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A flurry of confetti announces the grand total on the big screen as the Wylie Education Foundation wrapped up this year’s annual Boots n’ Barbecue gala Saturday, March 28 at the Plano Event Center. Courtesy Chris Bigenho More than 850 supporters gathered Saturday,...
Wylie East alum Nash Aylor is mobbed by his teammates after scoring the winning run in an 8-7 win over Wylie on April 22. Photo by Elijah Kloepping / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Wylie East alum Nash Aylor gave a verbal commitment to play...
Wylie City Council kicked off last week’s regular meeting with the help of honorary junior mayor for the day, Samuel McNeely. A recent kindergarten graduate of Watkins Elementary in Wylie Independent School District, he accepted a proclamation from Mayor Matthew...
Jericho Village, currently being constructed at 511 Brown Street in Wylie, will be an income-based urban village. It is being developed by Agape Resource and Assistance Center, a Plano-based nonprofit. Sonia Duggan/The Wylie News With Sharpies in hand and prayers in...
Several proposals were considered by Wylie Planning & Zoning during its regular meeting Tuesday, June 17, including a temporary batch plant, two drive-thru restaurants and a rezoning request for a fueling station and convenience store near residential and school...
Sports
Wylie East senior Brooke Bickley was named to the TGCA Cheer Legacy Team on March 2. Submitted photo By David Wolman [email protected] Wylie East senior Brooke Bickley received an email from the Texas Girls Coaches Association three weeks ago. The email told her...
Wylie East senior Alex Herod makes contact with the ball during Friday's home game against Rowlett. Photo by Elijah Kloepping / C&S Media From Staff Reports Final scores for games played by Wylie and Wylie East from April 7-12: Friday, April 11 Baseball Rowlett 2,...
Wylie senior center fielder Kayla Santiago throws the ball back into the infield after making a catch during a March 26 road game at Wylie East. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media From Staff Reports Final scores for games played by Wylie and Wylie East from March...
Wylie East senior Averi Reisinger (2) attempts to dribble the ball around Forney junior Zeniyah Russell (1) in the Region II-6A Division II final from Royse City on Tuesday, April 1. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The...
Wylie East senior Arianna Darquea (15) scored a goal with 17 minutes remaining in the second half of last Friday's 1-0 win over Magnolia in the Region II-6A Division II semifinals. Photo by Tina Lopez / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] WACO – Once...
Education
Richard Parker is a Wylie native and a 1965 graduate of WISD (Courtesy Wylie ISD) At its April 28 meeting, the Wylie ISD Board of Trustees announced that the district’s newest junior high school will be named Richard Parker Junior High. The school, currently under...
Locals looking to adopt a feline friend have a new space to explore their options. Sydney Farrow, an eighth grader from Wylie and Girl Scout Cadette with Troop 6549, transformed an unused room at Wylie Animal Shelter into a cat adoption room. It features...
Wylie High School’s National Honor Society inducted its newest members at its induction ceremony on November 21 in the Wylie High School auditorium. Being inducted into the National Honor Society is a great honor and opportunity for students who meet the...
When Harrison Intermediate sixth grader Evan Davis started an anime club, he thought he was just creating a place for people to hang out. Instead, he provided his classmates with a family. After the previous anime club fell apart at the end of the 2018-19 school year,...
Group brings a little magic to Harrison Once a week, a classroom at Harrison Intermediate is transformed into a certain school of witchcraft and wizardry. The members of the school’s Harry Potter club meet every Friday to discuss the most popular book series of all...
Life & Style
As New Year’s Day 2024 approached, millions of individuals were preparing to make changes they hoped would improve their fitness. In a Forbes Health/One Poll survey of 1,000 adults in the months leading up to the start of 2024, nearly half (48 percent) of respondents...
By Wyndi Veigel [email protected] Residents who are looking for ways to celebrate Independence Day have a variety of events and locations to choose from this July 4 holiday. Monday, July 3 Firewheel Town Center, in conjunction with the city of Garland, will...
By Emily Sharp News Intern [email protected] Miracles are rare, but Wylie has its very own for homeowners Jeronimo and Lucy Cavazos. The Cavazos have a century plant that is in full bloom, standing at more than 15 feet high. The plant sits across from a...
While the typical Father’s Day gifts generally get the job done - think golf clubs, fishing tackle or grilling equipment - don’t forget about the dad who enjoys spending time making magic in the kitchen. Give him the tools he needs to succeed, whether baking for the...
By Joe Reavis Staff Writer [email protected] An oasis featuring a landscaped fish pond in the backyard of the Jal and Michele Dennis home in Wylie will be open to the public on Saturday, June 10, as part of the annual Pond Tour sponsored by North Texas...
Opinion
The Wylie News’ longstanding policy on local elections is to avoid endorsements or recommendations. However, we are making an exception regarding the upcoming special election on amendments to the city’s charter. The city of Wylie’s charter was adopted in a special...
When I was a child, we defined summer as a time for play and being outside. We would take off in the morning and check back in around lunch time. Afterwards, we were back out with friends or exploring the surrounding cornfield to play hide-and-seek or another made up...
Contrary to the Waylon Jennings song “My Heroes have always been Cowboys,” I would say my heroes have always been veterans – especially World War II veterans. One of my heroes, Robert “Bob” Riley, took the final journey of his life Sunday, June 16. He was...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, and 23 House and Senate members joined Gov. Greg Abbott in Houston on June 13 as he signed four disaster preparedness and relief bills into law. The group met at Gallery Furniture, owned by Jim “Mattress...
A couple of weeks ago I was speaking to a group of students and decided to start with a point-blank question: Is Congress doing a good job? There were perhaps 100 people in the room, and not a single one raised his or her hand. So I asked the question a different way:...
