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Sexually explicit Murphy High prom video has parents upset

April 10, 2012

A video of Murphy High School students simulating sex acts while dancing at the school’s prom has caused an internet stir and drawn condemnation from school authorities, according to a story on WKRG.com.

Baker surpasses Murphy as Mobile County’s largest high school (video)

December 18, 2011

Murphy High in Mobile’s Midtown area is no longer Alabama’s, or even the county’s, largest high school.

Frances Sibley, longtime Murphy High administrator, gives one last campus tour

June 18, 2011

MOBILE, Alabama — A few minutes spent with Frances Sibley, Murphy High School tour guide, reveals that the 40-acre campus in midtown Mobile was a cabbage field owned by the Carlen family until the 1920s.

Murphy High backers speak against Davidson proposal

May 24, 2011

MOBILE, Ala. — Murphy High School alumni and supporters spoke out against a school attendance rezoning proposal that would take students away from Murphy and send them to Davidson High School.

Murphy High backers speak against Davidson proposal

May 24, 2011

MOBILE, Ala. — Murphy High School alumni and supporters spoke out against a school attendance rezoning proposal that would take students away from Murphy and send them to Davidson High School.

Carl Wilkens, witness to Rwandan genocide, tells of assisting orphans amid chaos

April 7, 2011

An U.S. citizen who remained in Rwanda during the genocide in 1994 told more than 100 Murphy High School students on Wednesday that they can make a difference even in the midst of chaos. MOBILE, Alabama — An U.S. citizen who remained in…

School nurses spread thin over Mobile County schools

November 11, 2010

On a recent rainy Monday, Derick King, the nurse at Murphy High School, had seen 11 ailing students by 10:15 a.m., sending five of them home for vomiting. Then, her office door creaked open. Someone asked her to come quickly. View full size (Press-Register…

Two teens accused of burglarizing Murphy High School

July 29, 2010

Police say school security officers went to the school about 1:15 a.m. after a security alarm went off. The officers detained the teenagers until Mobile police came and took them into custody. MOBILE, Ala. — Two teenagers were caught by Mobile police early this morning inside Murphy High School …

Obama appoints Mobile native to head Chicago U.S. Marshals Service office

April 21, 2010

CHICAGO — Mobile native Darryl McPherson, who graduated from Murphy High School in 1992 and attended Spring Hill college, has been nominated by President Obama to head the Chicago office of the U.S. Marshals Service. CHICAGO — Mobile native Darryl McPherson, who graduated from Murphy High School in 1992 …

Mobile superintendent drops plan to change high school attendance borders

March 15, 2010

One issue appears to be a rivalry between Murphy and Davidson high schools over some predominantly white, affluent neighborhoods in west Mobile. View full size (Press-Register file/Mary Hattler) Murphy High School students in the mathematics building on Good Friday, April 10, 2009. A plan to …