrators wave Ukrainian and American flags during a protest outside Rep. Keith Self’s town hall meeting. About two dozen demonstrators greeted 3rd District Congressman Keith Self at a town hall in the Collin College Conference Center in Wylie. Waving U.S. and...
