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Drone shots capture an aerial view of runners as they took off at the start of the 2025 Run for our Heroes 5K race. File Art A community event honoring military service members and supporting veterans in need will return later this month, with organizers expanding...
After eight years at the helm of the Murphy Chamber of Commerce, Executive Director Juli Richards said she was stepping down, effective Friday, Feb. 28. “From the very beginning, my goal was simple: to build roots in this community, help it flourish, and support each...
Work is expected to begin this spring on a $72 million expansion of McKinney National Airport allowing commercial passenger service by late next year. “We continue to work toward a May 2025 groundbreaking,” Ken Carley, the airport director, said Friday, March 7. The...
Murphy Fire Chief Perry Elliott takes his oath. New Murphy Fire Chief Perry Elliott has been sworn in as successor to Chief Del Albright, who retired at the end of last year. “You guys are a great bunch of guys,” Elliott said to firefighters attending the Tuesday,...
A 29-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with the shooting deaths of a Murphy couple two years ago. Cristian Andres Bocanegra waived a jury trial and pleaded guilty Friday, Feb. 28, to one count of murder. He was accused of...
Sports
Landis Durham, Class of 2015 Plano East graduate, was inducted into the football team’s Hall of Honor last Friday night at Tom Kimbrough Stadium. Photo by Andy Redmond / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Three weeks after former defensive back...
In an offseason that has been full of changes, uncertainty and frustration, Plano East is moving forward. Last season was about building the team around a young core. Many of the starters were underclassmen, including quarterback Dylan Hayden, who had transferred...
Injuries were the name of the game for the Plano East Lady Panthers in 2019. Key players missing district play resulted in an underachieving season. With this in mind, head coach Cathy Manderson said keeping players on the court in 2020 should create improved results....
Friday night lights will not start burning in Wylie until the end of September under an athletics and band schedule announced last month by the University Interscholastic League. The delay, by about a month, in practices and games was instituted because of the...
The Wylie Preparatory Academy Patriots cross country team is ready for the 2020 campaign. Coach Patrick Williams is prepared and ready to train his runners toward progress. “I’m looking forward to developing strong runners that are physically strong, [that] can...
Education
Executive Director of Fine Arts Glenn Lambert presented what he called a “State of the Arts” in Wylie ISD last week to the Wylie ISD board of trustees. Five years ago, an initiative to add extracurricular activities, evaluate instructors and programs, facilities and...
Local schools’ STAAR scores measure up well against district and state Brooke Vincent [email protected] During spring of the 2014-’15 school year, students in grades three through eight across Murphy sharpened number...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] Plans for Bush Elementary are under way and school officials have been meeting with architects from PBK to discuss design, layout and much more. The new school will be located in the Inspiration subdivision...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] Tibbals Elementary is receiving $283,000 in upgrades thanks to the $94.2 million bond that was approved Nov. 4, 2014. The nine year-old elementary, which services Wylie and Murphy residents, will receive safety...
Wylie WHS graduate Denis Mangic was recently awarded the ACT Foundations community cares scholarship, an award of $1,000. The scholarship is given to 25 individuals who will be attending a four-year U.S. college or university. Mangic received the scholarship over a...
Life & Style
Walking into Kaiser Center for the Performing Arts for the first time, patrons might find it hard to believe it was once the site of the former home décor store, Tuesday Morning. Aisles of kitchen gadgets, shower curtains and pet beds have now been replaced with a...
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Opinion
If you’re a Baptist from the South, you’re hoping that if there’s a Pearly Gates pop quiz, the question isn’t, “What’s the third verse to any song in the hymnal?” You won’t know the answer. If you’re laughing right now, you know exactly what I’m talking about. In...
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