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Beer festival returns to enthusiastic crowd

Beer festival returns to enthusiastic crowd

Jake McMahon liked what Tunes, Tails and Ales brewed up July 17 at Murphy Central Park. The craft beer festival, can­celed last year because of the pandemic, drew scores of peo­ple for the beer, car show, tunes, food and just a general good time on an unseasonably...

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Donations accepted for fair

Donations accepted for fair

Donations for the Wylie ISD's 15th annual Back to School Fair are being accepted until July 22. Needed supplies include backpacks, crayons, composition books, highlighters, markers, pencils, erasers and more. The fair is set for 8-10 a.m. July 31 at the FBC Wylie...

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Child Tax Credit begins

Child Tax Credit begins

Initial payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit land Thursday in North Texans’ bank accounts, a provision that Congressman Colin Allred (District 32) supported in the American Rescue Plan. The American Rescue Plan expanded and improved the credit so that it is...

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We’re global now

We’re global now

No matter how hard we try, we real­ly can’t avoid one another. We live in a world where what takes place some­where else on the globe has a very good chance of affecting us, along with many others. The pandemic, of course, is a useful – if sobering – ex­ample. A virus...

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Students learn valuable skills from national group

Students learn valuable skills from national group

Camryn Shupe considered herself lacking a certain charac­teristic before her involvement with SkillsUSA. That trait — confidence — has grown since she started with the national organization that seeks to help secondary school and college students build per­sonal and...

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Back in business

Back in business

It was like old times at the Wylie Opry as former patrons gathered together for the first time in 15 months to listen to music and say hello to old friends. A record number of attend­ees, around 175, came from Greenville, Celeste, McK­inney, Mesquite, Rowlett,...

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Patel leads receiver room in Panther offense

Patel leads receiver room in Panther offense

Returning as the no. 1 re­ceiver for the Plano East foot­ball team, Rushil Patel has made the strides this offseason. Gone are his teammates Jay­don Nava and Kaden Gardner, leaving inexperienced players at the depth positions for the Panthers offense. The change has...

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Companionship means most at the old ball game

Companionship means most at the old ball game

The new baseball stadium in Arlington — Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers — opened last year. Globe Life Field was built to attract more fans during the long, hot days of summer in North Texas One local sports scribe said some time back that the team’s...

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