CASA volunteer Dawn Brucher has mediated between teens and foster families. Courtesy art When a child is removed from an unsafe home, they lose more than a place to live. They lose familiar routines, classrooms, friendships and, often, contact with siblings — all...
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...
Have you wondered how your area hospitals stack up in terms of the quality of care they provide? Emergencies obviously call for rushing to the nearest hospital. But when you have time to plan, it is worth doing some research and finding out which hospitals do the best...
Plano East lacrosse strung together some wins at home and on the road. They beat Prestonwood Christian 11-10 at Williams Stadium in Plano to open the week. That was followed by a 14-11 Div. II East loss against host Paris Episcopal. The Panthers got back on track that...
Collin County residents planning to vote in the May 4 election need to register by Thursday, April 4. In Murphy, the May election will house four contested races for city council. Place 1 will be between Elizabeth Abraham and Doug Davis. For Place 2, incumbent...
In spite of encountering more than 33 days of rain delay since September 2018, construction on the Collin College campus in Wylie remains on schedule. The full campus that will serve more than 7,000 students is being built on a 96-acre tract on Country Club Road...
