Martha Washington Tea Party guests, staff and volunteers gather on the lawn Saturday, April 25. The afternoon included tea, treats, colonial games and more. Courtesy photo By Christopher J. Raso Twenty-six guests enjoyed a tea party at the Welcome Center at Brown...
By Joe Reavis Staff Writer [email protected] While students and their parents are out shopping for school supplies to be ready for the start of classes this month, Wylie Independent School District teachers have been on the job since late July in workshops and...
By Joe Reaves Staff Writer [email protected] The annual Back to School Fair at which Wylie Independent School District provides free school supplies to students from disadvantaged families is this Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Event Center of First Baptist Church...
By Joe Reavis Staff Writer [email protected] Wylie City Council will meet next week to discuss the 2017 property tax rate that may be somewhat of a moving target. In its last budget workshop, July 20, the council floated cuts in the tax rate from two cents to a...
Opioid addicts, families walk steps together Editor’s note: This is the last of a three part series about opioid addiction in Collin County. Names have been changed to protect identities By Sonia Duggan [email protected] When an addict decides they are ready to...
From Staff Reports [email protected] Three Wylie Independent School District bus drivers finished near the top in competition held this summer by Texas Association for Pupil Transportation. The competition, the State Bus Road-eo, was held June 23 in Frisco....
By Joe Reavis Staff Writer [email protected] Certified property tax values released last week by Collin Central Appraisal District came in well above estimates used in tax rate discussions by the City of Wylie and Wylie Independent School District this summer....
From staff reports Senate Bill 1 is a strong property tax reform and relief measure by any reckoning AUSTIN - Working after midnight, the Texas Senate voted 19-12 to pass Senate Bill 1, by Senator Bettencourt (R-Houston) to bring property tax reform and relief to hard...
No public health impacts, air monitoring will continue North Texas Municipal Water District crews remain on the scene of a leaking ammonia storage tank at the NTMWD Wylie water treatment plant. The leak has been significantly reduced overnight, and NTMWD crews are...
