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Teen Court Attorney Natalie Ashlin accepts an award from Juvenile Case Manager Melissa Davis at the 2025-26 Teen Court banquet. Courtesy photo Wylie Municipal Court is seeking teen attorneys and jurors to handle the cases of their peers through the Teen Court program....
Internet marketer Jordan Ramiez says he is trying to broker a settlement between the Parker City Council and Dallas developers Phil and Don Huffines, who plan a subdivision between Parker and Murphy. There are more questions than answers about plans to build 254 homes...
The City of Wylie is preparing its budget and tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year, and residents will have a chance to weigh in later this month. The proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 would bring in about $2.5 million more in property tax revenue than last year,...
WISD earned the highest possible rating in the Texas Education Agency’s accountability system for 2024-25, posting an overall A with a scaled score of 92. Wylie Independent School District again earned the highest possible rating in the Texas Education Agency’s...
The Wylie City Council voted Aug. 12 to accept the proposed property tax rate for the 2025-26 fiscal year and set a public hearing later this month for the final vote. The no new revenue tax rate was calculated at $0.521441 per $100 valuation, while the voter approval...
Sports
Wylie East center fielder Kinley Kovar goes to one knee to make a catch against Garland on March 17. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Wylie wasted little time asserting control in a 17-2, five-inning run-rule victory over...
Wylie East senior wide receiver Amarean Porter will look to build on a strong junior season in which he had 60 catches for 1,037 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns. Photo by Maddie Smith / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] A large senior class that...
Wylie incoming senior Logan Montgomery (4) scored five goals with three assists last season. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Student-athletes at Wylie High School have made a big impact over the years. With the start of...
Pickleball players at the Clemmer Classic take pictures during a stoppage in play during a recent open play session at The Bullitt Sports Center in Rowlett. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Teaching has always been a...
Wylie rising senior Zachary Brumfield raises his index finger in the air after he broke the Wylie ISD Stadium record for fastest time in the boys 800-meter run. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Whether it was on the football...
Education
Wylie Independent School District (Wylie ISD) has proposed a $291.2 million budget for the 2025–26 school year, reflecting a 0.45% decrease from the 2024–25 amended budget. District trustees are scheduled to adopt the budget on June 16, following a required public...
Editor’s note: This story is the first in a two-part series about the Wylie Independent School District’s recruiting and retention program. Melissa Hefty doesn’t mind helping a teacher in need. Wylie ISD operates a recruiting and retention department that seeks to...
Texas children are living through a reality that many parents and school administrators never thought possible-learning the basics of reading, writing, arithmetic, and more through videoconferencing. Today, the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation launches a new online...
Wylie High School junior Devin Chaky speaks enthusiastically about entering a science field - engineering - for a career one day. The work she does now in one of her classes can help her with science-related industries. Some 92 certifications were earned by WHS...
In a first presentation of the 2021-22 school year calendar, Wylie Independent School District students and staff will get a new weeklong fall break in October 2021. The proposed calendar was presented at the Monday, Oct. 19, meeting of the WISD school board. A...
Life & Style
Cinco de Mayo is a relatively insignificant holiday on the Mexican calendar. However, among Americans, Cinco de Mayo has become an opportunity to celebrate Mexican culture and cuisine. Each year on May 5, many Cinco de Mayo celebrants toast with their favorite...
Residents that are looking for ways to celebrate Independence Day have a variety of events and locations to choose from for the upcoming July 4 holiday. Saturday, June 30 The Fireworks in the Park celebration of the Fourth of July is slated for Saturday, June 30, at...
The Wylie Art Gallery is Wylie’s best-kept secret. Located downtown on Ballard Street, this growing gallery tries to create a different world – one in which people can escape everyday life and find an outlet for creativity. Pat Bentine and Lynn Grimes founded the...
Pastors, fire captain, talk serving and parenting today Craig Rush knows all too well the challenges families face today. As the campus pastor of Chase Oaks Church Woodbridge Campus, and as the father of three children, ages 7, 5 and 3, the demands of family and...
Summer is almost here! Now the kids are out of school patiently waiting for parents to plan an adventure or two. Depending on interests, a quick search online offers so many options available it’s hard to know where to begin. If you are looking to plan a vacation that...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore loves grits. Real grits, that is. Photo John Moore Folks who aren’t from the South invariably aren’t familiar with grits. When they come for a visit, they often twist their eyebrows into a John Belushi-type look after they spot them on their...
Dear Rusty: How do I find out if I get any extra earnings for my military service of 28 years (Navy, 1982-2011), when I begin collecting my full Social Security retirement benefit next year (in July 2021)? Signed: Retired Veteran Dear Retired Veteran: First, as a...
While COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, case counts, hospitalizations and deaths increased last week, more and more Texans ventured out of their homes with the deadly coronavirus showing no sign of abatement. Gov. Greg Abbott recently renewed his COVID pandemic...
It’s all over…our nation has erupted into a racial divide…probably the most unrest that we’ve seen in our lifetime. So many people are searching for a solution and many others are simply unaware of what they can possibly do. I don’t honestly know if there’s anything...
Texans have been witnessing things that would have been unthinkable until now: Surge teams, testing of nursing homes for COVID-19 and the National Guard helping to disinfect nursing home facilities around the state. This is the time for the public to have access to...
