Maize Days Facts and Schedule

Murphy Maize Days facts, information, and schedule

When:  Saturday, Sept. 25 from noon to 9:45 p.m.

Where:  Murphy Central Park, 550 North Murphy Road

Parking:  Free offsite parking and shuttles at Tom Kimbrough Stadium f...

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...

National Night Out set for October 5

National Night Out block parties set for Tuesday, Oct. 5

Meet-and-greets attended by first responders

MURPHY (August 26, 2021) This year’s National Night Out is set for Tuesday, Oct. 5 when residents can meet their neighbors, greet first...

Maize Market now accepting applications

Vendor applications for Maize Market now accepted  

Interested buyers to roam Maize Days vendor alley

MURPHY (August 18, 2021) Merchants are quick to agree on the universal principle that there are few conditions more favorable to making ...

Maize Days seeking volunteers

Maize Days seeking volunteers to assist at fall festival

Tradition of volunteering among event’s highlights

MURPHY (August 17, 2021) The long-awaited return of Maize Days is just around the corner as preparations for the highly-popular C...

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...

Mosquito with WNV trapped in City

Captured mosquito tests positive for WNV within City

No human cases reported in Murphy or surrounding area 

MURPHY (July 17, 2021) A mosquito trapped in Murphy has tested positive for West Nile Virus, and has been reported to area health ...

MCC gym set to reopen

Gymnasium at MCC to reopen on Monday, July 19

MUPRHY (July 16, 2021) Patrons of the gymnasium at the Murphy Community Center are welcome to return to the facility starting on Monday, July 19, as the gym will once again open its doors after the m...

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...

MAC dedication set for June 12

City set to dedicate remodeled Murphy Activity Center

Transformed facility to be officially inaugurated on June 12

MURPHY (June 1, 2021) When pressed to name a tangible, easy-to-recognize outcome of the work accomplished as part of the 2017 Capita...

Construction on S. Maxwell Creek Road begins

Project includes construction on S. Maxwell Creek Rd.

Major work on Kinney Drive also part of project 

MURPHY (April 13, 2021) Construction has begun for one of the final projects included in the 2017 Capital Improvement Projects bond ele...

Police encourage emergency alert sign-ups

Free alert system crucial in all types of emergencies

MURPHY (April 6, 2021) Getting accurate, timely, and most importantly, official information to help families make important and perhaps life-saving decisions in emergencies of all types is the...