After a three-day journey from Amarillo, a group of lions, tigers and lemurs are beginning a new chapter in Wylie — trading a private facility for spacious enclosures, regular veterinary care and a permanent home at In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational...
Long before Wylie became a sea of suburban growth, land was plentiful, and so were opportunities. It was 1972 when Jon Pinkus took a chance and purchased land to start a growing center. Since then, Nortex Wholesale Nursery has been changing the landscape of Dallas,...
AUSTIN – Wylie East’s Destini Jeter and Selase Sampram made the trek to Class 5A state track and field meet. Jeter brought home the gold medal, first place, in the 300-meter hurdles. She clocked a time of 42.37 at Mike A. Myers Stadium. The 5A state record of 40.81...
Property tax reform is still alive in Austin, but the process from introducing a bill to final passage in the Texas Legislature has been loaded with twists and turns. For example, a proposal to replace school money with a 1-cent increase in sales taxes was abandoned...
Several agencies coordinated their actions the evening of Saturday, May 11 to avert what could have been tragic after a 91-year-old woman was reported missing from a memory care facility in Lucas. Agencies responded to the missing person call were Lucas Fire...
Texas lawmakers have yet to cast final votes on the marquee issues of the 86th regular session of the Legislature: the state budget, school finance reform and property tax relief. Conference committees named by House Speaker Dennis Bonnen and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who...
The filing deadline to protest property values with Collin Central Appraisal District is Wednesday, May 15. Protests must be filed in writing, but may be filed electronically for residential properties. Property value protest hearings will conducted by an Appraisal...
Collin College will honor the Class of 2019 with a commencement ceremony at 7 p.m., Friday, May 17, at the Allen Event Center, 200 E. Stacy Road in Allen. Dr. Mark Rudin, president of Texas A&M-Commerce, will deliver the commencement address. Dr. Rudin was...
The Texas Senate last week passed a bill that would move bond, debt and tax elections to November where voter turnout is higher. The bill, authored by Sen. Paul Bettencourt of Houston, Sen. Brian Birdwell of Granbury and Sen. Pat Fallon of Prosper, also places a limit...
