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Murphy PD adds electric vehicles to patrol fleet

Murphy PD adds electric vehicles to patrol fleet

City Manager Aretha Adams, left, and Police Chief Jeff Gibson announce the police department is deploying two new Tesla Model Y Juniper squad cars. Bob Wieland/Murphy Monitor What can silently accelerate to 140 miles per hour, has a deafening siren and blinding red...

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New plan to expand McKinney National Airport

New plan to expand McKinney National Airport

McKinney Air Center at McKinney National Airport is among top ranked fixed-based operators serving general aviation. Courtesy photo McKinney voters have twice rejected airport expansion plans, but Mayor George Fuller has continued to champion the cause. After nobody...

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Optional curriculum features Bible lessons

Optional curriculum features Bible lessons

Texas school districts may now choose reading and English language lessons linked to the Bible. By an 8-7 vote Friday, Nov. 22, the State Board of Education (SBOE) approved the optional Bluebonnet Learning curriculum drafted by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for...

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Residents give city high scores

Residents give city high scores

Apple, the Murphy Fire-Rescue facility dog, attended the staff Christmas party with Assistant Chief Joe Flowers. Most Murphy residents responding to a community survey said they would refer the city to a friend as a good place to live. “Your score of 72 is very solid,...

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Year in Review: 2024 Fall Sports at Plano East

Year in Review: 2024 Fall Sports at Plano East

Plano East incoming senior Simone Heard (8) was named the District 6-6A MVP last fall after she helped to lead the Lady Panthers to the third round of the playoffs for the second year in a row. Photo by Roosevelt Joubert / C&S Media By David Wolman...

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PESH earns honors

Lady Panthers pounced on all-district honors for the 2019 soccer season. Making the District 9-6A first-team were Taryn Barnfield, Quincy Sheppard and Emma Riley. Angel Shamba, Alexandra Krska and Savannah Lingle were on the second-team. The coaching staff picked...

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Varsity comes up short

Varsity comes up short

For a second straight year Plano East was unable to make the softball playoffs. The chance to qualify was up for the taking in a District 9-6A fourth place tiebreaker. McKinney Boyd emerged with a 6-1 win and would go on to lose in two games to Wylie in Class 6A...

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Panthers continue to make progress

Panthers continue to make progress

Another season of baseball is in the books. Plano East started off the season strong, going 10-8 in non-district competition. They began with a 3-2 showing in the Wylie ISD Tournament at Wylie East and Wylie High School. A 2-4 finish in the Dallas Jesuit Classic and...

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Dashing to glory

Dashing to glory

Owens claims silver in 100 meters at Austin AUSTIN – It was a storybook ending for Plano East’s Tyler Owens. The senior placed second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.38 in the Class 6A track and field meet. Matthew Boling of Houston Strake Jesuit set a new...

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Education

New law mandates school security

New law mandates school security

Many school districts were scrambling to comply with a new state law requiring at least one security officer with a gun at every campus during regular school hours. The measure was a direct response to the worst school massacre in Texas history, the May 2022 fatal...

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A community where horses heal

A community where horses heal

In a network of barns lo­cated on 50 acres on Coun­try Club Road in far north Wylie, horses and humans have been symbiotic for 35 years. Under the direction of own­er and head trainer Kai Handt, North Texas Equestrian Center has earned a reputation as one of the...

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Opinion

Hold, please

Hold, please

It appears that telephone landlines may be on their way out. CNN Business reported that recently, AT&T applied for a waiver in the state of California to stop servicing traditional landlines. Both AT&T and Verizon have both said they want to move away from...

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