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Murphy City Secretary Kandi Jackson. Courtesy photo A city secretary is indeed a secretary — but so much more. “Municipal clerks, city secretaries and administrative professionals who act as the cornerstone of efficient local government operations,” said the...
The city of Wylie will host a July 3 celebration starting at 7:30 p.m. at 851 Hensley Lane. Attendees can enjoy food trucks, a live DJ, and a water spray zone courtesy of Wylie Fire-Rescue. Independence Day is just around the corner, and communities throughout Collin...
Plano East incoming senior outside hitter Simone Heard helped to lead the Lady Panthers' volleyball team to the third round of the playoffs for the second consecutive season. Photo by Roosevelt Joubert / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] After the...
Former North Forney head baseball coach Carey Willingham was hired to the same position at Plano East on June 17. Submitted photo By David Wolman [email protected] Carey Willingham always envisioned himself coaching baseball at Plano East. With one of the...
Plano East alum DJ Hall finished his high school career as a state champion and the program’s all-time scoring leader. Photo by Maddie Smith / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Another year has come and gone for student-athletes at Plano East High...
Sports
The Plano East boys hockey team is scheduled to return to game action Jan. 14 at Mansfield. Photo courtesy Rayme Dean By David Wolman [email protected] The Plano East boys hockey team has enjoyed plenty of success on the ice over the past decade, and the...
Football season is around the corner for the Plano East Panthers. With spring approaching, the Panthers will gear up for a new season filled with plenty of intrigue. While Plano East did not have any changes from UIL’s realignment, they welcome a new era under head...
Entering the time where wins become absolutely necessary, Plano East was able to hold serve by splitting their series with Flower Mound. Plano East (2-6, 6-14-1) sits in a three-way tie for last in the District 6-6A standings, but the win puts them just two...
In the Jesuit-Sheaner Relays in Dallas, Plano East senior Aiden Hayes won gold in the boys 6A high jump (6’04”). More than 30 schools from Texas and Oklahoma met at Jesuit High School and the PESH track and field team finished in the top ten in 11 events. The...
The Panthers were cruising to a 5-2 lead in district play before the fourth inning went downhill. Plano East (1-2, 4-9-1) gave up five runs to Lewisville in the top of the fourth inning and eventually lost 11-7. The Farmers scored those runs despite just one hit in...
Education
Wylie ISD is inviting the public to help name two new schools—a junior high and an intermediate campus—scheduled to open in fall 2026 on the east side of the district, near Kreymer Road and south of Brown Street. The district’s board of trustees’ values community...
A graduating class of more than 1,300 members will cross the stage Saturday, June 9, in Plano East Senior High commencement exercises. The ceremony starts at 9:30 a.m. in the Ford Center of The Star in Frisco. Graduation candidates enter the venue to the strains of...
WHS graduates walk across the stage Recounting the struggles of her parents as immigrants in a new country, Wylie High School valedictorian Segan Gilazgi encouraged the Class of 2018 to accept the trials and hard work to come in following their dreams to success. WHS...
A second Wylie Independent School District student, Aidan Gardiner, received word this month that he aced the ACT college admissions test with a perfect score of 36. Gardiner, 17, is a junior student at Wylie High School and the son of John and Heidi Gardiner of...
Five Community High School seniors are making headlines not only for walking the stage but also receiving the rank of Eagle Scout within the Boy Scouts of America organization. Community High School seniors James McDaniel, Walter Hinton Barr, Alex Wheeler, Ben Wheeler...
Life & Style
If you enter the main door of the Farmersville Post Office, the mural “Soil Conservation in Collin County” is painted on the space above the postmaster’s door. The mural depicts a blend of farming techniques and pastoral landscapes. In the heart of downtown...
By Rhonda Briggs Do you ever want to get away and really get away from everything? Someplace with no cell phone reception, no WiFi, no television? Someplace where you can relax, recharge and renew knowing the outside world and its demands can’t reach you?...
Raising eco-friendly children is less complicated than it once was. From very early ages, today’s kids are exposed to environmental topics and how they can do their part to maintain and protect the planet’s resources. Between activities at daycare and lessons...
Tis the season for making changes in and around the home. The arrival of warmer weather renews homeowners’ vigor for various home improvement projects, and many have grand plans for interior and exterior renovations as they prep their living spaces for comfort,...
By Joe Reavis Staff Writer [email protected] National Library week is April 10-16 and provides a good opportunity to visit a local library and see how they have changed with the times, offering much more than books. Wylie area residents can visit Rita and...
Opinion
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...
By Chad Engbrock C&S Media Publisher Let me start out by saying ‘I don’t mind paying my taxes.’ As long as the amount due is fair, reasonable and the people in charge of spending the money I’m paying are as diligent, prudent and thoughtful as I when doing so. I...
By Pastor Rick Wood Pastor, Pursuit Christian Fellowship, ThePursuitDallas.com Did I get your attention? Hopefully I did. In our church we’ve been in a series on prayer in an effort to make people aware of the power and necessity of a generous prayer life. Most people...
By Ed Sterling Sterling is the director of member services at the Texas Press Association AUSTIN — The 85th Texas Legislature convened at the Capitol on July 18 for its first called session, the main purpose being for lawmakers to extend the life of certain state...
By Deborah Peel Deborah C. Peel, MD, is founder and president of Patient Privacy Rights, a non-profit human and civil rights organization Millions of Americans are using home DNA testing kits to discover their ancestry or uncover their risk of developing certain...
