The Murphy City Council will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, and consider and/or act on the application of Westwood PS to approve a replat of Lot 3R, Block 1, McCreary Marketplace on the southwest corner of FM 544 andMcCreary Road. The purpose of this...
Plano ISD recently announced some personnel moves in its administrative apparatus, an assistant superintendent for Student Engagement and District Services and an executive director of Safety and Security, district officials said in a news release. Selenda Anderson,...
The passage of Texas House Bill 3348 during the 87th Texas Legislative Session has opened window of opportunity for students at community colleges. Collin College may now offer up to five baccalaureate degrees after the passage of HB 3348, amending a law relating to...
Folks hankering to play some basketball at the Murphy Community Center can do now that as the gym reopened this week. The facility reopened July 19. The Community Center gym closed its doors for maintenance and updates in June, city officials said. During the brief...
The Plano East Panthers football team is relying on an inexperienced group on the defensive line. That inexperience doesn’t equate to a lack of talent, however, as Plano East head coach Joey McCullough thinks the talent on his defensive line can bring the Panthers’...
Jake McMahon liked what Tunes, Tails and Ales brewed up July 17 at Murphy Central Park. The craft beer festival, canceled last year because of the pandemic, drew scores of people for the beer, car show, tunes, food and just a general good time on an unseasonably...
Donations for the Wylie ISD's 15th annual Back to School Fair are being accepted until July 22. Needed supplies include backpacks, crayons, composition books, highlighters, markers, pencils, erasers and more. The fair is set for 8-10 a.m. July 31 at the FBC Wylie...
Initial payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit land Thursday in North Texans’ bank accounts, a provision that Congressman Colin Allred (District 32) supported in the American Rescue Plan. The American Rescue Plan expanded and improved the credit so that it is...
No matter how hard we try, we really can’t avoid one another. We live in a world where what takes place somewhere else on the globe has a very good chance of affecting us, along with many others. The pandemic, of course, is a useful – if sobering – example. A virus...
