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Whether you’re young and energetic or older and slower, StretchLab wants to help you live long. “Assisted stretching can improve range of motion and flexibility, improve posture, reduce muscle and joint pain, improve relaxation and stress relief and improve sports...
City of Murphy staff have researched two projects to help the city project the best face to the community. One project presented to city council at the regular meeting Tuesday, March 7, was for a 20-by-30-foot mural for the south wall of the Murphy Activity Center....
Bobby Tillman of Sachse uses technology to tell stories and preserve media for future generations. Tillman studied electrical engineering in college and enjoyed fixing things and making them work. So he was intrigued by the possibilities offered by computers and the...
In addition to taking home the fish they caught, eighteen young anglers won prize packages for their catches at the 9th Annual Rainbow Trout Roundup held Saturday, Feb. 25 at the pond by Murphy City Hall. About 350 people took part, with 180 kids registered to fish....
The Murphy Police Department ended 2022 with no complaints of racial profiling during traffic stops, Chief Chris Chandler told City Council. “I am happy to report that the Murphy Police Department is fully compliant with Texas law,” Chandler said in presenting his...
Sports
High school athletes around the country are signing their national letters of intent this week for national signing day. While the festivities in the DFW Metroplex were delayed because of the storms last week, several local athletes from Wylie, Wylie East, Sachse and...
The Plano East Panthers (0-4, 3-4) are now below .500 for the first time this season, losing to the Coppell Cowboys (3-1, 6-1) 49-14 Friday night. The Cowboys took advantage of the Panthers' defense early, producing 332 passing yards and scoring 28 points in the first...
Plano East (0-3, 3-3) stays winless in district play as Flower Mound (1-2, 1-5) gets their first win of the season by the score of 48-31 at Flower Mound’s Wilson Stadium. The Jaguars penetrated the Panthers' defense on the ground and in the air throughout the game....
Plano East (0-2, 3-2) loses their first home of the season, 35-23 to the Hebron Hawks (1-2, 3-2) on homecoming night at Kimbrough Stadium in Murphy. It was not a good night for the Panthers' offense, as the Hawks forced several turnovers. Devillier threw 24...
A promising start to the regular season now has questions for Plano East football. The Panthers (0-1, 3-1) lost their opening game of District 6-6A in a game that could not have gotten worse. Running back Daniel Fayombo went out with an injury, while Plano East...
Education
Wylie families preparing to send a student to high school will attend an event designed to inform students about curriculum choices the next four years is planned next week. The I Have a Plan night will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at Wylie High School...
The second of three lawsuits against Collin College was resolved last week as the Eastern District Federal Court in Sherman approved a settlement between a former professor and the school. Suzanne Jones was fired in January 2021 by Collin College, which cited three...
Wylie ISD bands capped off their seasons with a performance at the UIL State Marching Band Competition in San Antonio last week. The bands at Wylie East High School and Wylie High School both qualified for the competition following a top six finish at the UIL Area...
Unofficial vote totals are pouring in across the state with all counties reporting election results. However, the vote totals will not become official until they are canvassed by state and local entities in the coming weeks. Murphy voters approved all 15 propositions...
Wylie ISD trustees took a moment to recognize the academic achievements of Black and Native American students in the district. The board recognized the students at the beginning of the Monday, Oct. 24, regular meeting, in a public ceremony held in the board meeting...
Life & Style
Finishing up a Veteran’s Day speaking tour, Vietnam veteran and Rowlett native Tim Lee delivered a message of perseverance and faith at the quarterly Murphy Chamber of Commerce meeting Nov. 15. The luncheon was sponsored by the Murphy Veterans Tribute organization and...
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...
Sue Darte blames her daughter and a jewelry making class she took nine years ago for igniting a passion for the art of fusing glass. “A retail glass company had a Groupon coupon and I brought my daughter-in-law with me to make two pieces of jewelry,” Sue said. In...
Mother’s Day is just around the corner and if you’re fortunate enough to still have your mom or grandmother in your life why not plan a special trip to honor them this year? We all know flowers and lunch are nice but how about escaping town to visit a place where...
Pictures of trash on beaches, a whale found with a belly full of garbage and turtles with plastic straws up their nose are no laughing matter. They are all just a tiny snapshot of reality today. The impact of the world’s overuse of plastic is causing havoc on the...
Opinion
It takes a lot of trust to let someone shave your face with a straight razor. But from what the old timers used to say, there’s no better or closer shave. My great grandfather shaved with a mug, brush, and straight razor. So did other men in my family. By John Moore...
My mother must’ve kept everything my sister and I ever made for Christmas. Some things were put together in school, but most were done in Sunday School. Same is true for anything we ever made, regardless of the time of year. Decades later at a Christmas gathering, if...
It was Flag Day 1987. I was opening the mic for the first time as a new announcer on KTBB AM 600. It was the early part of my radio journey, and I was excited to be moving up in the industry. KTBB was the second radio station to be licensed in Tyler, Texas. A station...
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov 18 -- “In terms of absolute strength – that is, without regard for body size, weight or composition – the average man tends to be considerably stronger than the average woman. Specifically, the absolute total-body strength of women has...
Knowing beans about chili “Oh, waiter. There’s a bean in my chili.” So goes the encounter every Southerner dreads when he orders a bowl of red and is served chili with beans. There are certain missteps in the South that are unforgivable. Asking a girl out without...
