Wylie residents celebrating the Fourth of July this weekend are reminded that it is illegal to discharge fireworks inside city limits. Violation of the ban can lead to a citation and confiscation of the fireworks. Although it is illegal to discharge fireworks in the...

Wylie residents indicated that their top priority to be added to the city parks inventory is an aquatics center, presentation of a new parks master plan to the city council showed. The master plan was adopted by the council at its regular meeting Tuesday, June 23. For...

Early voting for the July 14 political party runoff elections starts Monday, June 29, and runs through Friday, July 10. The runoff elections to decide the nominees from March 3 voting were originally scheduled for May 2 but were postponed because of COVID-19 safety...

Wylie Independent School District trustees last week adopted a budget of $214.98 million for fiscal year 2020-21 and will adopt a property tax rate after values are certified in late July. The board adopted the budget at a regular meeting Monday, June 15. For the full...

Among five workshops con­ducted last week, Wylie City Council directed city staff to proceed with a project to re­place all water meters with updated remotely-read meters and heard a proposal to in­crease water and sewer rates. The workshops were held after the...

To help businesses recover from losses attributed to the COVID-19 health crisis, Wy­lie City Council last week re­newed a financial assistance program and more than doubled the amount of aid available to $750,000. Council renewed the pro­gram, which it had offered in...