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PESH Class of 2026 Valedictorian Haosu Zhu and Salutatorian Vedant Sundar pose by the panther outside Plano East Senior High School. Courtesy photo The top two students in the Plano East Senior High School Class of 2026 have both attended Plano ISD schools since...
Murphy resident Monica Landeros-Jimenez, master of ceremonies for the “Leading the Way: Celebrating Women in Murphy” chamber event, poses with her daughter, Olive, for photo Thursday, March 26, at Murphy City Hall. Courtesy Bobby Tillman/Special Webs More than a dozen...
The Murphy City Council opened its Tuesday, March 17, meeting by recognizing Women’s History Month with a proclamation issued by Mayor Scott Bradley and delivered jointly by three female members of the council. Standing together at the podium, Mayor pro tem Elizabeth...
The new Texas school voucher program has received applications for more than 160,000 students, Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock said. Tuesday, March 17, was the deadline for families to apply, but it was extended to March 31 by a court order. “Demand is strong for the...
The city has a solution for the trash that’s been piling up in your garage all winter. Twice a year the city collects trash that can be recycled or cannot otherwise be picked up with normal waste, and the spring Clean & Green event will be held from 9 a.m. to...
Sports
Plano East third baseman Rylan Speight and the Panthers baseball team will play crosstown rival Plano at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Rowlett High School. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Plano East's baseball team (4-5 in District...
Plano East sophomore Arianna Robinson (11) scored 22 points in the Lady Panthers’ 56-33 win at Princeton on Dec. 2. Photo by Jerry Winfrey / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The Plano East girls basketball team got off to a fast start last Friday...
Plano East sophomore Alexander Brewington, pictured in previous action, was named to the all-tournament team at the 13th Annual Craig Bowers Memorial Tournament in Royse City. Photo by Andy Redmond / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Through a 10-2...
Plano East senior point guard Jayden Parker dribbles the ball past two Rowlett defenders on Nov. 25. Photo by Andy Redmond / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Plano East pulled away late to earn a 51-46 win over Rowlett at McMillen High School on...
Plano East seniors, from left, Reagan Noel, Courtney Shults, Simone Heard, Emma Reeves and Chandler Israel each signed a National Letter of Intent on Nov. 12. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Last week was the first week of...
Education
The new Texas school voucher program has received applications for more than 160,000 students, Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock said. Tuesday, March 17, was the deadline for families to apply, but it was extended to March 31 by a court order. “Demand is strong for the...
WHS TMEA All-State Choir Students were honored at the Monday, Feb 24, board meeting. Back row from left, trustees Jacob Day, Suzi Kennon, Mike Williams, Bill Howard, Kylie Reising, Stacie Smith, Virdie Montgomery. Front row: Chloe Stovall, Emma Rains, Kimberly Irby,...
Two members of the Collin College Board of Trustees have decided not to run in the Saturday, May 3, general election. Place 4 Trustee Greg Gomel of Plano, elected in 2019, did not file for re-election and longtime Trustee Stacy Anne Arias withdrew from the race. Arias...
Wylie High cadets cheer when finding out they placed first in Female Color Guard Saturday, Feb. 1 at the annual JROTC competition hosted by Wylie East High School. Twenty-three schools competed overall. Courtesy Wylie ISD AFJROTC Wylie East High School hosted its...
Celebrating Wylie High All-State Choir designations are from left, Associate Director Emily Mara, student Randeep Takhar, Director of Choral Activities Jeffrey Bowling and students Emma Rains, Chloe Stovall and Kimberly Irby. Wylie ISD choir students became eight of...
Life & Style
As the heart of many homes, the kitchen is often for much more than cooking. From morning coffee and gathering for family meals after long days at school and the office to entertaining loved ones on the weekend, functional, stylish lighting can make your kitchen truly...
Kitchens are often described as the most popular room in a home, and that’s not mere conjecture. A survey from House Digest asked participants to identify the room they consider most important in their homes, and roughly 41 percent chose the kitchen. Residents tend to...
Light pollution confuses birds as they fly south Since most birds migrate at night, light pollution can cause birds to become disoriented and attracted to urban centers where they be killed by flying into buildings. Photo courtesy Reinout Dujardin/Pixabay The...
Scott Mormon, the founder of Breaking Free, has several pillars of service. To learn more, visit bfservices.org. Courtesy photo Six days a week Scott Mormon is on a mission. He’s in the streets of Plano ministering to the homeless and disadvantaged, then working with...
Experts recommend that children aged 6 to 12 get 9 to 12 hours of sleep per night, while teenagers aged 13 to 18 need 8 to 10 hours. As summer winds down and the back-to-school season approaches, students and parents alike face the challenge of readjusting to a...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore’s grandmothers kept candy dishes on their coffee tables. Orange slices were a common treat found inside them. Photo: John Moore From the 1940s through the 1970s, Southern grandmothers always had candy dishes on the living room coffee table. The...
We have the right – and responsibility – to keep watch on how tax money is spent and how public officials make decisions. But it takes access to information to do it. Our state transparency laws envision citizens having power over government. Every legislative...
clock changer in our house. So when I woke up at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, I approached the day as “business as usual” and went downstairs to let the dogs out. Ordinarily, the lack of sunlight might have clued me in, but after Saturday’s deluge, I wasn’t expecting much. When...
A slim majority of Texas House members have indicated they will back House Bill 3, which creates education savings accounts that allow families to use taxpayer money for private school education. The Dallas Morning News reported that 75 Republican legislators have...
Marcus Winkler from Pixabay Imagine being the target of a vexatious lawsuit completely without merit in which you ultimately prevail—only to find out that you not only have to pay your attorney’s fees but also the other side’s. That’s the likely outcome if the...
