The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has begun widening FM 2514 in Wylie. Work began Monday, Aug. 5, on improving 3.4 miles of Parker Road and North Ballard Avenue from a two-lane roadway to a four-lane divided road from Lavon Parkway -- just east of Country...

Total certified taxable values for Wylie and Collin County property were up from 2023, according to Collin Central Appraisal District (CCAD) figures as of July 23, 2024.  CCAD mailed estimated 2024 real property appraisal notices to residential property owners in...

Former Congressman Sam Johnson was honored with multiple awards for his military service. Courtesy Art The U.S. House of Representatives has passed U.S. Rep. Keith Self’s bill to rename the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based outpatient clinic in Plano...

About 70 protests have been filed against creation of a Municipal Utility District (MUD) for a development proposed to be built between Parker and Murphy. Without a MUD, the project would focus on apartments instead of single-family homes, the developer said....

Wylie’s EMS program manager Heidi Hawkins, along with teams from Colleyville, Abilene, Grand Prairie Fire, Sachse, Richardson, North Richland Hills, and Taylor and Wise Counties, was deployed to provide aid following Hurricane Beryl. Courtesy Wylie Fire-Rescue In...

Wylie Police were honored with a trophy declaring them as this year’s winner of  the annual blood drive competition at last week’s city council meeting. The PD beat the fire department by one vote.  The drives were held Saturday, 29 and Wednesday, July 3. Courtesy...