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The historic Stonehaven House at 1450 S. Ballard Ave. in Wylie was the topic of discussion at last week’s city council meeting. The Wylie Historical Society is interested in restoring the property and using it as a museum. Sonia Duggan/The Wylie News Two groups...
Wylie residents may soon see updated sign regulations around town, following a workshop on the matter held by the City Council on Oct. 22. Although no action was taken, as it was a workshop item, the council provided input and approved sending the ordinance to the...
Collin County Elections Administrator Bruce Sherbet poses outside the polling location adjacent to his office in McKinney. More than 36% of registered Collin County voters cast ballots in the first week of in-person early voting for the Tuesday, Nov. 5, general...
Wylie ISD trustees approved the purchase of a small parcel of land during its meeting on Monday, Oct. 28. The purchase should improve traffic flow for the upcoming intermediate and junior high campuses set to open in two years. The board sanctioned the acquisition of...
It was all hands on deck as the community turned out for a fun-filled sail-a-bration of the new Pirate Cove playground Friday, Oct. 25. Families set sail for Founders Park Friday, Oct. 25 to celebrate the grand opening of the new Pirate Cove playground. Nearly 100...
Sports
Wylie’s Wyatt Richardson placed third at 285 at the Richardson Roundup and earned first place at the Timber Creek Fall Classic. File photo By David Wolman [email protected] It’s been a busy start to the season for the Plano East, Wylie and Wylie East wrestling...
The Wylie East basketball team just missed out on the playoffs last season but is ready to step up to the 6A level. Under first-year head coach Brent Kelley, Wylie East finished sixth in the district standings last season, but saw major strides taken from the season...
Wylie East and Wylie finished first and second respectively in the District 9-6A standings and earned postseason accolades to show. Terrell Washington Jr led the way for the district champion Raiders, who won the 9-6A title in their first season in UIL's top...
The Wylie Pirates season came to an end Friday night at McKinney ISD Stadium, losing 41-0 to the Duncanville Panthers. The Panthers scored all 41 points in the first half as they held the Pirates to negative yardage over the first two quarters. Wylie quarterback...
It was a nail-biter until the end in Wylie East’s bi-district playoff matchup with the Rockwall-Heath Hawks. Neither team was able to gain much momentum offensively, but an experienced Heath team prevailed, giving the Raiders a first-round exit by a final score...
Education
By Jeremy Hallock | [email protected] Wylie Police responded to incidents at three WISD schools on Wednesday, Oct. 4. Cooper Junior High was put on “lockdown” at 1:57 p.m. when Wylie Police received a call from a teacher stating a student reported the...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] Smith Public Library welcomed 13 sweet-toothed 4 – 6th graders during last week’s Sushi and Sidekicks event. The program ran in conjunction with the summer reading...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] Tibbals Elementary is receiving $283,000 in upgrades thanks to the $94.2 million bond that was approved Nov. 4, 2014. The nine year-old elementary, which services Wylie and Murphy residents, will receive safety...
Wylie WHS graduate Denis Mangic was recently awarded the ACT Foundations community cares scholarship, an award of $1,000. The scholarship is given to 25 individuals who will be attending a four-year U.S. college or university. Mangic received the scholarship over a...
In a continued effort to mold our leaders of tomorrow ten Wylie East High School JROTC were selected to attend a leadership course held at Prairie View A&M University. Under the direction of Lt. Col. Wayne Wilbanks and MSgt....
Life & Style
The holidays may be over, but one local activist is working to promote the spirit of the season all year long. Mike Makara has been the area’s Kindness Revolution ambassador for about six months. The Kindness Revolution, a 501(c)(6) nonprofit, was formed in 2007 and...
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Opinion
The ownership we feel for places we have lived seems absolute. Any house we’ve called home was ours. No one else’s. Even if several others lived in it before or after we did. Such was the case of the house on Beech Street where my family lived in the 60s and early 70s...
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