Texas is home to five of the nation’s fastest-growing counties by population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, with Collin County ranked No. 2. From July of 2024 to July 2025, Collin County grew by 3.4%, adding 42,966 people for a total just under 1.3...
Wylie's Lady Pirates finished fourth at the March 3 Ron McNeil Invitational in Murphy, while the Pirates were fifth. Allen won both the varsity girls and boys competitions, and was first in the junior varsity team standings for boys and girls. The following are the...
C&S Media Publications is working on it's annual Lawn and Garden section which will publish in all five of our newspapers on March 16 & 17, 2016. The section will feature timely planting tips and great gardening ideas. We have an award, winning design team...
By Joe Reavis Staff Writer [email protected] Area voters followed the pattern set across Texas last week, giving the nod to Sen. Ted Cruz in the Republican Presidential Primary and Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Presidential Primary. The primary elections to...
By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] The Wylie and Wylie East powerlifting teams put on a display of strength last Thursday during the Region 6 meet in Princeton. There, competing against numerous other schools, the Lady Pirates and Lady Raiders finished...
The Arbor Day Foundation is making it easy for everyone to celebrate the arrival of spring by planting trees. Join the Arbor Day Foundation in March 2016 and receive 10 free white flowering dogwood trees. “White flowering dogwoods are versatile trees that will break...
By Joe Reavis Staff Writer [email protected] A developer will be allowed to shrink the size of parking spots to provide more of them, but a request by another developer to shrink the front yards of houses was denied last week by Wylie City Council. The council...
From Staff Reports [email protected] Wylie East High School sent 17 SkillsUSA students to participate in the district competition recently at the Texas State Technical College in Waco. There were 658 Career and Technical Education students who participated in...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] The Wylie High School Pirate Debate Team recently traveled to Boston, MA to compete in the annual Harvard Debate tournament alongside two other local schools—Melissa High School and Lovejoy High School. “The...
