The Murphy City Council has proposed a voter-approval property tax rate one-half penny lower than last year’s levy. Councilmembers have also considered proposals to raise water and sewer rates in October. Council set a proposed rate of $0.3575 per $100 of assessed...
Multiple fire departments that serve Collin County communities responded to a fire on the 7300 block of CR 965 in Nevada. Among those responding departments were Wylie, Princeton and Farmersville. Fire departments from Rockwall, Josephine and Merit also responded to...
A promising start to the regular season now has questions for Plano East football. The Panthers (0-1, 3-1) lost their opening game of District 6-6A in a game that could not have gotten worse. Running back Daniel Fayombo went out with an injury, while Plano East...
An elderly woman who lives in the 200 block of Starlite Dr. in Murphy was tied up and her home was burglarized by two men according to the Murphy Police Department. At 11:10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept 28, police were dispatched to the residence after a neighbor called about...
A Sachse resident, Josiah Perez, 25, has been arraigned on two charges of attempted capital murder for his role in a shooting of two Sachse police officers Sept. 2, according to information released by the Sachse Police Department earlier this week. Perez was...
Plano (1-0 in 6-6A, 2-2) hands Plano East (0-1, 3-1) their first loss of the season, 33-22 was the final score at Clark Stadium in Plano. Daniel Fayombo left the game early with an injury, which impacted the Panthers' rush offense. The passing game generated some...
September is a busy month for city and county officials when it comes to budgeting money. This is the month budgets and tax rates for the upcoming fiscal year are publicly discussed and considered for passage. For the Collin County Commissioners meeting on Sept 12, a...
Residents who intend to cast their ballot in the Nov. 8 elections need to ensure they have registered to vote by Tuesday, Oct. 11. In Murphy, residents will vote in county, federal and state elections. Individuals living within Wylie ISD will also cast their ballots...
There is a sport that is relatively new to the area that is fun, easy and able to meet the needs of a wide variety of ages, activity levels, and experience. Pickleball, a court sport first invented in 1965, may have been slow to gain traction at first, but in recent...
