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The 2026 Wylie 500 Pedal Car Race will roll through historic downtown Wylie on Sunday, May 3, offering a family-friendly event for the city’s youngest residents. Hosted by Discover Wylie in partnership with the Wylie Downtown Merchants Association, the City of Wylie,...
The Wylie ISD Board of Trustees held three meetings over the past week—two special called meetings and one regular meeting—to address leadership changes and recognize student achievements. During a special called meeting Tuesday morning, Sept. 23, trustees named...
A Flytrex drone lowers a meal in a bright yellow bag. Flytrex has taken to the skies over Wylie, making it the third Texas city where the drone company is ferrying meals by air. After earlier rollouts in Granbury and Little Elm, the service began local operations two...
Glass artist Jamaison Schuler placed second in the State Fair theme division for professionals this year. He also placed third for glass. Over the last four years, Schular has won eight in all: three blue, three red, a third place and an honorable mention. Courtesy...
Wylie ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday, Sept. 23, to name Acting Superintendent Kim Spicer as the Lone Finalist for superintendent of schools. After a required 21-day waiting period, she is expected to become the district’s first female...
Sports
The Wylie boys and girls golf teams pose for pictures after the conclusion of the District 9-6A Golf Tournament at Firehweel Golf Course. The Lady Pirates repeated as district champion, while the Pirate boys finished in second place. Photo by David Wolman / C&S...
Wylie East sophomore Evangeline Williams bested the previous 5K school record by more than a minute at last Saturday's Southlake Carroll Cross Country Invitational. Photo courtesy Kim Dill Higginbotham By David Wolman [email protected] SOUTHLAKE – The...
Players for the Wylie East volleyball team huddle during Tuesday's District 9-6A home match against South Garland. The Lady Raiders defeated the Lady Titans three sets to none. Photo by Elijah Kloepping / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The Wylie...
Wylie senior defensive back Will McCoy makes a Flower Mound defender miss a tackle as he runs the ball during Friday's home opener. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By Austin Cookson [email protected] The Wylie Pirates faced two difficult opponents in Friday...
Wylie East junior tight end Matthew O'Neill attempts to shed the tackle of a McKinney Boyd defender during a non-district football game on Friday, Sept. 5 at McKinney ISD Stadium. Photo by Jerry Winfrey / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected]...
Education
The Wylie East Solar Car team earned their second national title last month in the Advanced Classic Division. Courtesy photo The Wylie East Solar Car Team recently defended their national champion title in the Solar Car Challenge at Fort Worth’s Texas Motor Speedway....
When longtime teachers leave the profession, many if not all leave with lasting memories. For Wylie High School retiree Teri Harrington, who retired at the end of the 2020-21 school year, those 23 years of memories came inside and outside the classroom. Harrington...
Steve Boatman met a reality this winter he had not dealt with in decades. He was not in school. Whether as a student or teacher, Boatman has been in a place of learning since he was a boy, stretching back to the 1960s. Boatman retired mid-year from Wylie ISD’s Whitt...
Gretchen Tschetter found a way to help people and earn personal awards, too, by building and donating cabinets that hold food and other items. A rising senior at Wylie High School and St. Paul resident, Gretchen belongs to the American Heritage Girls organization,...
Soccer. It all comes back to soccer. Ask Elliott Janway about his activities at Wylie East, and the first to come to mind is the sport known as the “beautiful game.” The Wylie East senior played center-middle field for the Raiders soccer team. His efforts on the field...
Life & Style
Rangerettes, past and present, along with member of the Greenville High School Flaming Flashes, attended the May dedication ceremony honoring Gussie Nell Davis with a historical marker on the square in Farmersville. Courtesy photo On a warm spring afternoon in May,...
Tradition is a hallmark of the holiday season. Religious services, family gatherings and trips to see Santa Claus are just a few of the many traditions people adhere to during the holiday season. Many holiday shoppers also adhere to the time-honored tradition of...
Parties are highly anticipated events come the holiday season. Office parties, gatherings with friends and family celebrations are just some examples of the many soirees that dot the social schedules of millions of people between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day....
Thankfulness manifests itself in many ways and this Thanksgiving, families who have adopted children are especially full of gratitude. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that Thanksgiving and National Adoption Month coincide with each other. For Farmersville residents Rachel...
There’s something magical about Christmas lights. The way they twinkle and seem to dance before our eyes. Colorful holiday displays can lighten the heart of even the biggest Grinch this time of year. How can one not be happy when there is so much beauty that lights up...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore remembers the parlors of the houses of yesterday. Where plastic covered the furniture, fresh flowers adorned the window sills, and you’d better not ever get caught going in there. Courtesy John Moore There was always one room in every Southern...
By Rick Wood There’s so much going on in our world today…just turn on the news and you can hear of the tragedies that are taking place throughout our nation. Here in Texas, the town of Uvalde is mourning the deaths of nineteen elementary students and two teachers less...
By John Moore I don’t recognize toys anymore. Our grandkids are coming from out of state to visit and I can’t find anything to get them as a surprise. Why? I don’t know what anything is or does. Toys should teach you how to prepare for life and be fun. Bakugan –...
By John Moore We had a clothesline, but no washer or dryer. So the Laundromat was a weekly destination. Today, most folks would find the absence of a laundry room in the home as foreign as no air conditioning or Wi-Fi. Fifty years ago, most...
By Jon Smiley With Texas voters heading to the polls again this month for primary runoff elections, transparency and open accountability should be top of mind for voters and a top priority for our elected officials. That’s especially true in the election of the...
