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Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner says deputies and officers from other agencies have been rounding up suspects in an organized effort to scam the elderly. The sheriff said more than $7 million in cash and gold had been stolen from the retirement savings of around 200...
Collin County registered voters have until Friday, Oct. 25, to request a mail-in ballot for the Tuesday, Nov. 5, general election ballot that includes candidates for federal, state and local offices. According to Collin County Elections, there were 717,135 voters...
Raymond Cooper, wearing his classic fedora, and supporting one of his favorite charities, the Wylie Christian Care Center, at the Taste of Wylie. Wylie mourns the passing of Raymond Cooper, affectionately known as “Mr. Wylie,” who passed away peacefully on Thursday,...
Orson Welles’ legendary 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio drama is highlighted in an exhibit, The Magic and Mystery of Early 20th-century Entertainment at the Brown House in Wylie now through Nov. 7. The Brown House Visitor Center in Wylie is opening two exciting new...
The cast and crew are putting the final touches on the play “Witches? In Salem?” Performances will be at Wylie High School Oct. 11 -12. A Wylie Theatre witch hunt is in the works for the program’s fall show. The students will perform “Witches!? In Salem?!” Friday,...
Sports
Plano East senior pitcher Jadyn Dawson looks the ball into her glove for the final out of a 4-0 win over Euless Trinity in Game 1 of a Class 6A Division I regional semifinal Wednesday, May 7 in Euless. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman...
Season ticket sales for “Panther to the Public” for Plano East can be purchased through Wednesday, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. Cost per season is $40. The fee includes a ticket, located on the visitor’s side for the Plano East versus Plano West game, and Plano East is the home...
Hesson to suit up for AAU Junior Olympics Ethan Hesson developed a love for pole vaulting at an early age. He got his first taste as a seventh grader after being asked by a coach to try it out. At the time pole vaulting was a new sport at Cooper Junior High. After...
It’ll be a family affair for three members of the O’Neal family of Murphy. Christian will compete in the July 26-29 TAAF Summer Games of Texas and July 28 through Aug. 1 AAU Junior Olympic Games. The Games of Texas will be held in Des Moines, Iowa and AAU meet is...
Wylie ISD football will be represented in the upcoming NFL training camps. Kyle Fuller enters his second season with the Houston Texans, who start practices July 26 in Sulphur Springs, WV. They’ll practice at that location until Aug. 7 and return to Houston to close...
Education
An unclear state on how school districts will be evaluated by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in its annual accountability ratings had Deputy Superintendent Kim Spicer “concerned.” Spicer presented the changes alongside Stephen Davis, executive director of secondary...
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Life & Style
COVID-19 continues to dominate headlines across the globe. This novel coronavirus first made headlines in late 2019 after an outbreak in Wuhan, the sprawling capital city in China’s Hubei province. The virus has since spread beyond China’s borders, leading to school...
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Opinion
The ownership we feel for places we have lived seems absolute. Any house we’ve called home was ours. No one else’s. Even if several others lived in it before or after we did. Such was the case of the house on Beech Street where my family lived in the 60s and early 70s...
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