The Grascals, a Nashville-based bluegrass band, will headline Bluegrass on Ballard this year. Courtesy photo Downtown Wylie will once again fill with music, chrome and festival activity when Bluegrass on Ballard returns Saturday, May 30, for a full day of free...
Officials in Wylie ISD did not offer virtual learning as option this year after state lawmakers failed to provide money for the method. But district officials said Monday on the district website that a fully funded virtual education bill under consideration will...
A woman was treated at the scene and released after she crashed her Ford Expedition into Sun Lounge Tanning Studio storefront Friday morning in the 100 block of Ballard Avenue. Wylie police and fire crews responded at the scene. The driver was alone in her vehicle at...
Whitt Elementary School fourth-grade math teacher Madison Shattuck missed the conventional rhythms of classroom instruction last year. “Excited is mainly what I am,” she said about the return to normal classroom teaching this year, when teachers will have classes in...
The Wylie Planning and Zoning Commission on Aug. 3 approved a zoning request for a travel center to be constructed at northeast corner of State Highway 78 and Eubanks Lane. The applicant wants to rezone 7.79 acres at that property, with the land currently zoned...
Editor’s note: First in a two-part series looking at David Vinson’s first 10 years as Wylie ISD superintendent David Vinson said he has loved every job he’s had, including his position now as superintendent of Wylie ISD. He became the school chief 10 years ago, in...
Tim Shelby left his work in retail - a national grocery chain and two pharmacy stores - to enter the teaching ranks. But while new teachers in Wylie ISD fall normally in the Millennial and Generation Z demographic, Shelby, at 63, is easily a generation removed. For...
There’s still no such thing as a free lunch, even if students don’t have to pony up any money at the cafeteria this year. The United States Department of Agriculture has issued extended waivers that will allow schools to offer free meals — breakfast and lunch — to...
Stock cars sizzle the Texas Motor Speedway track at speeds clocking in at more than 200 miles per hour during races. Solar cars designed and built don’t travel nearly that fast at TMS, but they’re not built for speed. Jacob Price and Muhammad Murtaza spent mid-July...
