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An attempt is being made to hold a local option election to allow the retail sale of liquor in package stores. The Murphy Chamber of Commerce is circulating a petition for the City Council to place the issue on the Nov. 3 ballot. Voters would be asked whether they are...
Registration is open for the 2025 Murphy Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurship & Innovation Bootcamp for students ages 8 to 15. Participants will gain skills in entrepreneurship, communication and public speaking, financial literacy and sales and marketing. The...
The three-day Memorial Day weekend is also a double sales tax holiday in Texas. Families and businesses can save on the purchase of certain products during the state’s Water-Efficient Products and ENERGY STAR® sales tax holidays running from Saturday, May 24, through...
Plano East Senior High co-salutatorian Bipul Kumar Padhy, left, valedictorian Prisha Prakash Bhat, center, and co-salutatorian Nikhil Raghu. Courtesy photo Plano East Senior High School’s top three graduates -- Valedictorian Prisha Prakash Bhat and Co-salutatorians...
Elementary Paraprofessional of the Year Lily Courtney reacts after hearing her name announced at the district’s annual banquet held Friday, May 2 at the Plano Event Center. Courtesy Wylie ISD Wylie ISD honored some of its most dedicated and passionate educators during...
Sports
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 (0-2, 1-4) could not overcome a 12-point halftime deficit, falling to Lewisville (2-0, 5-0) at the last second 29-24. Thoughts from Coach Joey McCullough “I saw a very resilient team,” McCullough said. “In the first half, we didn’t make them punt. Our...
Searching for that elusive first district win, the Panthers are on the rebound. Plano East (0-1, 1-3) hosts Lewisville (4-0, 1-0) this Friday at Kimbrough Stadium. The Panthers are looking forward to another matchup after losing to Hebron. The Hawks won by shutting...
Things were looking good for Plano East in the first half. However, the second half proved fateful as Hebron (1-3, 1-0) outscored East (1-3, 0-1) 22-0 to win the game 29-18. Ismail Mahdi accounted for 181 of the Panthers’ 274 total yards in the game. Mahdi...
Donavia Hall found the perfect transition after her senior year. The District 6-6A MVP enters her senior season as the leader of the Plano East girls basketball team. Before playing this season, Hall decided to commit to SMU for the 2022 school year. For Hall, meeting...
Education
An Austin judge has continued the court order blocking the Texas Education Agency (TEA) from releasing its A-F accountability ratings for public schools. Travis County Judge Daniella DeSeta Lyttle scheduled a trial in February on the suit filed by five independent...
From Staff Reports [email protected] The new STAAR report card website rolled out last month provides Texas parents stronger student-specific information and helpful resources. Commissioner of Education Mike Morath announced that Texas parents will now have...
By Joe Reavis Staff Writer [email protected] In spite of a few lingering school finance issues to be addressed in a special session of the Texas Legislature next month, Wylie Independent School District trustees last week approved the fiscal year 2017-’18...
From Staff Reports [email protected] Not all school employees who retire want to disengage from working with schools and students. For that reason, the Wylie Retired School Employees Association was organized in October 2011 and later affiliated with...
By David Jenkins Staff Writer [email protected] A 13-year academic journey came to an end for the 2017 Plano East Senior High graduating class on Saturday, June 10 in the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco. PESH graduated 1,252 students this year, in a...
Life & Style
After a whirlwind of wedding festivities, it’s no wonder why so many couples look forward to their honeymoons and the opportunity to escape, unwind and celebrate the beginning of their life together. But with so many destinations, activities and logistics to consider,...
From Staff Reports [email protected] GFour Productions, winner of 54 Drama Desk Awards and 44 Tony Awards, has proudly joined forces with Susan G. Komen® to launch Menopause The Musical®: The Survivor Tour® benefiting Susan G. Komen® in 2015. With a cast of breast...
By Mignon Morse This week, Harper Lee, legendary author of “To Kill a Mockingbird” released a landmark new novel. In her new title “Go See a Watchman,” the main character, Scout, is an adult and returns home to visit her elderly father. This book imparts a fuller,...
Enjoy summer favorites from classics of the past Summer is the season when many of the best childhood memories are made. That's why introducing future generations to treasured pastimes is an ideal way to ensure classic summer moments live on for years to come. Though...
Charlie is a sweet 7-month-old lab mix who was found on the side of the road with two of his siblings. He is still a little shy with strangers at first but he loves other dogs. He will do best with another dog in the home. He is doing very well with potty training...
Opinion
John Moore continues to shop at mom and pop stores for may reasons stating where else do you get a free calendar every year? Courtesy John Moore When Wal Mart grew, warnings that it would put the mom-and-pop businesses under seemed to come true. Now, online businesses...
By Jeff Denton The family in my office is silent. Anger hangs in the air. The teenager is mad at her parents. Parents are mad at their child and each other. Blame has been flung around in angry words like attack arrows. Raised voices have finally ceased with the...
By Ed Sterling The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote on June 29, granted a stay preventing revisions to the state abortion law made by the Texas Legislature in 2013 from taking effect on July 1. The stay will remain in effect while the court is on hiatus. When it...
By Keith Spurgin, Lead Pastor of New Hope Church in Wylie www.newhopechristian.org. Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part column. Last week I wrote about why for so many the ‘c’ word – church, is a bad word. This week I want to share why I think the church...
