With spring in the air, it’s the perfect time to invite guests over for a hopping party. It’s also a great opportunity to tackle that dreadful spring cleaning and spruce up your living spaces with vibrant decor for visitors to enjoy alongside a delicious recipe. With...
Murphy Historical Society held a ceremony Sunday afternoon, June 30, to dedicate a pair of historical markers for Herring-Hogge Cemetery on S. Murphy Road. The small cemetery was established in the 1870s and contains about 25 graves of members of the pioneer Herring,...
Wylie picked up honors for the 2019 baseball season in District 10-6A. Making the first-team was Luke Matula as a pitcher. Mason Lang (pitcher), Joseph Corso (outfield) and Nick Spencer (utility player) made the second-team. Pirate coaching staff named David Sharp an...
Allowing time to recalculate funding formulas changed by the Texas Legislature in late May, Plano Independent School District trustees passed a new budget last week that they expect to amend with correct figures. The school board met Tuesday, June 25 to approve a...
A lion named Daniel got a second chance thanks to In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center. The nonprofit was contacted by the USDA and Tigers in America about a lion who was incredibly emaciated and needed help immediately. They were hoping it was not...
Everyone thinks their mama’s home cooking is the best – but the children and grandchildren of Carmela Randack may have an advantage in that competition. Carmie was born in Pittsburgh, and her family moved to New Mexico when she was just a year old. She’s made Collin...
Plano Independent School District students performed better than their counterparts throughout the state on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test administered this spring. STAAR results for individual school campuses and school districts,...
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...
The chief financial officer for Wylie Independent School District, Michele Trongaard, has been named a recipient of Pinnacle of Achievement Award of the Association of School Business Officials for her management of insurance proceeds from the 2016 hailstorm....
