The city has a solution for the trash that’s been piling up in your garage all winter. Twice a year the city collects trash that can be recycled or cannot otherwise be picked up with normal waste, and the spring Clean & Green event will be held from 9 a.m. to...
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....
Cross country and track champion Abby Halbrook, granddaughter of Don and Pat Halbrook of Wylie, closed out her intercollegiate career at West Point Military Academy this spring as one of the most accomplished athletes in the history of the program. Halbrook capped her...
Murphy Police Department is accepting applications for its annual Youth Citizens Police Academy to be held the week of July 22-26. The academy is open to Murphy students entering sixth through 12th grades. “We are now recruiting young men and women for this year’s...
For the past two years, a quiet game of hide-and-seek has been going on in Wylie. First it started downtown, then it spread to the library and local parks. Before long, these unique treasures hidden in Wylie appeared in other Texas cities and throughout Texas. Some...
For a second straight week Plano East pulled out an overtime win in the AT&T Metroplex High School Hockey League. The Panthers (5-3 as of Monday, June 24) beat Allen 6-5 within the north division at the Dr. Pepper Stars Center in Plano. They lit up the light with...
