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At a rare joint meeting, the Murphy City Council and Planning & Zoning (P&Z) Commission adopted a zoning Master Plan for the city and rezoned a residential neighborhood for commercial use.The comprehensive plan updated a document last drafted in 2008.Also at...
A groundbreaking was held for the long-awaited and much-anticipated H-E-B grocery Tuesday Nov. 19. The McCreary Marketplace store will be located at East FM 544 and McCreary Road. Murphy City Council members have shoveled the start of a long-awaited H-E-B grocery on...
A wide variety of items can be packed in the boxes including tools, toiletries, small toys, socks, art supplies and much more. Courtesy photo Children in need around the world are set to experience the joy of Christmas through Operation Christmas Child, a project of...
Ruth Ononogbu was one of two individuals to receive the Wylie Way Award at the WISD board meeting on November 18. During the regular Board of Trustees meeting held on Nov. 18, 2024, the Wylie Independent School District (WISD) recognized two outstanding individuals...
Four-year-old Graham Escobedo of Murphy and his mother, Lauren, welcome the sun after spending the night camped in Murphy Central Park. Dozens of campers spent the night in Central Park during the city’s first campout. It was 51 degrees Saturday morning, Nov. 16, as...
Sports
Plano East incoming senior outside hitter Simone Heard helped to lead the Lady Panthers' volleyball team to the third round of the playoffs for the second consecutive season. Photo by Roosevelt Joubert / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] After the...
Injuries and illness made things quite difficult on Panther soccer last season. They battled through it and made it to the Class 6A Region I playoffs. Plano East is working to build on that finish in the 2018 season. “We will have a lot of depth this year and should...
Plano East boys and girls basketball traveled to holiday tournaments over Christmas break. The Lady Panthers ended up 2-2 in the 68th annual Sandra Meadows Classic at Duncanville. They beat Saginaw 68-49 and Frisco Liberty 38-48. Losses came to Conway, Ark. 67-55 and...
Plano East’s Tyler Owens signed to play football for Texas during a Wednesday, Dec. 19 ceremony at the high school. Also pictured Deborah, Lupita and Ed Owens. For more photos like this, see the Dec. 27 issue or subscribe online.
The start of the district season began with a split for Lady Panther basketball. They beat host McKinney Boyd 71-45 and fell 55-47 at home to Prosper in 9-6A. “It’s a very tough district but I’m excited to finally get to it and see what we are made of,” Plano East...
Education
WISD recruits, welcomes 225 new teachers It’s crunch time for area school districts as they race against the clock to prep for the 2023-24 school year welcoming new students and new teachers. In Wylie ISD, new teachers — 225 in all — were celebrated at the annual “New...
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Life & Style
GSM announces 2020 season, new audition process In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, area theaters, along with theaters all over the world, are being forced to postpone or cancel auditions, rehearsals and productions. Because “The Show Must Go On,” the Garland Summer...
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Opinion
We often hear someone say they just want to leave the world a better place than they found it. That’s a great goal, but rarely is it the case. Unless you were Charles Kuralt. For those of us who grew up during his time on the CBS News segment, On The...
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