Car seats, strollers, cribs, breast or bottle feed, daycare. It’s a seemingly endless list of decisions most parents need to make pre-arrival of their baby. Then post-baby, more important decisions have to be made concerning their health and welfare so they can...

Murphy City Council set public hearings for Sept. 3 and 10 on the proposed 2019-20 budget and the 2019 property tax rate that is expected to reflect a half-cent increase to 49.5 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The council met Tuesday, Aug. 6 for a brief budget...

Plano Independent School District trustees last week approved an amendment to the 2019-20 budget that reflects changes in public school financing dictated by the 86th Texas Legislature. The bottom line for PISD is that it will send $95 million less in property tax...

City of Murphy Animal Services is joining animal shelters across the country to host a Clear the Shelters Day pet adoption event Saturday, Aug. 17, from 9:30 a.m. until the shelter is clear. During the event, shelter is waiving adoption fees, and charges for spay and...