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All Abilities Hub founder Katia Mukhammadieva, right, and daughter Nastasia. Katia founded the club two years ago after searching for a social group for Nastasia. Today the group has members ranging from ages 6 to 25. Courtesy photo Every Wednesday, kids, teens — and...
King Baribe extends his arms to signal a first down for the Wylie East football team Friday, Sept. 6 against McKinney Boyd from Wylie Stadium. Photo by Maddie Smith/Wylie News WYLIE – Rome Jeffers’s pick six late in the third quarter sealed the deal in Wylie East’s...
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has adopted a 10-year transportation plan worth more than $104 billion. The plan, to improve safety, address congestion and connectivity, includes over $43 billion for development and routine maintenance. The U.S. 380...
The simple Southfork Ranch gateway led a generation of TV viewers to “Dallas” drama. Move over, J.R. The Parker Planning & Zoning (P&Z) Commission has approved a new estate development on 200 acres of the Southfork Ranch property bought in October 2022 by...
Howard, Reising, Kennon to fill seats By Chad Engbrock [email protected] The bi-annual trustee election originally scheduled for Nov. 5 for Wylie Independent School District was officially cancelled last week. Since each of the places up for election did not have...
Sports
Wylie East junior wide receiver Amir Porter runs for yardage after catching a pass during the Raiders' 17-3 win over Garland on Friday at Wylie ISD Stadium. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By Kirk Dickey [email protected] Wylie East remains perfect on...
With several options at receiver, the Community Braves will feature an expanded passing game in 2022. The Braves have five of their top six pass catchers returning for the new year, led by wide receiver Charlie Ott. He led the team with 292 yards receiving and two...
The Wylie Pirates have a few new faces and a few returning faces on the defensive line but should look much different in 2022. The Pirates will have two returning players on the defensive line, along with several players battling for the final defensive end...
Replacing several starters, Wylie East has its work cut out for them with a young offensive line. Head coach Marcus Gold and his staff still feel confident ahead of the new year. With young players waiting in the wings behind a veteran offensive line, coach Gold feels...
With several new faces taking up positions at receiver for the Wylie Pirates, it’d be fair to expect a steep learning curve. Head coach Jimmy Carter is expecting to use the two non-district games to help the group to get up to speed at the varsity football level....
Education
Wylie ISD is hosting its annual Back-to-School Fair at The Cross Church event center Saturday, July 29. Supplies are still needed, says Jolie Martin, WISD Family Liaison Specialist.Supplies needed include markers, 24 count crayons, colored pencils and wide ruled comp...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] Wylie ISD continues to shine bright on the STAAR exams. Where the state saw significant drops in the reading exam results for 8th grade schools, Wylie’s results remained the same or excelled. “We saw big gains...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] Pre-K students at Kids Unlimited learned more than just their shapes and colors last week. On April 14, Birmingham Elementary Principal Tiffany Doolan and School Counselor Jaimee Granberry attended the school’s Pre-K...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] The Wylie High School Pirate Debate and Academic Teams competed at the Regional 5A contest the weekend of April 25 at Stephen F. Austin University. The teams competed against some of the top 5A schools in the...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] A musical opportunity of a lifetime happened for Carter Walsh recently as he visited Japan as the U.S. representative in the Hiroshima Junior Marimba Festival held April 19. The festival was organized by marimba...
Life & Style
Car seats, strollers, cribs, breast or bottle feed, daycare. It’s a seemingly endless list of decisions most parents need to make pre-arrival of their baby. Then post-baby, more important decisions have to be made concerning their health and welfare so they can...
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Opinion
One time, when my son was young, he was acting up. The behavior continued to the point that he needed a spanking. He obviously was not thrilled about this punishment, and he began to cry, even before the spanking. So, in a moment of what seemed to be parenting genius,...
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