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As time runs out next week on the fourth special session, Gov. Greg Abbott said he will continue to fight for school choice, despite the Texas House once again decisively rejecting it when 21 Republicans largely from rural districts joined Democrats in stripping it...
The 1,885 square foot commercial structure at 104 S. Ballard, north of Olde City Park, will be razed soon. The mural on the south side of the building, “Wide Awake Wylie,” will be preserved, says the city. Jeremy Hallock/Wylie News Two downtown buildings will soon be...
A Los Angeles-based sculptor will create “Ancestor’s Voice” to be placed along the Municipal Walking Trail. It will feature a vessel emerging from the earth in the form of Caddo pottery. Courtesy Yoshikawa Wright Funded by revenue from city events, a multiyear city...
LSSR Director Terry Benjamin with Cowboy, a Border Collie. Courtesy Michelle Benjamin Lone Star Search and Rescue Director Terry Benjamin often asks the question, “If not us, then who?” Search and rescue is learned by failing, he says, not being successful. His...
With Thanksgiving in the rearview, a deluge of local Christmas events is fast approaching for residents living in Eastern Collin County. Multiple events will take place Friday, Dec. 1, and all of them offer unique activities. Historic Downtown Farmersville will...
Sports
Derrick Guzman and Michael Henderson III close in on DeSoto’s Deondrae Riden Jr. in Wylie East’s playoff loss to the Eagles. Photo by Austin Smith ARLINGTON - The Wylie East Raiders saw their season come to an end at the hands of the top-ranked...
Michael Henderson III crosses the goal line for one of his two touchdowns on the night in Wylie East’s win over Tyler Legacy. Photo by Oladipo Awowale WYLIE – Wylie East has won their first playoff game since 2016. The Raiders rode their defense in a...
The Wylie defense tries to corral Rockwall’s Ashten Emory in Friday’s playoff loss to the Yellowjackets. Photo by Oladipo Awowale ROCKWALL – The Wylie Pirates playoff run ended early in the Bi-District Round, losing to the Rockwall Yellowjackets by the...
Wylie East dropped a tight matchup with Tomball Memorial on Friday in the Regional Semifinals. The girls forced the match to fifth set, but couldn’t win the pivotal bout. Photo by Tina Lopez LUFKIN – The Wylie East Lady Raiders saw their season come to an...
Wylie East will play Tomball Memorial Friday Nov. 10 in the Regional Semifinals. Photo by Tina Lopez The Wylie East Lady Raiders (26-8) took down Royse City in Caddo Mills on Tuesday night. With a trip to the Regional Semifinals on the line, the game was every bit the...
Education
The Wylie ISD Board of Trustees has a new president, Jacob Day, following his being elected by acclamation at the regular meeting Monday, Nov. 13. The former WISD teacher was first elected to the board in 2018. Day is replacing Stacie Smith, who the board elected by...
Wylie ISD Education Foundation members and volunteers spent two days celebrating teachers last week. Members loaded into a “party bus” and made visits to schools across the district with pompoms, noisemakers, confetti, bells, whistles and oversized checks. ...
City and school employees, businesses, community leaders and sponsors were welcomed by the Wylie Chamber of Commerce for its annual “State of Education” luncheon last week. The event, held at the Collin College Wylie Campus Conference Center Tuesday, Oct. 24,...
It was an early start for the 27 Wylie ISD construction students, two teachers and handful of city employees who met at City Hall on a gloomy Wednesday last week. The Manufacturing Day tour, “Anatomy of a Construction Project,” started at 9:30 a.m.,...
College Board National African American Recognition Program Scholars from Wylie and Wylie East High Schools were recognized at the Monday, Oct. 23 Wylie ISD regular board meeting at the Education Services Center. The programs create pathways to college for...
Life & Style
If you’re the parents/guardians of elementary school-age children, the News is collecting Letters to Santa again this year. The letters will be printed in the December 21 edition of The Wylie News. Please print out the attached document, have your child write their...
Long before Collin County residents headed to the polls for early voting in the Primary Election last month, volunteers belonging to a decades-old association logged many hours behind the scenes to ensure voters were registered and informed. When Texas women finally...
Donnette Smith will lead you on a path of crime, intrigue, romance and suspense in her latest novel, a fantasy/paranormal thriller set in Farmersville involving a fictional cop named Cole Rainwater and his former high school sweetheart — now psychic — Jenna Langely....
After a few years of growing the typical Texas flowers; pansies in the winter, impatiens in the summer in the normal front flowerbeds, homeowner Kori Hendrix realized she wanted more variety and more gardens at her Wylie home. There was ample opportunity to make...
Students and families faced many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. The shift to remote learning and shortened school days, forced students to adapt to virtual school on the fly as parents adjusted to working from home full-time and managing their children’s...
Opinion
As time runs out next week on the fourth special session, Gov. Greg Abbott said he will continue to fight for school choice, despite the Texas House once again decisively rejecting it when 21 Republicans largely from rural districts joined Democrats in stripping it...
If you look at what’s missing from this great land, it’s, a barstool on which to sit, good home cookin’, and a counter on which to eat it. The diners of yesterday need a revival. By John Moore For more on this story see the November 22, 2023 print, or...
The ownership we feel for places we have lived seems absolute. Any house we’ve called home was ours. No one else’s. Even if several others lived in it before or after we did. Such was the case of the house on Beech Street where my family lived in the 60s and early 70s...
As the cool breeze of autumn begins to sweep through the Lone Star State, there’s a particular charm that sets Texas apart during this time of year. Beyond the sprawling landscapes and bustling cities, Texas boasts a remarkable connection between fall festivities and...
Gov. Greg Abbott, just hours after the Senate initially approved a school voucher measure, said he would add teacher raises and increased public school funding to the ongoing special session agenda if the Texas Legislature passes his voucher plan, the Texas Tribune...
