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Updated April 17 @ 1:49 p.m. The Wylie Police Department has asked the public for help as detectives investigate the fatal shooting of a teenager near Dodd Park. Sgt. Donald English said officers responded shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, April 16, to reports of shots...
The Texas Legislature has voted to eliminate the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, known as STAAR, and replace it with a new testing and accountability system designed to reduce pressure on students, give parents and teachers faster results and provide...
Kim Spicer has been appointed acting superintendent of Wylie ISD during a special trustee meeting tonight. The board also voted to accept the resignation of Superintendent David Vinson, which will take effect once his contract with Conroe ISD is finalized. At that...
The Wylie City Council on Aug. 26 approved several major actions, including annexing property into a subdivision, adopting the city’s 2025-26 budget and setting the property tax rate. Councilmembers voted to annex about four acres into the Dominion of Pleasant Valley...
From children’s tales to Broadway favorites, the Wylie High and Wylie East theatre departments are bringing a lineup of performances to local stages this season that promises something for every audience. Wylie East will open its season with the musical “Big Fish:...
Sports
Wylie senior Maci Hatzenbuehler (10) posted a hat trick with three goals in a 5-1 win over Waco Midway in the area round of the Class 6A Division I playoffs Tuesday in Corsicana. Photo by Elijah Kloepping / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The...
Wylie sophomore Ida Varghese ran to 17th place in the girls 4x400-meter relay at the AAU Junior Olympic Games. Submitted photo By David Wolman [email protected] Wylie sophomore Ida Varghese fulfilled her goal of competing in the AAU Junior Olympic Games, held...
Wylie junior Julia Hudgins (11) recorded a team-high 14 kills during an Aug. 12 home match against Highland Park. Photo by Elijah Kloepping / C&S Media By Seth Dowdle [email protected] The Wylie Lady Pirates volleyball team opened the 2025 season with a...
Wylie East libero Sadie Green-Sustaire makes a pass in serve-receive at Prestonwood Christian Academy on Monday, Aug. 11. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] First-year Wylie East head volleyball coach Tasha Hallam...
Wylie East’s Isabelle Price (bib No. 1413) finished in 19th place in the open varsity girls race at the Rock Hill 2-Mile Opener on Aug. 15. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media The Wylie East cross country team entered last Friday’s Rock Hill 2-Mile Opener looking to...
Education
“We are currently in the process of finalizing what this will look like in practice at our campuses,” WISD Chief Communications Officer April Cunningham said about the new ban on cellphones during school. File Art All Texas public and charter school students, grades...
The nation and world are still coping with the pandemic, albeit with multiple vaccines developed and distributed now. School officials did their part during the pandemic to continue learning for students on campus and in virtual mode, and at the March 22 board...
Wylie ISD began a Diversity and Inclusion program this school year, but it is now receiving blowback from some parents. Several people appeared at Wylie ISD’s board meeting on March 22 to criticize the district’s new Diversity and Inclusion program and curriculum...
Wylie High School students don’t have to be gifted in music or athletically inclined to find their niche in a fairly new activity at school: archery. Students in AHMO Bowmen will travel to Belton this week to participate in the state archery tournament, where 200...
Arely Sandoval is looking at schools in New York City and Austin. Ashleigh Bycott wants to attend a college that makes her feel at home, a place where she can connect with others. Sergio Blanco wants to go back to California to attend college. During College Week in...
Life & Style
From rugged coastlines to desert canyons, icy glaciers to underwater reefs, the United States National Park System is a treasure trove of natural beauty and historical significance. With 63 official national parks—and more than 400 total sites managed by the National...
Ask 10 parents how much added sugar their child consumes each day and there’s a good chance that at least 9 of them will have no clue or will underestimate it. In fact, research published in the International Journal of Obesity reported that 92 percent of the parents...
Everyday baby boomers increasingly take on the responsibility as primary caregivers for their parents. That role of caregiver is an important one. They need your help physically, emotionally and often legally. If Mom or Dad is living with Alzheimer’s or dementia, your...
Most people visit the rodeo for the high-octane excitement. From barrel racing to bull riding, there is surely plenty of suspense that happens in the ring. But it’s hard to imagine those death-defying acts being much fun to watch if it weren’t for the other man in the...
In one week 32 amateur boxers will step into the ring for the first time before an estimated crowd of five thousand people at Allen Event Center. Friendly foes, DFW area firefighters and police officers, will face off against each other in the 17th annual Guns and...
Opinion
No matter how hard we try, we really can’t avoid one another. We live in a world where what takes place somewhere else on the globe has a very good chance of affecting us, along with many others. The pandemic, of course, is a useful – if sobering – example. A virus...
A Texas Senate committee on Friday passed an elections bill that would tighten the state’s voting rules by limiting extended early voting hours, requiring proof of disability to qualify for mail-in voting and prohibiting drive-thru voting. Senate Bill 7, sponsored...
Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas leaders are rolling up their sleeves to get the COVID-19 vaccine and to encourage the public to follow suit. “I will never ask any Texan to do something that I’m not willing to do myself,” Abbott said before getting vaccinated at a...
Texans receiving unemployment benefits will need to show an active effort to find a job starting Nov. 1. The Texas Workforce Commission suspended the requirement in March as the pandemic started. More than 3.6 million have filed for unemployment relief since then,...
