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See more, spend less with these road-ready travel ideas By Carrie Dunlea Summer travel is shaping up to be more expensive than ever, and for many Americans, that means rethinking long-haul flights and overseas adventures. Rising airfare and overall travel costs have...
Memories of Raymond Cooper will be highlighted at the Saturday, Aug. 2 gala. File art Honoring the legacy of Raymond Cooper The Wylie Community Christian Care Center will host its inaugural fundraising gala Saturday, Aug. 2, honoring the legacy of one of its founders,...
The Wylie City Council was scheduled to hear a presentation on the city’s water and sewer rate study during its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 22. The study outlined rising utility costs and presented options for future rate adjustments. According to the study, the...
The Wylie Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan for a new multi-tenant retail building at 1812 N. State Highway 78, clearing the way for development to continue along one of the city’s key commercial corridors. The proposal, brought forward by Mitchell...
The 15th Texas Court of Appeals (COA) has thrown out injunctions that had blocked the Texas Education Agency from releasing school accountability ratings for the 2023-24 school year. The TEA is expected to release the ratings Aug. 15. “It is time for local courts to...
Sports
Wylie East senior Izzy Alarcon-Vo, left, battles with Wylie junior defender Jessie Johnson for possession during Friday's game at Wylie East High School. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Last season, Wylie East handed...
Wylie rising senior right fielder Ava Cook was named to the Texas High School Coaches Association Class 6A all-state Super Elite team Tuesday, June 17. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Wylie rising senior right fielder...
Wylie center fielder Kayla Santiago was named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association Class 6A all-state softball team Wednesday, June 11. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Wylie alumnae center fielder Kayla Santiago and...
Former Princeton head golf coach Beau Dodson, left, pictured with his son, Dominic, was hired to the same position at Wylie East on Thursday, June 5. Submitted photo By David Wolman [email protected] When it came to scoping out his next coaching job, word of...
Wylie East's Parker Brunson has been named the co-newcomer of the year in District 9-6A. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] For the third year in a row, the Sachse baseball team was the team to beat in District 9-6A. The...
Education
The new schools will be named after Richard Parker and Oather Walter "Hamp" Hampton. The Wylie Independent School District has named its two newest campuses in honor of longtime community leaders whose legacies of service continue to shape the city. At the Monday,...
Wylie ISD administrators have announced that Tiffany Doolan will take over as leader of Wylie East High School. Doolan, currently associate principal of the same school, will take over Mike Williams’ position. Williams has served as Wylie East’s principal since its...
Shakespeare wrote that all the world’s a stage, and Wylie High’s drama department is proving just how true that is. Between virtual class meetings, bedroom monologues and even video chats with professionals 1,000 miles away, theatre students are redefining what a...
Members of the Wylie East and Wylie High School class of 2020 are being recognized in an untraditional fashion. Parents, teachers, friends, or anyone for that matter, can “Adopt a Senior” from the class of 2020, hopefully making new memories for senior class members...
One Wylie High freshman got the surprise of a lifetime last week. On Tuesday, April 21, Maggie Smith stepped out of her Murphy home to the sound of car horns honking and district officials calling her name. It was a “drive-by discipline referral,” a lighthearted...
Life & Style
Discover the best St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the U.S. Chicago dyes the Chicago River green each year for St. Patrick’s Day. As winter fades and March rolls in, cities across the United States prepare to turn green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a...
By Abby Cole Special Contributor As a 13-year yoga student, I’ve found myself planking with a toddler as added resistance and receiving dog kisses while practicing my headstand balance. This may seem a little unexpected when trying to create a relaxing yoga...
By Jennifer M. Aguilar This time of year most families enjoy gathering together to deck the halls, so that when Christmas Day rolls around they can celebrate the holiday in style. But few matriarchs put as much care into their decorating as Karen Marshall, who has...
By Joe Reavis Staff Writer [email protected] Wylie residents are invited to visit City Hall this week and next to view office decorations crafted for the Employee Hallway Holiday Explosion and open house. Hallways are festively decorated in holiday themes that...
By Melinda Myers It’s time to break out the seeds and potting mix to start your garden plants indoors. It’s a great way to keep your green thumb in shape over winter. Plus, you’ll save money, increase your variety of plants and jump start the growing season when you...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore eats a lot of jelly, but not for the reason you might think. Photo: John Moore My sister and I would make a beeline for the cereal aisle at the Piggly Wiggly while my mom did the shopping. Decisions, decisions. Did we want to roll the dice...
To me, it was a thunderclap. Years ago, when I was in Congress, we were in the midst of a tense, contentious debate. Members had gotten irritated, levying charges back and forth, and tempers were rising. It was starting to look like we might just go off the rails....
The internet is a wealth of information, but it is also a place where danger is just one click away. Today, most teens – and now many children - have access to a smartphone or a computer, however, many parents are still unaware of the risks this kind of connectivity...
Dear Rusty: I am looking for advice on how our recent decision to take up work in the United Kingdom will affect our U.S. Social Security benefits. I want to understand whether we need to be prepared for a loss in future Social Security benefits, in comparison to what...
Texans applying for federal funds for housing repairs and reimbursements relating to Hurricane Harvey damages face an important deadline. The Texas General Land Office on Dec. 16 encouraged applicants for the Homeowner Assistance Program and Homeowner Reimbursement...
