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Martha Washington Tea Party guests, staff and volunteers gather on the lawn Saturday, April 25. The afternoon included tea, treats, colonial games and more. Courtesy photo By Christopher J. Raso Twenty-six guests enjoyed a tea party at the Welcome Center at Brown...
Veterans and Boy Scouts from Troop 78 stand with wreaths representing each branch of the U.S. military during the Wreaths Across America ceremony Saturday, Dec. 13, at Wylie Cemetery. Veterans pictured include Dwayne Moore (far left), honoring those who have served...
Collin County voters go back to the polls in March to choose Republican and Democratic candidates for November’s general election. Monday, Dec. 8, was the deadline for candidates to file for party primaries to be held Tuesday, March 3. Secretary of State Jane...
The historic Stonehaven House at 1450 S. Ballard Ave. in Wylie was the topic of discussion at last week’s city council meeting. The Wylie Historical Society is interested in restoring the property and using it as a museum. Sonia Duggan/The Wylie News Two groups...
Lavon Police Chief Mike Jones says a 14-year-old murder suspect has been arrested without incident. The chief said the boy, a student at Community Trails Middle School, was apprehended Monday, Dec. 15, in Dallas. Jones said the suspect was sought in connection with...
Sports
The Wylie East softball team played great defense Wednesday, but couldn't capitalize with runners on base in a 5-3 loss to Garland. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] GARLAND -- The Wylie East softball team came into...
Wylie East sophomore Addison Bradshaw (2), pictured in previous action, helped to lead the Lady Raiders to a 45-36 win over Ursuline Academy on Dec. 2. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The Wylie East boys and girls...
Wylie senior Camden Love (4) drives past two McKinney North defenders for a layup on Nov. 25 at the Montgomery Center. Photo by Elijah Kloepping / C&S Media By Art Stricklin [email protected] ROYSE CITY – Wylie’s Darian Romano hit a clutch 3-point basket...
Wylie East senior defensive end/tight end Nash Chapman has been named the Co-Most Valuable Player of District 9-6A. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Football coaches recently cast their votes for the All-District 9-6A...
Shamya Johnson (33) drives to the paint in Wylie's 75-39 win over Sachse Tuesday, Dec. 2. Photo by Elijah Kloepping, The Wylie News. Wylie used an unrelenting inside-outside offensive attack to roll past Sachse 76-39 Tuesday night in District 6-6A action. The Lady...
Education
Wylie ISD Board of Trustees convened for its regular monthly meeting on Nov. 17, welcoming new staff members and receiving several departmental updates. The meeting opened with recognitions and introductions of new district leaders, including Dr. Jessica Branch as...
Wylie ISD Education Foundation members and volunteers spent two days celebrating teachers last week. Members loaded into a “party bus” and made visits to schools across the district with pompoms, noisemakers, confetti, bells, whistles and oversized checks. ...
City and school employees, businesses, community leaders and sponsors were welcomed by the Wylie Chamber of Commerce for its annual “State of Education” luncheon last week. The event, held at the Collin College Wylie Campus Conference Center Tuesday, Oct. 24,...
It was an early start for the 27 Wylie ISD construction students, two teachers and handful of city employees who met at City Hall on a gloomy Wednesday last week. The Manufacturing Day tour, “Anatomy of a Construction Project,” started at 9:30 a.m.,...
College Board National African American Recognition Program Scholars from Wylie and Wylie East High Schools were recognized at the Monday, Oct. 23 Wylie ISD regular board meeting at the Education Services Center. The programs create pathways to college for...
Life & Style
Spooky Spiderweb Ingredients • 1/4 cup butter • 8 cups mini marshmallows, divided • 1 tbsp vanilla extract 9 cups popcorn, divided ...
The sentiments expressed in love letters are as unique as the couples who write them. However, love letters often contain one particular turn of phrase regardless of their authors. When signing a love letter, it’s customary for writers to include at least one “XO”...
With people still in the thick of New Year’s resolutions, health is on many minds. Some are hitting the gym; others are on a new diet. And according to local counselor Jennifer Hughes, these good intentions can turn all too easily into body shaming. The National...
Do you love the idea of escaping the traffic and dreary Texas winter weather for a few days? How about spending time skiing (or snowboarding) through fresh powder then falling into bed at night completely exhausted from the exercise and fresh air? Winter sports...
While many people who make New Year’s resolutions drop them within a couple weeks or months, pulling those newly received tech device gifts out of the packaging and putting them to good use may be just the help you need to keep your resolutions on track. Learn how to...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore looks forward to Thanksgiving specifically because of the thanks. Photo: John Moore Thanksgiving, at its heart, was created for one purpose. To thank God for His blessings. The Pilgrims knew hardship well. They had survived disease, starvation,...
It didn’t snow much in Ashdown, Arkansas in the 1960s. It doesn’t snow there much now. But when it did, and when it does, kids there know exactly what to do. Beg their moms to make snow ice cream. It was my mother who showed my sister and me that you could make ice...
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,...
The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case that could decide whether medical exceptions to the state’s abortion ban are written clearly enough to protect pregnant women who face serious health risks, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The 22...
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...
