Wylie veterans Chuck Davis, left, and Don Bridges say goodbye to Dave Marshall, their guardian for Honor Flight #60, after arriving home at Dallas Love Field earlier this month. Courtesy photo Two longtime friends and fellow members of American Legion Post 315 in...
Fentanyl poisoning continues to claim a growing percentage of drug deaths in the state, according to the Texas Health Data dashboard published online by the Department of State Health Services (DSHS). As of Aug. 25, 45.39% of all drug deaths were attributed to...
There’s a deep satisfaction in seeing how far you can shoot a pumpkin from a giant slingshot. And there’s even more satisfaction if you can hit something with it. Well, for $5 a pumpkin you can try your luck at Punkin’ Chunkin’ at the annual Maize Days festival,...
Drought, generally defined as an absence of water caused by insufficient precipitation over a period of time, is as old as the Bible. “Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me,” said Jacob as he described his hardships as a shepherd (King James Version, Genesis...
Property owners will get a break in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 as the Murphy City Council adopted a lower tax rate despite a budget that will spend 1.7% more. Nobody showed up to speak at council’s public hearings at the Tuesday, Sept. 5, meeting at which councilmembers...
If you had been thinking about donating to the Murphy Veterans Tribute (MVT), now is the time to do it. North Texas Giving Day (NTxGD) is Sept. 21, but early donations are now being accepted and are matched dollar-for-dollar up to $7,000, said Tribute President and...
Texas ranks 35th nationally in state park acreage per resident. But voters will be asked in November to help improve that ratio. Proposition 14 on the Nov. 7 ballot would amend the state constitution to create the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund allowing the Texas...
At the first Wylie ISD Board of Trustees meeting of the school year on Aug. 21, the board unanimously voted to place a $298 million bond proposal on the Nov. ballot. The election is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 7 and early voting is from Oct. 23 to Nov. 3. “The...
PROSPER – Plano East’s third-down offense and defense struggled in a 42-14 loss to Prosper Rock Hill Friday night. Rock Hill (1-2) scored on five consecutive possessions in the first half, capitalizing on third-down conversions most of the evening. Late in the first...
