Simple lifestyle changes may help improve rest, overall wellness By Carrie Dunlea A good night’s sleep can make all the difference between starting the day energized and focused or dragging through it feeling irritable, distracted and exhausted. Yet for many people,...
Wylie police have released the names of two people who died in an early morning shooting incident Wednesday at a Wylie pharmacy parking lot. Shawn Myers, 36, of Royse City, died during an officer-involved shooting early Wednesday at the CVS Pharmacy store parking lot...
The Wylie City Council on March 9 gave direction to city staff for parameters for a Citizens Bond Advisory Committee, which will devise recommendations on a bond package for city improvements. An ordinance will be considered at the next council meeting, to be...
Arely Sandoval is looking at schools in New York City and Austin. Ashleigh Bycott wants to attend a college that makes her feel at home, a place where she can connect with others. Sergio Blanco wants to go back to California to attend college. During College Week in...
It’s business as usual at Shoemaker & Hardt Coffee House and Country Store, where the mask mandate being lifted by Gov. Greg Abbott will have little effect on the daily life of the operation, located in downtown Wylie. “We’ve never enforced it,” said Kent Crane,...
Wylie Mayor Matthew Porter wants residents to know city leaders still deem the COVID-19 pandemic a serious matter and that they should follow guidelines on avoiding contracting the virus in their daily lives and at city buildings, even as the city repealed an...
Community ISD continues to grow - and it’s growing fast. Superintendent Roosevelt Nivens gave a state of the district recently at the Lavon Area Chamber of Commerce. “Since I’ve been here, we’ve added 1,000 kids,” said Nivens, who joined the district in 2015 in a...
A mural to beautify an area near downtown Wylie was rejected by Wylie City Council at its meeting in late February, although councilmembers were quick to applaud the effort and the artwork itself. Councilmembers balked at the design - an eyeball with a state of Texas...
Anyone paying attention to news of the coronavirus in the last year knows about the tremendous toll the virus has taken not only on the people fighting the vicious disease and their loved ones but also the people taking care of COVID-19 patients. Ashly Jarrett, a...
