Wylie Police Department blotter from April 4 – April 10 April 4• 12:43 – Possession of Marijuana, less than 2 ounces – 2000 N. Hwy. 78 • 16:56 – Assault Bodily Injury/Family Member – 1300 E. Oak St. • 18:46 –Found Property – 1800 McMillen Rd.• 20:36 – Possession of a...
Welsh winner from Wylie
Beth Miranda of Wylie and Scarborough Tigger, her 20-year-old palomino Section A Welsh Pony, won Supreme Champion in carriage driving events Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Welsh Pony and Cob Society’s American National Show in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Bob Wieland/C&S...
Wylie City Manager to retire
After 24 years of service to Wylie, a dozen of those years in the chief administrative post, City Manager Mindy Manson plans to retire effective April 30. Manson submitted her letter of retirement to the city at the Tuesday, Jan. 22, city council meeting. "While we...
Copies of Community High Graduation Section available
The Community High School Class of 2018 graduation section was included in the June 14, 2018 edition of The Wylie News. If you would like extra copies they are available at the Wylie office located at 110 N. Ballard in downtown Wylie. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. – 5...
Copies of Wylie Graduation Sections available
The Wylie High and Wylie East High School Class of 2018 graduation section was included in the May 30, 2018 edition of The Wylie News. If you would like extra copies they are available at the Wylie office located at 110 N. Ballard in downtown Wylie. Office hours are...
Sensational sophomore
There was no sophomore slump for Wylie East graduate Braden Shewmake. As a member of the Texas A&M baseball team, he earned multiple preseason and postseason honors for 2018. He also helped lead the Aggies to a winning record after making the switch from second...
The front lines of fatherhood
Pastors, fire captain, talk serving and parenting today Craig Rush knows all too well the challenges families face today. As the campus pastor of Chase Oaks Church Woodbridge Campus, and as the father of three children, ages 7, 5 and 3, the demands of family and...
Heat deaths in cars are preventable
Since 1990, an average of 37 children have died of heatstroke in vehicles every year in the United States, tragedies that were entirely preventable. Murphy Police Chief Arthur Cotten pointed out that heat deaths in vehicles actually are higher when pets and the...
Bluegrass event opens in two weeks
There is a little bit of something for everyone, music, custom and antique cars, pony rides, craft vendors and food, for the annual Bluegrass on Ballard celebration Saturday, June 30 in historic downtown Wylie. The free festival hosted by Wylie Downtown Merchants...
Pirates push Keller to the max in regional semis
FLOWER MOUND – Keller got all they could handle from Wylie during the semifinal round of the Class 6A Region I softball playoffs. In the end the Indians held on for a 5-3 win Friday, April 18 at Flower Mound High School. They’ll face Plano in the regional finals. The...