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Jericho Village nears completion

Jericho Village nears completion

Nine residential buildings are nearing completion at Jericho Village, each designed to resemble a single-family home, with four apartments sharing a common front door and stairs. Jericho Village, Wylie’s first income-based urban housing village, is nearing completion...

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Rainy day election runoff follows stormy night

Rainy day election runoff follows stormy night

Rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of campaign workers outside the Murphy Community Center following a night of storms that downed trees and knocked out power in many neighborhoods. The Tuesday, May 28, runoff election was held as scheduled throughout Collin County...

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Rock into summer with Sounds at Sundown

Rock into summer with Sounds at Sundown

Blurry Paige from San Antonio is the first attraction at this summer’s Sounds at Sundown concert series. Courtesy photo. Four free outdoor concerts are on tap next month for Murphy’s Sounds at Sundown series in Central Park. Each Friday night in June will feature...

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Memorial Day observance planned

Memorial Day observance planned

A Memorial Day ceremony planned by VFW Post #315 and the City of Wylie will take place at Olde City Park Monday, May 27. At the event, wreaths will be placed honoring the fallen, all veterans and those actively serving. Memorial Day is a chance to reflect on the lives...

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Murphy’s population down slightly

Murphy’s population down slightly

Led by Celina and Princeton, Texas has eight of the 15 fastest-growing cities by percent change among cities over 20,000 population, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau said. But while most Texas cities added population between July 2022 and July 2023, Murphy’s total...

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Lady Panthers learning, growing

Lady Panthers learning, growing

By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] The Lady Panthers have taken some positive strides, which are part of the growing process. Also included in that maturation are moments of frustration, where things do not go one’s way. That’s something PESH has become...

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Education

Educator looks back with fondness on career

Educator looks back with fondness on career

When longtime teachers leave the profession, many if not all leave with lasting mem­ories. For Wylie High School re­tiree Teri Harrington, who re­tired at the end of the 2020-21 school year, those 23 years of memories came inside and out­side the classroom. Harrington...

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Life & Style

Make your house a home

Make your house a home

Even if you don’t own the house you lease, there’s no reason you can’t make it feel like home by taking a creative approach to designing and decorating your space. More U.S. households are renting now than at any point in the last 50 years. That’s why Invitation...

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Now we’re cooking

Now we’re cooking

When Eisenhower, JFK, and LBJ were in office, rarely would you find a kitchen that didn’t have one. Waking up each morning to the smell of bacon, sausage, and fried potatoes was just how the world turned in 1960s Ashdown, Arkansas. And an electric skillet was part of...

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