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The Murphy City Council will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 4, and consider and/or Act on an ordinance approving a Specific Use Permit for a bank on property described as Lot 2R, Block A, Walmart Addition Replat, and located at 205 W. FM 544. The...
The Plano Independent School District says its schools and facilities will remain closed through Tuesday, Jan. 27. All district and campus activities are also canceled through Tuesday. The decision to extend school closure was made due to freezing temperatures and...
All Wylie Iindependent School District schools and facilities will be closed Monday, Jan. 26, due to winter weather concerns, the district said in an announcement Saturday, Jan. 24."We will continue to monitor conditions for Tuesday, Jan. 27," the district said. "If a...
The Plano Independent School District announced Saturday, Jan. 24, that all Plano ISD schools and facilities will be closed Monday, Jan. 26, due to the winter storm, extreme cold temperatures and anticipated hazardous conditions of roads, parking lots and walkways....
Formerly marketed as EPIC City, The Meadow community is planned for unincorporated Collin County and Hunt County land near Josephine. Graphic Courtesy Community Capital Partners Collin County officials have notified the developers of The Meadow Phase 1, formerly...
Sports
Plano East's Kellan McWhinnie, pictured in previous action, struck out four and held Allen to one run during Wednesday's District 6-6A baseball game. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] With their playoff hopes on the line,...
Plano East sophomore Kennedy Borders (1) smiles as she holds up the bi-district championship trophy Monday. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Plano East head girls’ basketball coach Derrick Richardson has preached the same...
Plano East freshman Arianna Robinson is congratulated by junior Hailey Reed after she made a layup during the fourth quarter of a recent home game against Plano. Photo by Maddie Smith / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Three days after seeing a...
Plano East's Talaal Habib, right, qualified for this week's Region III-6A Tournament after he placed third at 120 pounds at last Friday's District 6-6A Tournament from Plano East. Photo by Maddie Smith / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The road...
Plano East senior offensive lineman Chibuzor "KC" Okongwu announced on his personal X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday that he gave a verbal commitment to play football for Texas Southern University. Photo by Kim Peichel. By David Wolman [email protected]...
Education
Reid Waters, Jordan Batiste, Georgia Fleming and Peyton Pecorino display awards won by Wylie East students in recent SkillsUSA competitions. The four students hold national, district and state positions, representing thousands of members at each level. A Wylie East...
As protests were being held nationwide after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Brian Lyons, principal of McMillen High School, reached out to co-members of Leadership Plano with the goal of fostering open dialogue in a safe space focused on listening and...
Editor’s note: This story is the first in a two-part series about the Wylie Independent School District’s recruiting and retention program. Melissa Hefty doesn’t mind helping a teacher in need. Wylie ISD operates a recruiting and retention department that seeks to...
Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Public Safety released the Texas Homeland Security Strategic Plan 2021-2025 Tuesday, Jan. 26. The plan is the state’s framework for establishing homeland security priorities focused on a broad range of efforts to develop,...
The Wylie ISD began a Diversity and Inclusion program this year, a non-curriculum program designed to create unity and ensure people of all backgrounds are heard and valued. And this first year centered on multiple goals: Listening, learning and getting a feel for...
Life & Style
Vegan Burritos If every moment of school days feels like a rush in your house, you’re not alone. Packing backpacks and lunchboxes in the morning can be a chore, not to mention after-school activities that put a dent in dinner planning. Saving a few precious seconds...
Music is power. It can lift spirits, reduce stress, improve memory, ease pain and even improve physical health and well-being. Next weekend, 51-year-old James Michael McLester hopes to harness that power, along with his passion, and turn it into a profitable...
Spring is the perfect time of year to break away from everyday life for a journey to a new destination. Across the country, the climate tends to be moderate, so you can take in a wide range of activities for a fun-filled getaway. One challenge of planning a trip is...
Wylie native Jacob Hemsath isn’t waiting around for a miraculous offer – he’s making his dreams come true himself. Although he graduated college less than a year ago, his professional theatre career is already well underway: he has been cast in five shows since summer...
More than 500 eager anglers ventured out in windy conditions Saturday, Feb. 23 to compete for the honor of catching the biggest fish in Murphy’s annual Rainbow Trout Roundup. “The event was a great success this year. The weather turned out to be perfect, and we had...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore looks forward to Thanksgiving specifically because of the thanks. Courtesy John Moore Thanksgiving, at its heart, was created for one purpose. To thank God for His blessings. The Pilgrims knew hardship well. They had survived disease, starvation,...
By Todd Baughman I don’t know about you, but I get distracted easily. Just typing that last sentence I’m pretty sure I had about 18 new thoughts about what I could / should be doing right now. Do you often load up your calendar and your mind with actions and...
By John Moore I used to pay little attention to the world’s little idiosyncrasies, but now they seem ever present. And it’s more than slightly annoying. I can’t be the only one. When I was getting change back from the fast-food drive-thru recently, it all became...
By Jeff Denton Cancer. Not what I was expecting to hear from the doctor. But surprisingly comforting at some level. It sure explained the extreme sickness I was experiencing. It explained twenty pounds of weight loss in three weeks. It explained months of pain that...
By Rick Wood There’s so much going on in our world today…just turn on the news and you can hear of the tragedies that are taking place throughout our nation. Here in Texas, the town of Uvalde is mourning the deaths of nineteen elementary students and two teachers less...
