Plano East junior Jake Li qualified for the Region I-6A Golf Tournament after earning third place at the District 6-6A Tournament. Courtesy Ashley Payne By David Wolman [email protected] The District 6-6A Golf Tournament couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start...
Thanks to TV shows like “Glee” and the prevalence of music streaming sites, pop choirs have surged in popularity. But despite the seemingly easy music, weeks of rehearsal go into producing a show that only lasts one or two nights. Wylie East has an 18-person pop group...
Pictures of trash on beaches, a whale found with a belly full of garbage, and turtles with plastic straws up their nose are no laughing matter. They are all just a tiny snapshot of reality today. The impact of the world’s overuse of plastic is causing havoc on the...
Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen on April 10 released a joint statement promoting a twofold method for the 86th Texas Legislature to curb property tax increases across the state. “Texans are fed up with skyrocketing property...
Plano East was flat out dominant through out the two-day district meet at Kimbrough Stadium. They claimed the top two spots as a team all four fields for varsity boys and girls, and junior varsity boys and girls in 9-6A track and field. Up next for the varsity squads...
A Wylie family recently made quite the discovery, of a prehistoric nature, near Lake Lavon. Matthew Payne, along with his wife Tana Trent and her daughter Landry, 11, uncovered an 80-million year old mosasaur skeleton. Though the animal’s name may sound like a...
The city of Murphy held a pair of Town Hall meetings last week to explain a proposal on May 4 ballots that asks voters to approve reallocating to street maintenance half of the sales tax money collected for Murphy Municipal Development district. Town Hall meetings...
Two Wylie East students earned a distinction that less than 1 percent of high schoolers achieve each year. Jaxson Hill and Zachary Kvale, both seniors, were named National Merit Scholarship finalists. Out of 3.6 million seniors in the U.S., only 15,000 earn this...
Many communities and civic organizations in northeastern Collin County and parts of Dallas County have planned Easter activities that will keep parents, children, and sometimes dogs, hopping over the next two weeks. The events listed below offer plenty of candy, fresh...
