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Blaire Bryeans and Bree Willoughby earned Reserve Grand Champion and Grand Champion Market Steer, respectively, at the Wylie ISD Show n’ Sale. Allison LaBrot/Murphy Monitor Wylie ISD students showcased months of hard work and preparation during the 59th annual Wylie...
An individual who tested positive for measles recently visited several public locations in Plano while infectious, prompting a warning from Collin County Health Care Services. The individual was in the area on April 10 and April 11 and visited three shopping venues...
Bradley Tiegs, co-founder and executive director of the Undaunted Warhorse Initiative, left, with a veteran client who received a donated trailer after his former trailer and its surrounding structure was destroyed in a house fire. Courtesy photo Bradley Tiegs spent...
The routine business of charting the financial direction of Wylie Independent School District is in progress and included a budget presentation at last month’s board of trustees meeting. As Wylie ISD prepares for the 2025-26 fiscal year, administrators are building a...
Houston lawyer Dan Cogdell, who successfully defended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against impeachment charges two years ago, is now defending a proposed Islamic community against an investigation by Paxton. “This project is simply the victim of racial...
Sports
Plano East senior Abdullhi Mahdi, pictured in previous action, recorded an interception with less than three minutes remaining in a 27-22 home win over McKinney Boyd on Friday. Photo by Andy Redmond / C&S Media By Brett Bender [email protected] Plano East...
From assistant coach to now head coach, Michael Martinez is ready to keep the momentum going for the Plano East baseball team. The Plano East baseball team had one of its best district finishes in seven years when the team won seven district games in 2014. After...
When Jourdan Delacruz moved from Wylie to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center after her sophomore year of high school, it was all to realize a dream. Now in 2021, she’s realizing it fully, qualifying for Team USA to compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in...
The Plano East baseball team had one of its best district finishes in seven years, when the team won seven district games in 2014. The work put into the team this season was seen in the District 6-6A All-District awards, with nine Panthers named to all-district...
After defeating Belton in the area round of the playoffs, the Sachse baseball team faced a tough challenge in their next competition: Rockwall-Heath. Squaring off in a best-of-three series held at Wylie East, the Mustangs managed to take an early lead, though an...
Education
The Wylie ISD proposed general fund budget as presented. Courtesy Wylie ISD The Wylie ISD board of trustees approved the budget for the 2024-25 school year. Scott Roderick, Wylie ISD assistant superintendent for finance and operations, emphasized in his final...
By Greg Ford Sports Editor [email protected] A Wylie offensive lineman is being treated for a stroke that he suffered during last Friday’s playoff game at Southlake Carroll. Junior offensive lineman Parker Cusey is currently hospitalized at the Baylor...
By Joe Reavis Staff Writer [email protected] A collection of scenes dealing with love, “Almost, Maine,” was presented in two performances last week by Wylie High School Theatre students. Performances were Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21 and 22, at the WHS...
Life & Style
Turn on Hallmark Channel, go see Last Christmas in theatres or stream practically any Christmas movie ever made, and you’ll notice one thing they all have in common: a delightful town square with fresh fir trees, twinkling lights and charming architecture. That...
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Opinion
It seems like about every time I am out in the public, no matter what the occasion, once someone realizes I own the local paper they seem anxious to tell me something. And in more cases than not, it is how something someone has read impacts their lives. For...
By Ed Sterling Legislation approved by the House and Senate last week reveal widely differing views on how to bring about tax relief to Texans in fiscal years 2016 and 2017. Speaker Joe Straus lauded the preliminary approval of House Bill 31, legislation to reduce the...
