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Murphy City Secretary Kandi Jackson. Courtesy photo A city secretary is indeed a secretary — but so much more. “Municipal clerks, city secretaries and administrative professionals who act as the cornerstone of efficient local government operations,” said the...
The city of Murphy will conduct a general election Saturday, May 2, for mayor, City Council Place 3 and City Council Place 5. The incumbents are Mayor Scott Bradley, Councilmember Andrew Chase in Place 3 and Place 5 Councilmember Laura Deel. The filing period...
A monument on the grounds of the Texas Capitol in Austin provides the text of the Ten Commandments specified under SB 10. Courtesy Library of Congress. All 17 members of a federal appeals court in New Orleans have heard arguments in two cases challenging laws...
The Wylie ISD Board of Trustees held its regular meeting Monday, Jan. 20, outlining multiple developments and updates planned for the district this year. The meeting opened with several recognitions, including the appointment of Janet Wyatt as Achieve Academy...
A drone photo shows the snow/ice coverage that blanketed Murphy and brought activities to a halt. Courtesy City of Murphy Residents of Earth’s circumpolar region -- the Inuit in Greenland and Canada, the Aleut in Alaska and the Yupik in eastern Siberia -- have dozens...
Sports
Plano East shortstop Chloe Lee looks a throw into her glove during a 5-4 win over Plano on Friday. Photo by Andy Redmond / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Plano East improved to 3-3 in district play with two crucial wins this week: a 5-3 road win...
Justin Bailey is returning to the Plano East boys soccer team, this time as the Panthers' head coach. Submitted photo By David Wolman [email protected] A familiar face is returning to lead the Plano East boys soccer team. Justin Bailey, who served as a varsity...
Plano East alumnus DJ Hall was presented with the most outstanding player award for the 2023-24 Class 6A boys basketball tournament in San Antonio. Photo by Roosevelt Joubert / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Plano East teams saw plenty of...
Players on the Plano East softball team raise the gold trophy after the Lady Panthers defeated Hebron 6-5 in a Class 6A Division I bi-district playoff game. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] There was plenty of winning by...
Colton Shaw, a 2021 graduate of Plano East High School, was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the seventh round of the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft with the No. 212 overall pick. File photo By David Wolman [email protected] The Seattle Mariners dipped into...
Education
Plano ISD seniors Shriya Viswanathan, left, and Saura Agarwal, are holders of a new U.S. patent for an application to monitor exposure to ultraviolent sunlight exposure and issue alerts based on the user’s profile. Courtesy Plano ISD Two Plano ISD seniors have been...
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...
Boots ’N Barbecue, the largest fundraiser for the Wylie ISD Education Foundation, may be sold out, but there are still opportunities to get involved. The event, set for 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, will happen at a new venue — the Plano Event Center— this year. Last...
Life & Style
Side dishes abound on Thanksgiving dinner tables, but turkey still takes center stage. This recipe for “Holiday Turkey,” courtesy Andrew Schloss’ “Cooking Slow” (Chronicle Books), calls for slow cooking the bird. Such an approach should result in a delicious and...
Students and families faced many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. The shift to remote learning and shortened school days, forced students to adapt to virtual school on the fly as parents adjusted to working from home full-time and managing their children’s...
Now that you’ve closed on your first house, you’re officially a homeowner. However, before you can get comfy in your new place, you need to actually move in. If you’ve never moved into a new house, there are a few things you may not be aware of. As you make plans to...
I learned how to ride a bike on a pink glitter bicycle with white wheels, a cute basket, and rainbow tassel handles. As a kid, I spent countless hours exploring the neighborhood streets with my matching pink helmet. Recently, I’ve been enjoying biking once again on...
If I could bottle up a bit of June’s dreamy, luminescent sunshine, I would spritz it all year long to prolong that magical early summer feeling. It’s practically impossible to feel sad this time of year when the outdoors beckons you every day. This is your chance to...
Opinion
“DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.“Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. “Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’“Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? “VIRGINIA O’HANLON.“115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET.” VIRGINIA, your little friends...
You would think that there’s only one way to fold towels. But, you’d be wrong. Growing up in Ashdown, Arkansas, my momma showed me how to fold them, as well as shirts, socks, underpants, and other personal sundries. I assumed that this skillset would carry me all the...
America really is The Land of Opportunity. Even if there’s only one opportunity, and that opportunity is cutting the grass. Ashdown, Arkansas, was a pretty typical small American town in the 1960s and 1970s. Kids weren’t just handed things. If we wanted...
In the South, we believed with all of our hearts what we were told when we were children. Even if it was wrong. In the 1960s, the RCA color console TV my family had on Beech Street in Ashdown, Arkansas, could make you go blind. It could if you believed what our mom...
Back in the 60s, some American college kids protested the Vietnam War, but mostly, they conducted sit-ins. Few protests were violent. Other American college kids would have contests to see how many of them they could cram into a Volkswagen. Today, some college kids...
