Registration is open for the 2025 Murphy Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurship & Innovation Bootcamp for students ages 8 to 15. Participants will gain skills in entrepreneurship, communication and public speaking, financial literacy and sales and marketing. The...
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...
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...
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,...
The new baseball stadium in Arlington — Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers — opened last year. Globe Life Field was built to attract more fans during the long, hot days of summer in North Texas One local sports scribe said some time back that the team’s...
Beginning September 1, Texas residents who are eligible to own a handgun are no longer required to be licensed to carry one — openly or concealed. Gov. Greg Abbott signed HB 1927 into law last month, along with several other pieces of legislation that aim to protect...
The Murphy City Council on July 6 approved an economic development incentive policy for the city. The council had a relatively light agenda and adjourned after a little over a half-hour. During that period, council also approved a new group medical insurance...
A reported 51 Democrats from the Texas House left Austin today, breaking quorum in a show of defiance against proposed voting legislation. Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Chris Turner, Mexican American Legislative Caucus Chair Rafael Anchía, Texas Legislative...
Wylie ISD will receive millions of dollars from the last stimulus package, with some of that money targeted to help increase school district math testing scores. Drops in WISD math scores on the STAAR from 2019 to 2021 could be seen especially in grades five through...
