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An attempt is being made to hold a local option election allowing the retail sale of liquor in package stores.The Murphy Chamber of Commerce will begin circulating a petition for the City Council to place the issue on the Nov. 3 ballot.Voters would be asked whether...
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...
Plano East senior Jackson Papenfus allowed just two hits and one run with eight strikeouts in seven innings in the Panthers' 6-1 home win over Princeton on Wednesday, March 12. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media From Staff Reports The following are final scores for...
Sports
Plano East will play Plano at 7 p.m. Thursday at Tom Kimbrough Stadium. Photo by Andy Redmond / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Due to the threat of inclement weather, Friday's scheduled football game between Plano East and Plano has been moved...
The volleyball staff at Wylie released the schedule for the highly anticipated 2020 season. Six scrimmages will be held before the start of the regular season--Frisco Centennial, Lake Highlands, and John Paul II on Aug. 7 and Plano West, Mesquite Horn, and...
Three top women's golfers from the Wylie area teed off this week in the Texas Women's Open at Old American Golf Club in The Colony. In the hunt are Maddie McCreary of Wylie, who plays professionally on the Symetra Tour, University of Oklahoma golfer Libby Winans of...
The University Interscholastic League recently released the remaining districts for the next two school years. Those districts are good for cross country, tennis, baseball, softball, soccer, track and field, diving and swimming, and wrestling, which are considered...
Plano East boys collected all-district honors for this past season in the highly competitive 9-6A soccer. Senior James Stautler shared Offensive Player of the Year with Allen senior Scoty Reyes. Junior Walters Che was the Newcomer of the Year. Seniors Nick Bush, Sam...
Education
February is CTE Month, a national public awareness campaign that highlights the value and achievements of Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. “It’s an opportunity to showcase our programs and to continue to educate the community about the things we are...
From Staff Reports [email protected] The American Legion Hale-Combest Post 315 recently announced the twelve young men who will be attending the 2015 Texas Boys State at the University of Texas at Austin. The youth conference will be held June 7 through June...
Boggess Elementary School The Bike Rodeo and Family Picnic Island Style is scheduled for Thursday, May 7. The bike rodeo is schedule for 5:30-7 p.m. in the teachers parking lot and the PTA meeting to kick off the picnic will begin at 6 p.m. This year drinks and...
From Staff Reports [email protected] Collin College’s Alpha Mu Tau chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor Society was recognized with 23 individual and chapter awards at the organization’s international convention held April 15-18 in San Antonio....
From Staff Reports [email protected] THE ARTS gallery will host the 125 Plano Art Association 10th Annual Juried Show, a collection of works executed by local artists within a 125-mile radius of the Plano area from Monday, April 27 through Wednesday, May 13. The...
Life & Style
Now that you’ve closed on your first house, you’re officially a homeowner. However, before you can get comfy in your new place, you need to actually move in. If you’ve never moved into a new house, there are a few things you may not be aware of. As you make plans to...
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Opinion
Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it’s a start.” – Anthony Bourdain Barbecue is a versatile word. It can refer to an outdoor place to cook meat; to cooking meat; and can also reference a gathering of people for the purpose of serving meat cooked...
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