Beginning today, Jan. 11, small businesses who have not received emergency loans through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), can apply for loans, according to a news release from Rep. Van Taylor. Business who have previously received PPP funding who qualify can...

A new COVID-19 testing site has opened at Southfork Ranch in Parker. Testing is free at the center, said Akeed Asdi, operational manager of All American Test­ing. The Southfork Ranch lo­cation, at 3700 Hogge Drive, opened about two weeks ago. All American Testing...

This will be the “year of no” for expansion of costs when lawmakers convene in Austin in January, State Rep. Candy Noble said in a recent in­terview at The Wylie News of­fice. And she compared what leg­islators in Austin will face to people managing their own budgets...

The show must go on. That old cliche is true in theater and music or other entertainments in which par­ticipants encounter difficult or unexpected challenges and still have to perform. And that old saw is true for Future Farmers of America and 4H members and their...

U.S. Rep. Van Taylor didn’t support the package that would have delivered stimulus checks of $2,000 to Americans who qualified. But Taylor’s colleague in the House, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, did vote for the most recent stimulus package, which gave $600 checks in...