See more, spend less with these road-ready travel ideas By Carrie Dunlea Summer travel is shaping up to be more expensive than ever, and for many Americans, that means rethinking long-haul flights and overseas adventures. Rising airfare and overall travel costs have...
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...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] The Wylie ISD School Board meeting was full of award winners, presentations of donations and a new principal. Presenting an update on the instructional technology program was Assistant Superintendent for...
By Joe Reavis Staff Writer [email protected] The playground area of Olde City Park in downtown Wylie is closed for about a month while new play equipment is installed. In addition to Olde City Park, Public Services Director Mike Sferra reported that new...
From Staff Reports [email protected] Preparations for the opening of George W. Bush Elementary School for the 2016-’17 school year don’t just include construction. Wylie ISD officials have been looking for administration and faculty for the new school and...
The Wylie varsity girls scored 120.5 points to win last Saturday's Clay Jones Relays in Forney, while the JV Lady Pirates also took first with 92 points. Both boys' teams were second, with the varsity (92) barely losing to North Garland (95) and the JV (102.33)...
