The Texas Legislature has voted to eliminate the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, known as STAAR, and replace it with a new testing and accountability system designed to reduce pressure on students, give parents and teachers faster results and provide...
Murphy’s first police chief, Fred Garwacki of Frisco, has died at the age of 85, his family said. Garwacki's daughter, Sharon Ray, said he had been battling health issues for some time and his family was with him when he succumbed on Friday, May 5.Garwacki and his...
Two races for the Collin College Board of Trustees election appear to be headed to a runoff election after no candidate garnered the required 50% threshold.With all 62 voting centers in Collin County reporting results for the May 6 election, unofficial tallies have...
Unofficial final results from the Saturday, May 6, election show Tarrah Lantz ahead in the Place 4 seat on the Plano Independent School District Board of Trustees with 50.52% or 11,915 votes of the 23,586 votes cast. Lydia Ortega garnered 40.67% or 9,593 votes and...
Unofficial final returns in the Saturday, May 6, election show voters favored Place 3 Murphy City Councilman Andrew Chase with 562 votes, 52.13% of 1,078 votes cast, compared with 516 votes, 47.87% for challenger W. Scott Smith. In Place 5, challenger Laura Deel...
The Murphy Police Department has charged a 28-year-old Dallas man with capital murder in last month’s fatal shooting of a couple at their home.Police Chief Chris Chandler said Cristian Andres Bocanegra had accompanied Vincent Cantu to the home of Cantu’s parents in...
On Election Day,Saturday, May 6, Murphy residents can vote 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Homer and Marie Adams rooms at the Murphy Community Center, 205 N. Murphy Road. Residents will vote on two contested city council seats and a proposal to re-authorize sales tax funding for...
Murphy Mayor Scott Bradley said the city was pleased an administrative law judge had recommended denial of a permit for a wastewater treatment plant between Parker and Murphy. Bradley commented after an executive session at city council’s Tuesday, May 2, meeting. The...
About a dozen volunteers got an early start on Earth Day by helping to clean up the Timbers Nature Preserve Park in Murphy. Other residents disposed of unwanted drugs. Wearing orange vests and work gloves, the park cleanup volunteers used grabber tools to pick up and...
