The Wylie girls basketball team went 3-0 at the TABC Girls Showcase and won each game by at least 25 points. Photo courtesy Nate Heckelman By David Wolman [email protected] Everything felt rushed for Nate Heckelman. With only three days from the time that he...
Collin County officials approved the budget for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25), marking a 13.1% increase in expenditures and 16.2% increase in revenue from the previous year. During the Monday, Aug. 19 meeting, the commissioners court considered the final budget which...
The Wylie City Council approved the fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25) budget last week which includes a 5.27% increase in the property tax rate. The new rate will be $0.534301 per $100 of assessed valuation, with $0.417244 allocated for maintenance and operation and...
With no meeting in July, Wylie ISD trustees took care of some required business and heard educational updates, including the current status of STAAR scores. Items on the Monday, Aug. 19, agenda included adopting a tax rate for maintenance and operations (M&O), as...
As part of the annual budget process, Wylie City Council approved a proposed tax rate of $0.534301 per $100 of valuation for the 2024-25 (FY25) budget Tuesday, Aug. 13. This rate, according to city documents, is $0.004581 less than the current rate and the...
Collin County officials, like their counterparts in area cities and school districts, have been compiling their annual budget. While the budget process can be viewed as a year-round affair, work sessions and department input becomes especially tedious in late June,...
Wylie Police were honored with a trophy declaring them as this year’s winner of the annual blood drive competition at last week’s city council meeting. The PD beat the fire department by one vote. The drives were held Saturday, 29 and Wednesday, July 3. Courtesy...
Jourdan Delacruz is competing in the weightlifting competition at the Paris Olympics 2024. This is the second trip to the Olympics for the former Wylie resident. Courtesy Team USAÂ When Jourdan Delacruz moved from Wylie to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training...
An aerial view looking north from Hwy 78 shows Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) railroad’s new automotive terminal. The 30-acre lot, located east of Spring Creek Parkway, is designed to temporarily hold automobiles for distribution to neighboring markets. Photo by...
