Why small choices — especially about plastic — still matter By Carrie Dunlea Earth Day may have passed by the time this hits your doorstep, but its message shouldn’t be confined to a single date on the calendar. Since its launch in 1970, when millions of Americans...
The sun can be both friend and foe. A warm, sunny day can improve mood and increase levels of vitamin D in the body. Exposure to sunlight during the day also can help regulate the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle, known as the circadian rhythm. However, overexposure to...
Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 5 issued eight executive orders in hopes of preventing further mass shootings. Abbott’s orders came days after seven people were killed and 25 injured in multiple shootings by a lone gunman along thoroughfares connecting the cities of Odessa...
For the fourth time in less than a month, a child has been struck by a vehicle near a Wylie school. The latest incident occurred at 7:46 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, near Park Blvd. and N. Westgate Way near Davis Intermediate School. Wylie police determined that a driver...
For the third time this school year, a student on a bicycle has been struck by a vehicle near a Wylie school. The most recent incident occurred about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Wylie East High School. Police spokesman Sgt. Donald English reported that a driver...
A country music performer from Wylie, Kylie Rae Harris, was killed Wednesday afternoon in a 3-vehicle wreck near Taos, N.M., where she was scheduled to perform at the Big Barn Music Festival. The driver of one of the vehicles, a 16-year-old girl, also was killed. The...
In July, my family went on our yearly family vacation. You see, we take these massive road trips that started when my wife Jazen and I got married. I can’t tell you how much I LOVE our vacations but that wasn’t always the case. I used to think traveling was...
Mount Pleasant rode a 13-point second half to a season-opening win over Wylie East. Raider football fell 41-24 at Wylie ISD Stadium. Mount Pleasant (1-0) led 28-24 at halftime. They then outscored Wylie East 13-0 during the second half. For the full story, see the...
More than two dozen Wylie residents declared at a city council meeting last week that they did not want a gas station near their backyards and the council granted their request by denying a zoning change request for the business. The comments were heard for more than...
