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Achieve Academy’s Harold Lacey was named Wylie ISD’s Secondary Paraprofessional of the Year Friday, May 8, at the Wylie Way awards gala. Courtesy Wylie ISD Wylie ISD celebrated its employees Friday night during the 10th annual Wylie Way Awards Gala at the Plano Event...
Starting next month, Murphy homeowners will pay more to have their garbage picked up. The Murphy City Council voted unanimously to increase the total monthly charge for residential solid waste collection and recycling from $19.38 to $21.21, effective May 1. Commercial...
Plano East's Kylie Grant looks a fly ball into her glove during the Lady Panthers' 5-4 road win over McKinney Boyd on Tuesday, April 1. Photo by Jerry Winfrey / C&S Media From Staff Reports Final scores for games played by Plano East from March 28-April 3:...
Murphy City Council candidate Elizabeth Abraham said she wants to maintain the city’s small-town charm while addressing the challenges of rapid growth. Abraham, who serves as mayor pro tem, is seeking her third term in Place 1, and said her experience in city...
Having lived 22 years in Murphy, Place 4 Councilmember Ken Oltmann said he wants to continue to represent his neighbors. “I aim to leverage my experience in city government to keep Murphy a thriving community where we can all live our best lives,” Oltmann said. He...
Sports
The Plano East volleyball team, pictured in previous action, is bound for the Region I-6A Division I final after defeating El Paso Eastlake in three sets on Friday at Lubbock Coronado High School. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman...
The Panthers came into the season with a roster that was one of their youngest in quite a few years. With that youth comes mistakes and ill-timed plays in close games, and ultimately that has cost Plano East multiple times. Now at 4-4, Plano East has lost all four...
Marcus scored 28 points in the first quarter and never looked back in a 66-21 win over Plano East. Marcus had only run two offensive plays when they went up 21-7, thanks to an 89-yard interception return for a touchdown and a muffed punt by the Panthers. After two...
A six-touchdown pass performance from Coppell quarterback Ryan Walker helped the Cowboys knock off Plano East, 49-26, on Friday, Nov. 27, at Kimbrough Stadium. “It's not a lack of effort tonight,” McCullough said. “We just didn’t make the plays they did. Hats off to...
Plano East had two basketball programs with different expectations entering the year. The boys’ had to replace the bulk of their talent from last year, while the girls’ had a lot of momentum from a young roster that had gained playoff experience last season. The...
Education
Trustees of the Plano Independent School District have voted to award all staff members a 3% pay raise for the 2024-2025 school year. “With an anticipated budget impact of $7,594,301, this increase highlights the school board’s long-standing tradition of working to...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] The sun will come out and hopefully a theater full of happy thespians for the musical “Annie Jr.” The show features a cast of over forty performers and crewmembers and is the first musical at the Wylie Acting...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] Smith Public Library welcomed 13 sweet-toothed 4 – 6th graders during last week’s Sushi and Sidekicks event. The program ran in conjunction with the summer reading “hero” theme. Veronica McKay and Lindsay...
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...
Life & Style
Area residents looking for some yuletide cheer, and perhaps some shopping, will have several opportunities to get in the spirit. The city of Murphy will hold its annual Christmas in the Park celebration, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Murphy Municipal...
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Opinion
Cast iron skillet used for generations by John Moore’s family that was featured in The Pioneer Woman Magazine. Courtesy John Moore. My momma’s skillet and this columnist are featured in the fall 2017 issue of The Pioneer Woman Magazine. Well, it used to be my momma’s...
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