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More than 17% of registered Collin County voters turned out early for the March 3 primary elections, a higher percentage than early votes cast in the 2024 primaries when there were even fewer registered voters. There were 132,310 ballots cast during the 11 days of...
The Wylie ISD proposed general fund budget as presented. Courtesy Wylie ISD The Wylie ISD board of trustees approved the budget for the 2024-25 school year. Scott Roderick, Wylie ISD assistant superintendent for finance and operations, emphasized in his final...
Republic Services has ended the two-week special collection that removed volume restrictions. For pickup, all brush must be bundled in four-foot lengths for a total of 4 cubic yards. Republic Services is still picking up brush from last month’s storms but has ended...
The city of Murphy is taking precautions after a trapped mosquito tested positive for West Nile Virus. The mosquito was caught Friday, June 14, in a trap in the creek bed along Lonesome Dove Trail and the Texas Department of State Health Services reported the mosquito...
3rd District Texas Congressman Keith Self is met by his wife, Tracy, after completing a June 7 parachute jump at Mont Saint-Michel, France, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy.A West Point graduate, Self served in the U.S. Army...
Sports
Plano East senior Philip Reed qualified for the Class 6A state track and field meet in the 110-meter hurdles. Reed finished in second place at the Region I-6A meet in a time of 13.93 seconds. Photo by Jerry Winfrey / C&S Media By David Wolman...
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...
By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] MURPHY — Joey McCullough wanted to head into this weekend’s bye with an undefeated record. Well, Plano East’s second-year head coach got his wish, thanks to a dominating 36-8 win last Friday over Plano West at...
By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] The Plano East cross country teams each took a big step forward last week at the McKinney Boyd Invitational, with each earning a top-10 finish during their respective competitions at Myers Park. The Panthers finished...
By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] Plano East is riding high heading into this weekend’s district opener at Flower Mound. In the past two weeks, the Panthers have dispatched Lake Highlands and Jesuit, the latter 57-42 last Friday at Kimbrough Stadium....
Education
Wylie ISD will receive millions of dollars from the last stimulus package, with some of that money targeted to help increase school district math testing scores. Drops in WISD math scores on the STAAR from 2019 to 2021 could be seen especially in grades five through...
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Life & Style
Murphy residents are invited to Murphy Animal Shelter to give a dog or cat a new “furever” home during the annual Clear the Shelters Day pet adoption event Saturday, Aug. 17. The annual event starts at 9:30 a.m. and continues until the shelter is clear. Murphy Animal...
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Opinion
I'm not sure how a tomato became the symbol of sewing in the South, but it did. My mom, and every other mom I knew in Ashdown, Arkansas, had a pincushion in the shape of a tomato. Many of those pincushions are still around. Judging from the workload that women endured...
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