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Kylee Merrick reacts after being named Wylie ISD’s Elementary Paraprofessional of the Year during the Wylie Way Awards Gala Friday, May 8, at the Plano Event Center. Merrick works at Hartman Early Childhood Learning Center. Courtesy Wylie ISD Wylie ISD celebrated its...
In April 2024, citizens packed city council chambers to sound off on the long-delayed McMillen Road project. Work finally resumed months later and continues The City of Wylie spent the past year navigating the challenges of continued growth while weighing fiscal...
Select Wylie East and Wylie High students qualified for All State Choir last January and traveled to perform in San Antonio in February. Wylie Independent School District closed the year having navigated campus expansion, fiscal challenges, leadership changes and...
Boo on Ballard drew large crowds to historic downtown Wylie in October. From packed downtown festivals and milestone celebrations, commemorations and nonprofit fundraisers, Wylie’s event calendar in 2025 reflected a community deeply rooted in tradition while embracing...
The highly anticipated “Best of 2026” Readers’ Choice Poll, hosted by C&S Media Publications, is officially underway! This year’s competition, celebrating the finest businesses, services, and dining options across Eastern Collin County, promises to highlight what...
Sports
Wylie players congratulate left fielder Carlee Casteneda (8) after she made a diving catch during Friday's Crosstown Showdown at Wylie East. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Photo gallery:...
The Wylie East boys basketball team earned a 44-40 win over South Garland on Tuesday. Photo by Elijah Kloepping / C&S Media By Art Stricklin [email protected] GARLAND – Wylie East held off a spirited South Garland rally late in the fourth quarter to earn a...
Wylie sophomore Tre Pierce, pictured in previous action, helped lead the Pirates to a 49-37 win over Rowlett on Tuesday. Dec. 16. Photo by Elijah Kloepping / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] ROWLETT – Defense has been the staple for the Wylie boys...
Wylie freshman Sade Mathes, pictured in previous action, scored 13 points in a 56-28 win over Rowlett on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Photo by Elijah Kloepping / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] ROWLETT – During his halftime speech, Wylie head girls...
Wylie East’s Parker Hendricks attempts to turn his opponent onto his back at the Raider Invitational last Saturday. Photo by Elijah Kloepping / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The Wylie and Wylie East wrestling teams stayed in town last Saturday...
Education
WHS Culinary Arts teacher Emily Guynes and Caden Zeltner, WHS senior, who won Best of Show at the State Fair for a flourless chocolate cheesecake. Courtesy WISD A Wylie High School senior has made district and State Fair of Texas history after winning the top...
A memorial will be built at Cox Elementary in Sachse honoring the Mendoza sisters, Daniela and Sofia, who were killed in the May 2023 mass shooting at the Allen Outlet Mall. Courtesy Wylie ISD At the first Wylie ISD school board meeting of the year on Monday, Jan....
A 14-year-old member of Scouts BSA Troop 1869 earned Scouting’s highest honor — the Eagle Scout Award – for her project at a local nonprofit. Scout Amelia King, an eighth-grade student Burnett Junior High School, partnered with In-Sync Exotics in Wylie to update the...
The school board approved a motion to accept donations for the Mendoza Legacy Project. The upcoming memorial at Cox Elementary will honor siblings Sofia and Daniela Mendoza, who were killed during the Allen shootings on May 6, 2023. The district also addressed Senate...
Wylie High School Theatre students rehearsing for their next production, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast – The Broadway Musical.” Jeremy Hallock/The Wylie News Wylie High School Theatre will have 131 students on stage—and working behind the scenes—for its next...
Life & Style
Delicious soup perfect for the season Cooler weather arrives just as prime entertaining season heats up. Those who will be hosting gatherings soon can expand their recipe repertoire to feed guests and keep them satisfied. Borrowing some flavors from the season can...
With a lot of parents facing the challenge of keeping housebound kids happy and healthy, this is the perfect time to teach kids the basics of nutrition and eating right. Consider these simple suggestions from Melanie Marcus, MA, RD, health and nutrition communications...
COVID-19 continues to dominate headlines across the globe. This novel coronavirus first made headlines in late 2019 after an outbreak in Wuhan, the sprawling capital city in China’s Hubei province. The virus has since spread beyond China’s borders, leading to school...
Homeowners and renters remodel, redesign and restructure their homes for a variety of reasons. Even a newly constructed dream home needs improvements over time. Common renovation projects include upgrading worn-out surfaces, finishes and materials, or adding features...
Simple steps to start researching your genealogy Searching for family history and digging deep to find all the roots to the branches on your family tree can be a daunting task but equally so, it can be an exciting and rewarding endeavor. Many people are lucky enough...
Opinion
My mom turned off her landline. For 50 years, my parents had the same number. 898-2446. Now, it’s gone. “Mom, did you get rid of the landline?” I asked. “Yes, they wanted an extra $38 a month to keep it. I don’t need it since I have a cell phone,” she answered. It was...
He was crossing the road. Over and over. I was surprised someone hadn’t hit him with their car. I was also surprised the coyotes hadn’t gotten him. It was 9 o’clock at night and according to the residents of the small strip of country road, he’d been out there for a...
Lt. Gov Dan Patrick joined with the world’s largest investment firm to pitch investors on building natural gas power plants in Texas at a summit held last week in Houston. Patrick and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink shared the stage as they attempted to persuade investors to...
On Christmas Eve 2008, there were just three of us working in the office. Well, technically, there was one of us working, the other two were there. A couple of the young ladies on staff either didn’t have enough vacation time built up or they were saving it for...
My great grandparents lived on a homestead. They cooked on a wood stove. Most of us today have no idea how good we’ve got it. For my great grandparents’ generation, remodeling the kitchen meant picking a different place to stack the wood. When I was growing up in...
