Home Depot employees deliver pallets of boxed cereal to Amazing Grace Food Pantry. Courtesy Amazing Grace Food Pantry Wylie pantry celebrates 20 years of feeding neighbors What began in 2006 as a small community service effort has grown into a lifeline for thousands...
The 86th Texas Legislature convenes Jan. 8 as the partial shutdown of the federal government that began Dec. 22 enters a third week. As always, lawmakers’ priorities will be the writing of a two-year state budget and deciding how to fund it. In the 140 days of the...
Injuries and illness made things quite difficult on Panther soccer last season. They battled through it and made it to the Class 6A Region I playoffs. Plano East is working to build on that finish in the 2018 season. “We will have a lot of depth this year and should...
A little more than a year ago, Murphy residents voted in favor of issuing $21.65 million in general obligation bonds earmarked for infrastructure improvements and although progress is steady, completion is not expected until 2021. Bonds were split into three parts,...
With a design in hand and groundbreaking ceremonies concluded, Murphy Historical Society concentrates this year on raising funds to build the Murphy Veterans Tribute at Central Park. The tribute, honoring all military veterans, features a sunken bowl from which a...
The editors in chief of the Wylie East High School campus print media program have unintentionally started a tradition. Besides earning grades by reporting for the school newspaper and yearbook, they also earn a paycheck by reporting on local happenings for The Wylie...
Happy New Year! We loved celebrating Christmas with friends and family, but we’re excited to get back to the Wylie Senior Recreation Center and kick the new year off with a wide variety of activities and trips. Here’s a four-week class that’s as new as 2019: Drawing....
Texas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in November, remaining at the same 42-year low rate as in October, the Texas Workforce Commission reported Dec. 21. The Texas economy added 14,000 seasonally adjusted non-farm jobs in November and annual...
Heavy rains and a lightning related power outage last week caused the release of domestic wastewater that was not fully treated, of which some flowed into the northeast part of Lavon Lake. The wastewater release occurred Wednesday, Dec. 26 at the Wilson Creek Regional...
