Wylie ISD trustees approved staff raises, adopted legislative priorities and recognized dozens of students during their Monday, May 18 meeting held at the Montgomery Center at Wylie High School. The meeting began with recognitions for the parent-teacher associations...
Teachers stand in front of a class and communicate lessons each day to students, but as Davis Intermediate School English/language arts teacher Susan Wood can attest, teachers also teach their fellow teachers. Wood has mentored a teacher, Dean Latta, at Davis and...
Parents wanting to have their children get in some playtime and do some learning in the process can find those activities at the newly opened Play Street Museum in Murphy. The business opened Feb. 3, said franchise owner Kristy Rubio. Play Street Museum operates at...
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...
Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Public Safety released the Texas Homeland Security Strategic Plan 2021-2025 Tuesday, Jan. 26. The plan is the state’s framework for establishing homeland security priorities focused on a broad range of efforts to develop,...
COVID-19’s ravages continue to affect daily lives, health care and the economy, but the pandemic has revealed one silver lining - its effect on crime and crashes, at least in Murphy. The city’s calls for service, arrests and certain crimes took a nosedive in 2020....
The Murphy City Council City learned about the city’s efforts to formulate a strategic plan for economic development at its Jan. 19 meeting. City Manager Mike Castro conducted a presentation to the council and said the report would be a “check-in” on what was...
A request made at the Wylie Way Christmas toy collection event in December turned into a family project that benefited local school children. The Ames family turned their love of engineering into a project to help students in Wylie ISD, as Scott Ames, wife Lymari...
Murphy City Council gave the green light Tuesday for a jail services contract to be negotiated between Murphy and Wylie. The council approved the city manager to negotiate and execute a Murphy Police Department InterLocal Agreement (ILA) with the city of Wylie Police...
