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Collin College to offer additional bachelor’s degrees

Collin College to offer additional bachelor’s degrees

The passage of Texas House Bill 3348 during the 87th Texas Legislative Session has opened window of opportunity for stu­dents at community colleges. Collin College may now offer up to five baccalaureate degrees after the passage of HB 3348, amending a law relating to...

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Community Center gym reopens

Community Center gym reopens

Folks hankering to play some basketball at the Murphy Com­munity Center can do now that as the gym reopened this week. The facility reopened July 19. The Community Center gym closed its doors for main­tenance and updates in June, city officials said. During the brief...

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Beer festival returns to enthusiastic crowd

Beer festival returns to enthusiastic crowd

Jake McMahon liked what Tunes, Tails and Ales brewed up July 17 at Murphy Central Park. The craft beer festival, can­celed last year because of the pandemic, drew scores of peo­ple for the beer, car show, tunes, food and just a general good time on an unseasonably...

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Donations accepted for fair

Donations accepted for fair

Donations for the Wylie ISD's 15th annual Back to School Fair are being accepted until July 22. Needed supplies include backpacks, crayons, composition books, highlighters, markers, pencils, erasers and more. The fair is set for 8-10 a.m. July 31 at the FBC Wylie...

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Child Tax Credit begins

Child Tax Credit begins

Initial payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit land Thursday in North Texans’ bank accounts, a provision that Congressman Colin Allred (District 32) supported in the American Rescue Plan. The American Rescue Plan expanded and improved the credit so that it is...

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Students learn valuable skills from national group

Students learn valuable skills from national group

Camryn Shupe considered herself lacking a certain charac­teristic before her involvement with SkillsUSA. That trait — confidence — has grown since she started with the national organization that seeks to help secondary school and college students build per­sonal and...

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Back in business

Back in business

It was like old times at the Wylie Opry as former patrons gathered together for the first time in 15 months to listen to music and say hello to old friends. A record number of attend­ees, around 175, came from Greenville, Celeste, McK­inney, Mesquite, Rowlett,...

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