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Former State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg, who represented District 89 in the Texas House of Representatives from 2003 to 2019, has died, officials announced Monday, Sept. 1. Laubenberg, a Republican, represented a Collin County district that includes Allen, Fairview, Lavon,...
Collin County’s chief law enforcement officer is seeking a third term behind the star. Sheriff Jim Skinner, first elected in November 2016, said he had filed as a Republican candidate in the March 5 primary. “Over these past seven years, with your unyielding...
City Missions Founder and Executive Director Cherie Privett hands out socks and toiletries to a homeless man in Dallas. Courtesy Cherie Previtt A nonprofit founded three years ago to provide socks for the homeless has quickly expanded to include planning a...
As time runs out next week on the fourth special session, Gov. Greg Abbott said he will continue to fight for school choice, despite the Texas House once again decisively rejecting it when 21 Republicans largely from rural districts joined Democrats in stripping it...
The 1,885 square foot commercial structure at 104 S. Ballard, north of Olde City Park, will be razed soon. The mural on the south side of the building, “Wide Awake Wylie,” will be preserved, says the city. Jeremy Hallock/Wylie News Two downtown buildings will soon be...
Sports
Victor Expo secures the ball with both hands during Monday's practice. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The Plano East, Sachse, Wylie and Wylie East football teams returned to the field Monday morning for the first day...
The Wylie Pirates track and field team saw great success throughout the season, and now has two competitors representing it at the state championships. With the top two athletes in each meet automatically qualifying for state, the Pirates’ first qualifier came...
After a dominating performance at the District 9-10-6A track and field district championships just a couple of weeks ago, Wylie showed a strong performance again. Competing in the area meet between districts 9 and 10 at Rockwall High School on April 15, the Pirates...
Following a strong showing at the district track championships in Sunnyvale, the Community track and field team headed to Wills Point for the next leg of postseason competition, participating in the area track and field meet Thursday, April 15. With nine athletes...
After a 13-1 district record, a district championship and strong performances each and every game, the Wylie Lady Pirates soccer team is taking home some hardware. With the District 9-6A All-District awards announced, the Lady Pirates were well represented, led...
Education
Kara Geller has experienced the COVID-19 pandemic firsthand, and she has seen how young people have reacted to the virus over the last year. Geller has been a nurse for 21 years and is in her 13th year with Wylie ISD. She is the campus nurse at Bush Elementary...
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Life & Style
Keep the excitement of the new school year going by finding fun ways to encourage learning at home. Consider introducing interactive and engaging books into your household that make STEAM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) more accessible....
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Opinion
Students across Texas returned to campuses last week as schools and universities scrambled to put into place new lesson plans that best accommodate a pandemic. For many school districts, this meant greatly expanding the technological resources of their students to...
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