Wylie Independent School District again earned the highest possible rating in the Texas Education Agency’s accountability system for 2024-25, posting an overall A with a scaled score of 92. Wylie Independent School District again earned the highest possible rating in...
The Murphy City Council has agreed to spend $5,500 to help train fire and police personnel how to cope with emergency situations such as an active shooter. Members approved the addition to the Fire Department emergency management budget at their regular meeting...
A program encouraging young authors for nine years once again returns to the Smith Public Library. Students in sixth grade and below are now able to submit to the Look at My Book program, which began Monday, Feb. 6. The program lasts through April 1, and children are...
What a difference a few degrees and some sunshine can make! After four days of bitter cold and miserable conditions, Collin County residents thawed Friday, Feb. 3, from the winter storm that paralyzed the region. Schools, businesses and government offices were closed...
Many retailers offer same-day delivery by truck, but Walmart now provides Murphy customers with speedy delivery by drone. The Walmart Supercenter in Murphy is one of 36 locations nationwide and one of 11 Walmart stores in Texas that provide drone delivery between 8...
The theme was Bond, James Bond, as the Murphy Chamber of Commerce honored its members at the annual awards gala. More than 100 chamber members and family attended the event held Friday, Feb. 3, at Hyatt Place in Garland. The chamber named Rich Baker, Farmers Insurance...
The Murphy City Council has agreed to spend $5,500 to help fire and police personnel cope with emergency situations such as an active shooter. Members approved the addition to the Fire Department budget at their regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 7. An outside vendor was...
For nearly two decades a Walgreens drug store was a landmark on the northwest corner of FM 544 and Murphy Road. Now three new stores – Panera Bread, Spectrum and Freebirds World Burrito – occupy that location, and city officials could not be happier. “Overall, the...
After serving as a justice of the peace for nearly a decade, a longtime Wylie resident is looking forward to enjoying his retirement. Jerry Shaffer, the namesake of the football stadium near Burnett Junior High School in Wylie, called it quits on his working life at...
