Few things are as delicious and refreshing as watermelon on a warm day. Watermelon grows quite readily in summer and is often ready to pick after three months of growing time. Harvesters look for a pale buttery yellow spot on the bottom of watermelon (the ground...
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...
First day attendance in Wylie schools last week, Aug. 13, show an increase of 480 in student population with a total of 17,242 counted present in person or remotely. The total for the first day of classes last year was 16,762 students. The official count of...
For the first time in at least a decade, Wylie City Council members have purposely proposed a tax rate that produces a net decrease in property tax bills. The council, which met Tuesday, Aug. 11, in regular session will conduct public hearings Tuesday, Aug. 25, on...
A dream of almost two decades to operate a Collin College campus in the southeastern part of the county becomes reality Aug. 24 when the recently completed Wylie campus opens for classes. The 340,000 square foot campus was built from the ground up on a Country Club...
Almost half the Wylie Independent School Districts students reporting for the first day of school Thursday, Aug. 13, will do so remotely. Students had to commit to the form of instruction they would follow, on campus or remotely, and the numbers show that 46...
