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WISD bus driver Julio Ospina, center, with Maritza Valentin, Liz Ospina, Jessie Murphy, Stephanie Meeks and Christie Hebert, received the 2025 Special Needs School Bus Driver of the Year award. Allison LaBrot / The Wylie News An act of care and quick thinking has...
Wylie East senior quarterback Howard Fisher IV threw for five touchdown passes in a 77-7 win over South Garland from Wylie Stadium. Photo by Maddie Smith / C&S Media By Seth Dowdle [email protected] WYLIE – Howard Fisher IV’s five touchdown passes were more...
Wylie senior defensive lineman Brady Light (44) pushes Rowlett junior running back Kevin Cottrell to the turf for a tackle during a District 9-6A football game Thursday, Oct. 10 from Wylie Stadium. The Pirates earned a 42-0 shutout win over the Eagles. Photo by...
Wylie won the District 9-6A boys cross country meet championship on Thursday, while Wylie East is also bound for the Region II-6A meet with a second-place team finish. Wylie junior Zachary Brumfield, right, won the individual title in a time of 16:03. Photo by David...
Raymond Cooper, supporting one of his favorite charities, the Wylie Christian Care Center, at the Taste of Wylie. File Art Wylie mourns the passing of Raymond Cooper, affectionately known as “Mr. Wylie,” who passed away peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 3, at the age of...
Sports
Wylie East sophomore Evangeline Williams won the District 9-6A meet, placed second in Region II-6A and was seventh at the Class 6A state cross country meet. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] When Wylie East sophomore...
The Crosstown Showdown will bring together the community and pit the two local teams against one another. While history favors Wylie East (4-0, 6-0), Wylie (3-1, 4-2) is competing to climb up the District 9-6A standings, currently tied for second place. Both teams...
For the second week in a row, Wylie East is writing history. The Raiders (4-0, 6-0) improve their best-ever start in school history with a 41-7 road win Friday night over the South Garland Titans (0-5, 1-6). East scored 38 points in the first half, including three...
WYLIE — The Wylie Pirates needed to right the ship after their first district loss and did just that with a strong second-half performance. Trailing 10-0 midway through the second quarter, Wylie (3-1, 4-2) scored 30 unanswered points to defeat Rowlett 30-10 Friday...
It was a clean sweep for the Wylie Pirates cross country teams, as the boys and girls programs took first place at the District 9-6A championships. Wylie won the boys' championship with a total of 15 points, running away with a dominant performance after reaching the...
Education
At the first Wylie ISD Board of Trustees meeting of the school year on Aug. 21, the board unanimously voted to place a $298 million bond proposal on the Nov. ballot. The election is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 7 and early voting is from Oct. 23 to Nov. 3. “The...
By Charlene Loggins Special Contributor The Wylie East Senior High JROTC program continues to mold our leaders of tomorrow, giving the young men and women the tools and opportunities to learn those skills. Under the...
Phuong Aaron Dinh of Murphy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics; Alex Han graduated with a BBA in Marketing; Spencer Stanford Katz graduated with a BAAS in Applied Arts and Sciences; Andrea Dianne McCall graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology; Megan...
From Staff Reports Staff Writer [email protected] Grease monkeys and car enthusiasts walked rows of vehicles at the 5th Annual Wylie High FFA Car and Craft Show. The event was held Saturday June 20 in the high school parking lot. Approximately 50 vehicles,...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] Birmingham Elementary is set to get some much-needed renovations this summer due to the $94.2 million bond that was approved during the Nov. 4, 2014 vote. The 29 year-old school will see $339,000 in work to...
Life & Style
With Thanksgiving last week and Christmas this month, local food pantries are more reliant on donations than ever. In Sachse, 5 Loaves Food Pantry provides more than food; it also serves as a diaper bank and ministers to senior citizens. “We’re not limited to serving...
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Opinion
One of my most vivid memories of fall happened during junior high. I was standing in the end zone prior to the start of a game. I could barely feel my fingers and toes. It was October, but it was unusually cold (Al Gore had yet to invent global warming). My shoulder...
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