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The Planning & Zoning Commission has unanimously denied a site plan for The Center of Islamic Knowledge on 2.64 acres at 1026 and 1030 N. Murphy Road. The vote followed an hour of generally negative public comment and a 20-minute executive session at the Thursday,...
Murphy voters will head to the polls Saturday May 3. Voting is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Murphy Community Center, 205 N. Murphy Road. Three members of the Murphy City Council face challengers in the general election Saturday, May 3. Candidates for Place 1 include...
After 19 months of court challenges by several districts, the Texas Education Agency has released school accountability ratings for the 2022-23 school year. The 2023-24 rankings are still blocked pending the resolution of a second lawsuit. No scores were released for...
Once again, Collin County property values show an increase, according to 2025 certified estimated taxable values released by Collin Central Appraisal District (CCAD). CCAD mailed the 2025 real property appraisal notices to property owners on April 15 and owners have...
The Plano East baseball team lost both games to Allen last week. Photo by Elijah Kloepping / C&S Media By Seth Dowdle [email protected] PLANO — Four costly errors doomed the Plano East baseball team last Tuesday in a 9-4 loss to the Allen Eagles in the...
Sports
Plano East volleyball team players approach freshman Kyla Slaughter (6) after she records a block during the third set against Plano on Tuesday. Photo by Andy Redmond / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Plano East head volleyball coach Sarah Perez...
The Plano East Panthers have a new mindset this season and the offense is ready to get on the field and get started. With a new quarterback and new offensive scheme, East will have a new look for 2021. That’s refreshing for a team that struggled last season, with some...
With the optimism at the Plano East football program this summer, it’s easy to feel excited about the team. One area where the team is continuing to evaluate its options is in the secondary. With a number of new players taking over roles at safety and cornerback, the...
New season, new team for the Plano East Panthers volleyball team. In the season-opening match on the road at Lebanon Trail, East took control of the match early to get a 3-0 victory, winning 25-18, 25-22 and 25-22. The Panthers jumped out to an early 8-3 lead in set...
The Plano East Panthers, like most around the country, had a crazy and difficult cross-country season. With the UIL mandates from the COVID-19 pandemic limiting the number of teams and competitors at each event, the Panthers scrambled to adjust with a young team....
Education
Howard, Reising file for re-election The filing period for the Nov. 5, 2024, election for Wylie ISD’s Board of Trustees is nearing its Aug. 19 deadline. The board of trustees, comprising seven members elected for overlapping four-year terms, plays a crucial role in...
Spiride, Chan lead PESH's 2017 graduates By David Jenkins Staff Writer [email protected] Thirteen years of hard work will come to a culmination in one short week for Plano East Senior High valedictorian Alex Spiride and salutatorian Colin Chan. They will lead a...
By David Jenkins Staff Writer [email protected] Close your eyes and imagine standing on a stage with a theatre full of people focused on you. For most people that might be terrifying. The same can’t be said for Plano East Senior High theatre...
From Staff Reports [email protected] Plano East Senior High’s yearbook, Panther Pride, was featured in the 2017 Jostens Look Book. The book celebrates the best-of-the-best in yearbook design and coverage. For the full story see the April 20 issue...
By David Jenkins Staff Writer [email protected] Plano East Senior High’s Theatre department was on the receiving end of a slew of Dallas Summer Musical Theatre Awards nominations for its presentation of the play “In the Heights.” Individual...
Life & Style
Social activity helps seniors when it comes to exercise Overcoming the lack of motivation to exercise is a common challenge, affecting people of all ages, including seniors. Recent studies are a testament to that difficulty. In a 2021 survey from the global fitness...
Charlie is a sweet 7-month-old lab mix who was found on the side of the road with two of his siblings. He is still a little shy with strangers at first but he loves other dogs. He will do best with another dog in the home. He is doing very well with potty training...
Meditation is often trumped as a means to reducing stress and restoring healthy function in the body. While meditation might once have been considered a New Age treatment, in recent years it has developed into a mainstream practice supported by both traditional and...
By Dixie Dickson Hope everyone had a safe and happy Independence Day! We are so blessed to live in a country of the brave and the free. We had Fun Night on the third and enjoyed the parade and fireworks from inside our center away from the mosquitos and heat. It was a...
By Mignon Morse Summer Reading Club continues through July 30. It’s not too late to sign up and read. We have programs for children, teens and adults this year. You can sign-up anytime and join the fun. If you read 25 hours, you get your name in the hat for a drawing...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore still enjoys the old radio and TV shows, even though they went off the air decades ago. Courtesy John Moore My father used to talk about radio programs a lot. The Lone Ranger. Lum and Abner. Amos and Andy. Edgar Bergen. People tend to talk about...
By Bob Moos Southwest public affairs officer for the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The owner of a Houston area ambulance company receives a 97-month prison sentence for submitting $2.4 million in claims to Medicare for services that weren’t...
By Ed Sterling Four days before the June 1 end of the 84th regular session of the Texas Legislature, both houses finally agreed after months of deliberation on a state budget for fiscal years 2016 and 2017. A 10-member conference committee worked out differences...
By Jim Starr As the rather recent saying goes: “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Authenticity is the practice of being truly yourself. Isn't it odd that this should be so hard to do? After all, you are yourself, no? Yet the word “authenticity” seems to point to a...
By Blake Switzer, Senior Pastor at Gateway Community Church “I’m really struggling with this,” my friend told me in a recent phone conversation. “I’m having a hard time coming to grips with how David could be called a man after God’s own heart after all he did.”...
