The Murphy City Council will schedule a public hearing next month to consider staff recommendations for a 6% budget increase for Fiscal Year 2026-27, funded in part by increasing the local property tax by less than half a penny. Councilmembers meeting on Tuesday, Aug....
Ashley Hudson, special events manager, hangs “Breath of Beauty” by Avery Hayes in the “Arts and Rec” display at the Murphy Activity Center. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and is closed on Sunday. Photo Bob...
The Plano ISD Board of Trustees will meet next month to set a 2026-27 tax rate after receiving certified taxable property values from the Collin Central Appraisal District. The school board will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 4, and a work...
The 42-member cast of WAG’s “Newsies,” will take the stage for performances starting July 24. The musical highlights the 1899 newsboys’ strike in New York City. Photo Courtesy Wylie Acting Group By Allison LaBrot | [email protected] Wylie Acting Group...
Mayor Scott Bradley applauds after he and Top Store Leader Daniel Daigle cut the ribbon for the new H-E-B store at FM 544 and McCreary Road on Tuesday, July 21. The store is open daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Stay informed, and support your local community newspaper,...
Day in, day out for nearly a decade, volunteer drivers with Families to Freedom have shown up at hospitals, police stations and carefully arranged meeting spots to transport people escaping abuse. Sometimes the passenger is a woman carrying little more than a purse...
Murphy residents are being asked to sign a petition in support of a local-option liquor election. If organizers gather enough valid signatures, the proposal will be placed on the November ballot. Bob Wieland/Murphy Monitor Time is running out for the Murphy Chamber of...
Twenty-one months after groundbreaking, H-E-B is opening its newest store at 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 22. Located on the southwest corner of FM 544 and McCreary Road in Murphy, the store will include a barbecue restaurant with a drive-thru window, deli, bakery,...
A comparison shows an e-bike with pedals and an e-motorcycle, designed for off-road riding on private land, that does not have pedals. Courtesy Photo City officials want parents to know that electric motorcycles are designed to be ridden off-road on private property...
