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Vinson named lone finalist for Conroe ISD superintendent. Conroe ISD announced Wednesday, Aug. 27, that Wylie ISD Superintendent David Vinson has been named its lone finalist for the top leadership post. The news prompted Wylie ISD’s Board of Trustees to inform the...
A Los Angeles-based sculptor will create “Ancestor’s Voice” to be placed along the Municipal Walking Trail. It will feature a vessel emerging from the earth in the form of Caddo pottery. Courtesy Yoshikawa Wright Funded by revenue from city events, a multiyear city...
LSSR Director Terry Benjamin with Cowboy, a Border Collie. Courtesy Michelle Benjamin Lone Star Search and Rescue Director Terry Benjamin often asks the question, “If not us, then who?” Search and rescue is learned by failing, he says, not being successful. His...
With Thanksgiving in the rearview, a deluge of local Christmas events is fast approaching for residents living in Eastern Collin County. Multiple events will take place Friday, Dec. 1, and all of them offer unique activities. Historic Downtown Farmersville will...
The future of the automobile industry is electric, and a local company has made a breakthrough. Instead of using an engine to power an air conditioner compressor, electric vehicles use electricity. And rethinking a traditional air conditioning system is anything but...
Sports
Wylie senior outside hitter Peyton Stade (7) helped to lead the Lady Pirates past the bi-district round of the playoffs last season for the first time in four years. Photo by Elijah Kloepping / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Last season proved...
Wylie ISD named former Whitehouse head basketball coach Brent Kelley as the next boys' basketball coach for the Wylie East Raiders, confirming the hire in a post to their Twitter late Friday afternoon. In the statement, Kelley said he was proud to have the chance to...
It was an eventful two weeks for the Wylie Lady Pirates, who won four games by a combined score of 66-0 to find themselves tied for first place in the District 9-6A standings. On March 30, Wylie began its climb of the district standings by dispatching Garland by a...
Last week, the Community track and field team headed to Sunnyvale to compete at the district track championships alongside six other schools April 8-9, looking for a chance to advance to the area meet. The top finishers for CHS at the district championship were the...
The Wylie Pirates baseball team increased its winning streak to seven in a row. Undefeated since the beginning of district play, the Pirates took care of business beating Lakeview Centennial and then holding off Sachse in a close contest. Wylie got off to a slow...
Education
Public school students will take the STAAR test this year, and the Wylie ISD board approved a waiver at its Feb. 23 meeting to allow the process to go smoother regarding accommodating on-campus and remote learners. With the waiver, non-testing students will...
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Life & Style
Texas shoppers can save a little money the weekend of Aug. 10-12 when sales taxes are eliminated on most clothing and school supplies priced less than $100. Savings amount to about eight percent of the purchase price, sometimes a little more, during the annual Texas...
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Opinion
A Texan’s speeding ticket put her in the legal history books last week. To combat the backlog in criminal cases created by the pandemic, a Travis County justice of the peace conducted the nation’s first virtual criminal trial. The case was livestreamed on YouTube, and...
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