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All Wylie Iindependent School District schools and facilities will be closed Monday, Jan. 26, due to winter weather concerns, the district said in an announcement Saturday, Jan. 24."We will continue to monitor conditions for Tuesday, Jan. 27," the district said. "If a...
It’s time to wet a line. For the tenth year in a row, young anglers in Murphy will get a chance to win prizes and capture bragging rights at the annual Rainbow Trout Roundup. The competition will take place Saturday, Feb. 24, at City Hall Pond, 206 North Murphy Road....
Collin County voters may have new locations to cast ballots in November’s elections. But that’s not necessarily a good thing. A requirement for large counties to add polling places was an unintended consequence of a new law passed last year by the Texas Legislature,...
The Murphy City Council has agreed to cancel this year’s Tunes, Tails & Ales festival because of a nearly two-thirds increase in price.Kayla McFarland, manager of recreation services, said vendor SBG Hospitality had raised its bid for a spring event from the...
The Murphy Chamber of Commerce is about more than just business card exchanges and ribbon cuttings at new member businesses. The chamber is also a certifying organization for the president’s annual volunteer service awards for any volunteer in the Dallas-Fort Worth...
Sports
Plano East senior offensive lineman Chibuzor "KC" Okongwu announced on his personal X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday that he gave a verbal commitment to play football for Texas Southern University. Photo by Kim Peichel. By David Wolman [email protected]...
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Education
Although a common pirate directive is, ‘Walk the plank’, Pirates taking construction classes at Wylie High School have chosen less dire, and more productive, plank activities. Jason Light, a 1999 graduate of WHS, has been a construction technology teacher and a...
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Life & Style
As the clock ticks down to Valentine’s Day, the pressure is on to find the ideal gift. While some sweethearts may provide some clues to help with Valentine’s Day shopping, many gift-givers are on their own. The National Retail Federation predicts that, in 2019,...
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Opinion
By Jon Smiley With Texas voters heading to the polls again this month for primary runoff elections, transparency and open accountability should be top of mind for voters and a top priority for our elected officials. That’s especially true in the election of the...
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