Classes end for Wylie ISD students this week, and some­thing else will end as well: re­quirements for mask wearing by students and staff. The Wylie ISD board on May 17 approved removing mask re­quirements for students and staff and making them optional after the end...

Murphy City Council mem­bers made a change to mask requirements at city buildings at their meeting on May 18. The council approved con­tinuing the Mayor’s Declara­tions of Local Disaster until June 15 at 11:59 p.m., but city officials will no longer require hygiene...

A Wylie man was sentenced to 41 years in prison without the possibility of parole for continuous sexual abuse of a child, District Attorney Greg Willis announced May 26. “12 years of this horrific abuse perpetrated on a child sickens us all,” Willis said after...

An Allen man was sentenced to 50 years in prison without the possibility of parole, Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced May 24. Alejandro Amoles, Jr. was found guilty of continuous sexual abuse of a child. By law, the sentence is not eligible for...

The Texas Department of State Health Services updated COVID-19 information for May 20 through 23. All counts, except for hospitalized cases, are compiled from the TDSHS website. State officials listed no deaths and 120 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Collin County, for...

Collin College has an­nounced Fall 2021 semester plans that address classroom social distancing, vaccinations, enhanced campus cleaning, campus services, COVID-19 reporting, and more. The col­lege worked with the Academ­ic Year (AY) 2021-22 Restart Task Force, which...

Murphy City Councilmem­bers received a general over­view of the budget and then heard reports from various department heads for budgets for the next fiscal year - from human resources to municipal court to police and fire depart­ment - at May 6 retreat. At the...