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The May 30 Bluegrass on Ballard event in Wylie will feature classic and custom cars, music and more. Courtesy Craig Kelly Downtown Wylie will once again fill with music, chrome and festival activity when Bluegrass on Ballard returns Saturday, May 30, for a full day of...
The city of Murphy is exploring a new home for the Murphy Veterans Tribute in the City Hall complex. The proposed space is a grassy median island at the far east end of the parking lot. The city is looking into a new location for the Murphy Veterans Tribute (MVT),...
Natural gas prices are going up slightly next month. The Murphy City Council agreed Tuesday, Sept. 16, to the adjustment suggested by a coalition of cities, including Murphy, served by Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division. Atmos filed April 1 for an increase and the...
The Collin College Board of Trustees is seeking applications for a successor to Place 1 Trustee Megan Wallace, who resigned this month due to relocation. Wallace was elected in May 2023 and her term expires in May 2029. The board will appoint a successor, who will...
Spectators at the 46th Plano Balloon Festival watch as balloons inflate and launch at Oak Point Park, Saturday, Sept. 20. It was still dark at 6 a.m., with a twinkling of stars overhead, when spectators began arriving at Oak Point Park for the first launch at the 46th...
Sports
Plano East sophomore Alexander Brewington (3) scored 18 points in a 52-57 win over McKinney Boyd on Friday. Photo by Andy Redmond / C&S Media By Seth Dowdle [email protected] The Plano East Panthers boys basketball team took one more step toward the playoffs...
DUNCANVILLE - No. 3 Plano East added another tough test to its slate, passing again to improve to 9-0. Traveling to Duncanville over the holiday weekend for the Thanksgiving Hoopfest, Plano East faced off against Springdale, from Arkansas. The Bulldogs were the...
With two games in two days before some time off for Thanksgiving, Plano East delivered a pair of key wins. Traveling to McKinney last Monday, Nov. 20, Plano East got off to a fast start in the game, with the defense stepping up late to win 51-49. The Lady Panthers got...
Nothing has been slowing down No. 8 Plano East to start the season. The Panthers (7-0) cruised through the Dallas Mavs Fall Classic over the weekend, winning the varsity championship in Frisco. Taking on some of the local area teams, Plano East won all five games by...
Plano East’s difficult start to the regular season continued this week, winning one out of five games. The Lady Panthers opened the week with their first home game of the season, hosting Sachse on Tuesday, Nov. 14. In a highly competitive game, Sachse prevailed in a...
Education
Andrew Varghese, Wylie High’s valedictorian, and Guneet Dhaliwal, salutatorian, will walk the stage with their classmates Saturday, May 24 at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen. As Wylie High School seniors Andrew Varghese, Class of 2025...
Next week will mark the kickoff of a month-long art exhibit celebrating the environment. Collin College’s Spring Creek campus in Plano will host the “Land: Awe and Raw” exhibit from Thursday, Jan. 16 until Wednesday, Feb. 12. A reception is scheduled for 4 p.m....
It’s the most wonderful time of the year in Texas – time for Girl Scouts to start selling cookies. Treats go on sale Friday, Jan. 17, and if you donate blood to Carter BloodCare through that date, you could receive a complementary box of cookies. For the full...
Pigs, cattle, sheep and goats parade around the show ring next week for judging in the 2020 Collin County Junior Livestock Show and Sale. The event, featuring livestock entries from FFA and 4-H members throughout the county, is set for the week of Jan. 5-11 at Myers...
Collin College trustees last week awarded a Guaranteed Maximum Price contract to J.E. Dunn Construction Company for the construction of the IT Center at the Frisco Campus (Preston Ridge) using the construction-manager-at-risk delivery method. The contract was...
Life & Style
Zion National Park, Danika Perkinson/Unsplash As the days grow longer and the school year winds down, families everywhere begin to anticipate the joys of summer vacation. Planning ahead can mean the difference between a rushed, last-minute trip and a thoughtfully...
A packed schedule often leads to less meals around the table. Between balancing family, friends, work and activities, it can be easy to reach for a pre-packaged snack on-the-go that lacks important vitamins and nutrients. Instead, when looking for portable, grab-and-...
A sisterhood of survivors becomes a powerful force on the water as they gather Saturday mornings to practice a sport most had never heard of before. Outfitted in bright pink, they don life jackets and pick up paddles, ready to listen to their coach give instructions....
Mothers are known for putting themselves last when it comes to their family, and for Donna Bull Guzman of Wylie, she experienced that sacrificial love firsthand growing up. Born in Perryville, Ark., a small town with no traffic signal, Guzman was the seventh of nine...
Make your next fiesta one to remember with colorful decor, festive touches and, perhaps most importantly, unique and mouthwatering recipes that bring guests back for seconds. To achieve the ideal flavors of a fiesta done right, try bringing something new to the table...
Opinion
Columnist John Moore doesn’t recall ever seeing gloves in a glove box. Courtesy John Moore English is a language full of leftovers. It’s like the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. Filled with things we just can’t seem to toss out. The difference of course is that at...
The internet is a wealth of information, but it is also a place where danger is just one click away. Today, most teens – and now many children - have access to a smartphone or a computer, however, many parents are still unaware of the risks this kind of connectivity...
Dear Rusty: I am looking for advice on how our recent decision to take up work in the United Kingdom will affect our U.S. Social Security benefits. I want to understand whether we need to be prepared for a loss in future Social Security benefits, in comparison to what...
Texans applying for federal funds for housing repairs and reimbursements relating to Hurricane Harvey damages face an important deadline. The Texas General Land Office on Dec. 16 encouraged applicants for the Homeowner Assistance Program and Homeowner Reimbursement...
Texas Secretary of State Ruth Hughs on Dec. 11 hosted a roundtable discussion of state agencies to coordinate efforts to accurately count all Texans in the upcoming 2020 Census. Hughs was joined by Dr. Steven Dillingham, U.S. Census Bureau director; Dr. Lloyd Potter,...
