Jericho Village resident Keoni Hudson, left,with Janet Collinsworth, founder and CEO of Agape Resource & Assistance Center, becomes emotional while describing what the Jericho Village community has meant to her family. Sonia Duggan/Murphy Monitor More than 300...
A young resident does his best mummy pose in front of an inflatable castle on Sachse’s Municipal grounds. The city’s second annual Fall-O-Ween is Saturday, Oct. 18 at Heritage Park. The library is also planning a Halloween Party Thursday, Oct. 30. Ghosts, goblins and...
The Dallas County Tax Office has announced that 2025 property tax statements are now being mailed to property owners across the county. According to Dallas County Tax Assessor/Collector John R. Ames, this marks the 16th consecutive year that statements have been sent...
Strong communities don’t just happen. They rely on connection—residents knowing what’s going on, businesses reaching the customers who keep them open, and citizens having the facts to make good decisions. Local newspapers provide that connection in ways no other...
Courtesy GISD Voters in Garland ISD—including those in Sachse, Rowlett and Garland—will decide on Proposition A, a Voter-Approved Tax Rate Election (VATRE), on Nov. 4. If approved, the measure would raise the district’s property tax rate by 12 cents, generating...
The Wylie ISD Board of Trustees held three meetings over the past week—two special called meetings and one regular meeting—to address leadership changes and recognize student achievements. During a special called meeting Tuesday morning, Sept. 23, trustees named...
Casa Loma, Toronto, Canada, Courtesy Hector Vasquez People love to explore the uncanny and unexplained as Halloween draws near. One way to do so is by visiting some of the purportedly haunted places around the world that also happen to be spectacularly beautiful. Not...
Columnist John Moore has never attempted to rough it in the mountains like Jeremiah Johnson did, but John has taken a picture of the mountains from inside the comfort of a tour bus. Courtesy John Moore Robert Redford was a movie star. At a time when movie stars...
Map of Texoma Two-Step Project. Courtesy of NTMWD North Texas Municipal Water District is moving forward with a major infrastructure initiative known as the “Texoma Two-Step,” a series of projects aimed at increasing the use of water from Lake Texoma to help meet...
