High school seniors planning to attend Collin College this fall will have an opportunity to learn more about the transition to college during an upcoming “Collin College Bound” event at the Wylie Campus. The event is scheduled for Thursday, April 30, with activities...
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...
Professional rodeo performers ride into town this week to show their skills at the annual Wylie Championship Rodeo on Friday and Saturday nights. The rodeo is at F.O. Birmingham Ag Arena on Hensley Lane. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. and the rodeo gets underway at 7:45 p.m....
Spinning skirts, dazzling kick lines, pristine white boots and cowboy hats have been a staple of halftime shows across Texas since the 1930s. However, the idea of a precision dance team, or drill team, is foreign to anyone not from the state. The traditions of...
Although the new year is still several months away, officials in a variety of government branches are gearing up for the changes 2020 will bring. Not only will it herald in a presidential election season, but it will also mark the start of a new decade. And with a new...
Although house cats historically hate water, their larger cousins enjoy cooling off when temperatures soar. At Wylie’s In-Sync Exotics, this phenomenon is on display all summer. The big cat sanctuary is home to about half a dozen tiger pools, one of which opened only...
