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Keoni Hudson speaks during Thursday’s grand opening of Jericho Village in Wylie while Janet Collinsworth, founder and CEO of Agape Resource & Assistance Center, listens. Hudson, one of the community’s first residents, shared how the village has helped her family...
Colton Shaw, a 2021 graduate of Plano East High School, was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the seventh round of the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft with the No. 212 overall pick. File photo By David Wolman [email protected] The Seattle Mariners dipped into...
Seniors Ameya Kohli, left, and Bhavini Saini placed first in the Medical Innovation category at the HOSA International Leadership Conference last month. Courtesy photo Two Wylie High School students were named world champions after taking first place at the HOSA...
State sales tax revenue totaled $4.04 billion in June, 2.5% more than in June of last year, said Kelly Hancock, the acting Texas comptroller. “State sales tax collections exhibited moderate growth compared with June 2024,” Hancock said in a July 1 release. “This comes...
A major restructuring of the Murphy Fire Rescue Department would allow the city to command its own emergency scenes is being considered by city officials. City officials are considering a major restructuring of the Murphy Fire Rescue Department that would allow the...
Sports
Plano East senior Luke Wasemiller (4) attempts to dribble past a Plano defender on Tuesday. Photo by Andy Redmond / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] The hottest team in District 6-6A is the Plano East boys basketball team. Not only are the...
While still outside playoff positioning, the Plano East softball team finished the year off on a high note. The Lady Panthers (3-9, 8-16) defeated Coppell 2-1 on Tuesday, April 19, to give the team their third win in District 6-6A. East got a strong start from...
Plano East senior Tiriah Kelley earned two gold medals in the District 6-6A Track and Field Championships at Murphy’s Kimbrough Stadium. Kelley finished first in both the girls 100-meter (11.62) and 200-meter dash (24.01). Ismail Mahdi placed third in the boys...
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...
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...
By Joe Reavis Staff Writer [email protected] Because Wylie has grown to become a town of almost 50,000, many children do not get to experience what nature has to offer, the Wylie Independent School District has stepped in to provide outdoor education through...
IB student on new Nickelodeon show By Abby Blasingame The day seemed to stretch on endlessly as the casting director pulled one person at a time into the audition room. Plano East sophomore Mohana Krishan entered the room filled with producers and directors and...
By David Jenkins Staff Writer [email protected] Plano East yearbook staff has been hard at work on the 2017-’18 annual for several months. Beginning in March 2016, the staff will wrap up work in April 2017 on “A Touch of Gold.” “We wanted to create something that...
By David Jenkins Staff Writer [email protected] They are the leaders of school spirit, rallying crowds at games and pep rallys with pom-poms, cheers and unsurpassed athleticism. For the team of 24 cheerleaders at Plano East Senior High, they have been preparing...
Life & Style
Mother’s Day is a special time for children to show their appreciation for their mothers, grandmothers and the other special women in their lives. Older children typically are capable of designing their own Mother’s Day crafts or even shopping for gifts for Mom, while...
School-aged kids are invited to participate in the third annual recycling poster contest for the city of Murphy. Candy McQuiston, chair of the Murphy Green Team and member of Keep Murphy Beautiful said the event keeps getting bigger every year. “The rising quality of...
Fun Family Activities for Halloween Season Trick-or-treating may be the standard Halloween tradition for most American families, but the holiday has branched out extensively over the last decade. Today, Americans spend over one billion dollars visiting...
As Autumn at the Arboretum continues, the garden is abloom with 3,000 of fall’s favorite flower, Chrysanthemums, expected to bloom for just 14 - 21 more days. Though mums the word throughout the 66-acre garden, the garden’s newest addition is swimming over from the...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Wylie recently began a project wrapping military personnel far away in stitches of love called ‘hugs’. The church is filling requests for homemade quilts, which will be sent to soldiers stationed in Korea. The project...
Opinion
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...
By Ed Sterling Ed Sterling is the director of member services for the Texas Press Association. AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on June 12 signed Senate Bill 1, legislation that appropriates some $217 billion to pay for the state’s next two-year fiscal period. “I am once...
Kris Segrest, DMin. – First Baptist, Wylie More and more we see the world rapidly changing. One thing that seems to always be constant is chaos. This chaos permeates every part of our lives---politics, social issues and even faith. During such confusion, what...
By Sen. Kirk Watson and Rep. Todd Hunter Five of the most frightening words to hear from elected officials from all levels of government are these: “I’m all for transparency, but….” The phrase following the “but” is usually an excuse to weaken government...
By Ed Sterling Director of Member Services for the Texas Press Association AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on June 6 announced a special session of the Texas Legislature to begin on July 18 to address issues that went unresolved during the contentious 140-day regular...
