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The Wylie City Council on Aug. 26 approved several major actions, including annexing property into a subdivision, adopting the city’s 2025-26 budget and setting the property tax rate. Councilmembers voted to annex about four acres into the Dominion of Pleasant Valley...
Courtesy WISD The Wylie ISD board of trustees met for a workshop Tuesday, Dec. 12 that focused on construction planning for new schools. The district’s $298 million “Growth Management Bond” proposal passed on Nov. 7. The funds are for renovating additional schools...
Wylie East’s Marquees Mahatha (21), Lieu Alak (10) and Parker Overstreet (12) surround Wylie’s Kamsi Ikegbunam (21) as he attempts to go up for a shot. The Raiders have been a good team on the glass for most of the season, but Ikegbunam gave them issues for most of...
Senior Payton Miller (24) drives by Wylie East’s LeAire Nicks for a crafty finish to get the basket and the foul. Wylie’s aggressive play set the tone for their 66-53 win to remain unbeaten in district play. Austin Smith/The Wylie News The wins continue to pile for...
As a young kid, I thought that every family did exactly the same things ours did. That included what and how we did Christmas. Turned out, there were two ways to approach collecting your loot. That is to say, seeing what Santa brought. One, which was more traditional,...
Sports
Wylie East libero Sadie Green-Sustaire makes a pass in serve-receive at Prestonwood Christian Academy on Monday, Aug. 11. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] First-year Wylie East head volleyball coach Tasha Hallam...
Through the first two rounds of the postseason, Wylie's baseball team managed to surrender only two runs. By the middle of the first inning in their UIL 6A Region II Quarterfinal matchup against Rockwall, Wylie found themselves down four runs. The Yellowjackets had...
After their entire 2020 season was cut before district play, the Wylie East softball team managed to overcome a lot of difficulties throughout the year, earning a playoff berth despite an increased level of competition. Heading into the spring after 10 months away,...
Wylie battled back to force a game three, but eventually fell short in the UIL 6A Region II quarterfinals. The Pirates couldn’t keep the Lady Jackets off of the scoresheet, dropping game three by a final score of 14-6. Wylie took an initial lead in the top of the...
For the second weekend in a row, the Wylie Pirates softball team faced a must-win game two. Much like the series victory over Lake Ridge, Wylie was able to get it done and force a game three against Rockwall in the UIL 6A Region II quarterfinals. This time, it was...
Education
Wylie High School students don’t have to be gifted in music or athletically inclined to find their niche in a fairly new activity at school: archery. Students in AHMO Bowmen will travel to Belton this week to participate in the state archery tournament, where 200...
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Life & Style
Most people visit the rodeo for the high-octane excitement. From barrel racing to bull riding, there is surely plenty of suspense that happens in the ring. But it’s hard to imagine those death-defying acts being much fun to watch if it weren’t for the other man in the...
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Opinion
Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas leaders are rolling up their sleeves to get the COVID-19 vaccine and to encourage the public to follow suit. “I will never ask any Texan to do something that I’m not willing to do myself,” Abbott said before getting vaccinated at a...
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