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Wylie ISD honors top educators at gala

Wylie ISD honors top educators at gala

Achieve Academy’s Harold Lacey was named Wylie ISD’s Secondary Paraprofessional of the Year Friday, May 8, at the Wylie Way awards gala. Courtesy Wylie ISD Wylie ISD celebrated its employees Friday night during the 10th annual Wylie Way Awards Gala at the Plano Event...

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PISD students pass STAAR tests

PISD students pass STAAR tests

Students in Plano Independent School District outperformed their peers across the state on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) tests administered in spring. The standardized tests were taken by students in third through eighth grades in varied...

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Cultivating creativity

Cultivating creativity

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...

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Murphy police officers featured in book

Murphy police officers featured in book

A new book telling the stories of Texas law enforcement officers, Beyond the Texas Badge, features two members of Murphy Police Department, Angela Reed and Matthew K. Fraley. The Murphy officers are among 103 Texas police, sheriffs, deputies, constables, game wardens...

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Teen rehabilitation programs get new direction, oversight

Teen rehabilitation programs get new direction, oversight

North Texas may soon feel the effects of new teen rehabilitation measures. In a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott released Friday, June 1, Camille Cain, executive director of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD), announced her intentions for improving the state’s...

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Teams to compete in Rowlett State Qualifying Tournament

Teams to compete in Rowlett State Qualifying Tournament

Wylie, Wylie East and Plano East will have one final shot to qualify for the Div. I 7-on-7 tournament. The trio is scheduled to compete in the Friday, June 22 Rowlett SQT. The tourney is the final qualifier before the June 29-30 competition at College Station’s...

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High schools come together to perform

High schools come together to perform

Wylie residents know about the good-natured rivalry between Wylie East and Wylie High School, but a love for theatre brought the two schools together last week. Summer on Stage, a weeklong theatre camp from June 11-15, was held at Wylie High School. The two high...

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Task force formed to stop drug flow, human trafficking

Task force formed to stop drug flow, human trafficking

Criminals have been put on notice thanks to the efforts of Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner and the North Texas Criminal Interdiction Unit. In late 2017, seven sheriffs from Collin, Grayson, Hunt, Parker, Tarrant, Wise and Rockwall counties formed a plan to work...

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PESH graduation set for Saturday

PESH graduation set for Saturday

A graduating class of more than 1,300 members will cross the stage Saturday, June 9, in Plano East Senior High commencement exercises. The ceremony starts at 9:30 a.m. in the Ford Center of The Star in Frisco. Graduation candidates enter the venue to the strains of...

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