Collin College has selected a new leader for its Wylie and Farmersville campuses, appointing Kyle Bellue as campus provost as part of a broader leadership transition that also includes a new provost for the Plano Campus. The college announced Monday that Garry...
By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] WYLIE — Wylie East’s Destiny Williams had never thrown the shot put prior to this school year. Just before spring track started, the Lady Raider sophomore decided to give it a go. She hasn’t stopped, and won’t for at...
By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] Wylie’s incredible season continued this past week, as the district-leading Pirates plucked Prosper 4-3 in eight innings on April 13 and followed that with a 2-0 road win at Sherman. Those triumphs improved Wylie’s...
By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] WYLIE — The first step in a more-than-month-long road to state began last week at Wylie Stadium. It was there that the eight teams of 10-5A met in the two-day district meet to not only determine who was the best...
By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] Different opponents, different styles, but the same outcome: Wylie East faced the first two, and was on the long end of the latter. First, the defending state champ Lady Raiders downed Frisco Wakeland 2-1 in...
By David Jenkins Staff Writer [email protected] MCKINNEY – The No. 5 state-ranked Lady Raiders passed their first postseason test against Frisco Wakeland with a 2-1 win during a Class 5A Region II bi-district match at Ron Poe Stadium. “We had to scrap for that win....
By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] Wylie East’s girls are back in familiar territory; the playoffs. The only question remaining is how far will they go. Well, the first step toward duplicating what they did in 2014 and last season — reaching the state...
By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] Noah Whitworth was a huge key to another successful Pirates’ season. In fact, the 6-3 senior may have the main one, at least in the eyes of the All-District voters, who selected the Wylie guard as the 10-5A MVP for the...
Wonderful Pistachios announced that it is voluntarily recalling a limited number of flavors and sizes of in-shell and shelled pistachios due to a risk of Salmonella contamination. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in...
