Early voting to fill a vacancy for Texas Senate, Dist. 30, that includes much of Wylie opens Monday, Sept. 14 and runs through Friday, Sept. 25. A special election to fill a va­cancy created when state Sen. Pat Fallon stepped down to campaign for the U.S. House...

City doubles in 20 years; expected to top out at 17,000 in 2040  As Wylie nears buildout in the next few years, the next stop on U.S. 78 heading east is Lavon, which is expe­riencing a moderate growth pace within boundaries that encompass 1,145 acres. The...

Collin County commis­sioners last week approved a $385 million budget for fiscal year 2020-21 while holding the line on property taxes. Commissioners met in regular session Monday, Aug. 24, to approve a budget that increased a little more than $3 million adopted for...

Wylie city staff received direc­tion last week from the city coun­cil on how to proceed in renovat­ing a pair of century old houses so that they can be utilized for public use. Discussion of the renovation of the Brown House located down­town and the Stonehaven house...

Wylie City Council complet­ed the budget season last week by approving the fiscal year 2020-21 budget and 2020 prop­erty tax rate. In addition, the council ap­proved a zoning change, re­cessed for the annual 4B Parks and Recreation board meeting and conducted a...

Collin County commis­sioners almost pulled down the web dashboard reporting daily COVID-19 numbers, but decided instead to post a dis­claimer stating that they do not trust the data. The discussion over virus reporting came a few days af­ter the state, which provides...

The Wylie Independent School District board of trust­ees last week adopted the 2020 property tax rate, formally called an election for three seats on the school board and ap­proved a teacher retention sti­pend. The board met in regular ses­sion Monday, Aug. 17, at the...

Learning how to work better with others and getting to see a good part of the middle United States were just a couple of the benefits of a job landed by Wylie East High School senior student Ethan Myers as a member of a custom combining crew. Myers traveled three...