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Collin County Commissioners have voted 3-1 to conditionally approve a final plat for a dense 101-acre development between Parker and Murphy.County Judge Chris Hill was the lone vote against the Restore the Grasslands project, which would have 624 single-family lots...
TECRT Director Michael Dikovitsky and fellow TECRT volunteers. Courtesy photo When tragedy strikes — whether it’s a police shooting, a suicide, a mass casualty event or a devastating natural disaster — first responders rush toward the scene. But once the sirens fade...
Four new members of the Murphy Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) receive their certificates at the March 3, City Council meeting. From left, Fire Chief Perry Elliott, Fire Marshal Scott Eckstein, John M. Cox, Kathleen Hempel Cox, Jessica Weeks, CERT Director...
More than one-fourth of registered Collin County voters turned out for the March 3 primary elections, according to unofficial final results reported by Collin County Elections. And the number of Democratic voters nearly equaled that of Republican voters, a sharp...
The Murphy City Council has accepted the Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report after receiving an unmodified or clean report from auditors.Also on the agenda for the Tuesday, March 3, council meeting, Fire Chief Perry Elliott and Fire Marshal Scott...
Sports
Plano East junior infielder La’Courtnia Butler looks a throw into her glove as she steps on the bag at first base during last Friday’s home game against Prosper. Photo by Andy Redmond / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Plano East's baseball team...
Plano East junior quarterback Josh Gordon throws a pass during Friday's season opener at Tom Kimbrough Stadium. Photo by Andy Redmond / C&S Media By Austin Cookson [email protected] The Plano East Panthers were unable to fully capitalize on momentum early in...
Plano East senior Marisabelle Sias hits the ball around the block of two Allen defenders during a recent match. Photo by Andy Redmond / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] One week after losing a hard-fought five-set thriller to Allen, the Plano East...
Plano East players celebrate a play made by senior outside hitter Marisabelle Sias (11) during a home match against Woodrow Wilson on Aug. 12. Photo by Andy Redmond / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The Plano East and Allen volleyball teams...
Plano East’s Cole McBride pushes through to earn 35th place in the open varsity boys race at the Rock Hill 2-Mile Opener on Aug. 15. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The Plano East cross country team entered last Friday’s...
Education
Bree W. of Wylie High placed fifth in the steer division at the Collin County Junior Livestock Show last week. Courtesy Nicole House Photography Wylie ISD agricultural science students earned a wide range of honors at the 2026 Collin County Junior Livestock Show and...
Wylie ISD families and community members learned of the dangers of fentanyl, vaping and social media from a panel of experts last week at Burnett Junior High. The informative community event, “Fear, Dangers and Concerns: Fentanyl, Vaping and Social Media,” was hosted...
Superintendent David Vinson discussed an ambitious new effort at Wylie ISD’s regular board of trustees meeting Monday, Feb. 26. Vinson presented an information report on Chapter 37, the Texas Education Code on student discipline management. For more on this story see...
It was a music-filled Saturday as Wylie ISD students and members of the Wylie Community Band performed at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. Now in its fourth year, the event hosted by the Wylie Community Band and Jazz Band, offered Wylie junior high...
February is CTE Month, a national public awareness campaign that highlights the value and achievements of Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. “It’s an opportunity to showcase our programs and to continue to educate the community about the things we are...
Life & Style
Five Christmas cookie recipes that will be a hit at any cookie exchange are featured in the Life & Style section. Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies Makes 48 cookies 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, softened 3⁄4 cup peanut butter 1⁄3...
If you’re the parents/guardians of elementary school-age children, the Monitor is collecting Letters to Santa again this year. The letters will be printed in the December 23 edition of The Murphy Monitor. Please print out the attached document, have your child write...
Walking into Kaiser Center for the Performing Arts for the first time, patrons might find it hard to believe it was once the site of the former home décor store, Tuesday Morning. Aisles of kitchen gadgets, shower curtains and pet beds have now been replaced with a...
Home gardener Catherine “Cathi” Banks has learned by trial and error how to get the most from the raised bed gardens that have lined her backyard in Murphy for the last six years. In fact, Banks’ has not only had good luck with her gardening adventure, she...
After a few years of growing the typical Texas flowers; pansies in the winter, impatiens in the summer in the normal front flowerbeds, homeowner Kori Hendrix realized she wanted more variety and more gardens at her Wylie home. There was ample opportunity to make...
Opinion
My grandfather called it a “Po Boy Lunch.” That meant we were having leftovers in whatever creative way my grandmother came up with. Recently, I took two biscuits from breakfast and loaded them with smoked brisket, and from the garden, purple onions and jalapeños. A...
People use different ways to learn to read. Some folks use the vowels and consonants method. Others memorize how the words look. I used both, but I had a secret weapon many didn’t know about. Comic books. While most kids were having, “Fun with Dick...
Residents in a total of 35 Texas counties now qualify for individual disaster assistance following a series of severe storms and flooding that began in late April, The Dallas Morning News reported. “I thank our federal partners and emergency response personnel across...
Texas is facing a reckoning on water that we must address if the state wants to secure its future prosperity. The State Water Plan prepared by the Texas Water Development Board projects that Texas faces a long-term water supply deficit of 6.9 million acre-feet in 50...
