Cease the Grease

Holiday Grease Roundup Nov. 25 through December 7th. Over 50 drop-off locations to serve the community.

Christmas in the Park

Christmas in the Park will be held on Thursday, December 2, 2021. The tree lighting with be at 5:45pm.

OpenGov Portal

Fresh on the heels of asking residents for their opinions via an electronic survey, the City of Murphy is taking yet another step toward openness and transparency by launching an online platform that provides access to the City’s financial records, says I...

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Annual Santa Ride to start on Dec. 6

Annual Santa Claus fire engine ride set for Dec. 6 start

Residents can track exact location of St. Nick on website

MURPHY (November 15, 2021) Even though his legendary sense of direction has never come into question, Murphy Fire Rescue is taking ...

City appoints new Police Chief

Murphy selects new Police Chief from North Texas city

MURPHY (November 4, 2021) Following a thorough recruitment, interview, and selection process, the City of Murphy has chosen an experienced law enforcement professional from the Dallas-Fort Worth area as...

Inside lane of S. Murphy Road to close temporarily

Water main replacement to close lane for six months

Caution urged along South Murphy Road construction site

MURPHY (November 3, 2021) Crews working to replace a critically important water main along the northbound side of South Murphy Road will in...

Fire Rescue sets annual toy drive

Firefighters schedule three-week toy drive collection

New, unwrapped toys accepted from Nov. 15 to Dec. 6

MURPHY (November 3, 2021) For kids around the world, the magic of Christmas is often wrapped in colorful paper and bright ribbons, simple gif...

MEDC program to help improve business exteriors

MEDC program to improve look of business exteriors

MURPHY (November 1, 2021) Humorist Will Rogers may have had the City of Murphy’s REVAMP program in mind when he quipped, “You don’t get a second chance to make a goo...

Water use during winter months sets sewer charges

Water use during winter months sets sewer charges

MURPHY (October 22, 2021) The annual three-month period during which the City of Murphy calculates sewer charges by averaging winter water use begins in November and includes totals from January a...

Positive WNV samples found in creek bed captures

Positive WNV results found in two creek bed samples 

MURPHY (September 8, 2021) While no human infections have yet been reported in the Murphy and surrounding areas, two additional positive results for West Nile Virus have been detected within the...

Second location reveals positive WNV test

Second location reveals positive WNV test within City

Still no human cases have been reported in Murphy 

MURPHY (August 17, 2021) A mosquito trapped in Murphy on Aug. 10 has been found to carry the West Nile Virus. The testing of the inse...

Former Council member dies

Former Council member Brad Lapsley succumbs at 93  

MURPHY (August 3, 2021) Former Murphy Council member Brad Lapsley died on July 27 at the age of 93. He is survived by Betty, his wife of 69 years, and five children.

Lapsley, a retired real estate...

Take Me Home program initiated by Police Department

Police Department initiates Take Me Home program

Designed to assist locating uncommunicative individuals

MURPHY (July 29, 2021) It’s a caretaker’s worst nightmare. Someone in their care, whether elderly or otherwise unable to r...

Safe exchange spot posted at Police HQ

Safe exchange spot positioned at Police headquarters

Spot monitored 24 hours a day via closed circuit

MURPHY (June 24, 2021) As more retail transactions take place online with many of the exchanges occurring on a face-to-face basis, the Murphy Pol...