Latest News
By Connor Pittman [email protected] Shortly after the opening of Trinity Hospital, Sachse is poised to continue growing its footprint in the healthcare industry. Evolve Biologics, Inc., a Canadian-based biotechnology company specializing in protein extraction...
By Connor Pitman [email protected] Mayor Mike Felix and councilmembers donned the ugliest Christmas sweaters they could find in the last meeting before the Christmas holiday. Sachse City Council received a briefing on the 2021 bond project, during the regular...
By Connor Pittman [email protected] For some, Christmas is the season for giving, but others are not so fortunate. Several food pantries in the area have reported increased usage over the past several weeks. Mary Warkentine of the Wylie Christian Care Center...
By Connor Pittman [email protected] Time is money, especially when it comes to the rising cost of higher education (colleges and universities). Garland ISD offers high school students the chance to earn up to 60 college credits with its Early College High...
By Connor Pittman [email protected] Santa is making an early trip to Sachse this year to fill his belly with pancakes and orange juice. Sachse’s Fire Rescue will be hosting its annual breakfast with Santa Dec. 4. Residents can come out between 8 a.m.-11 a.m.,...
Sports
The Sachse Mustangs finished the Arlington tournament 3-1 overall. Those results granted the Mustangs a third-place finish. Sachse opened the tournament on Thursday with a 63-57 victory over Wilmer-Hutchins, followed by a 55-51 win over Fort Worth Christian Friday. In...
A 6-1 finish in District 9-6A meant the Sachse Mustangs were filled with talented athletes. The Mustangs were rewarded for their strong season with three first-team and eight second-team all-district players. Making the first team was quarterback Alex Orji and...
After a fantastic volleyball season, the Sachse Lady Mustangs earned plenty of all-district hardware. Sachse was awarded the most superlative winners of the season, including District 9-6A MVP Macy Taylor. An all-around player for Sachse, Taylor led the Lady Mustangs...
The Sachse Lady Mustangs end their season in the regional semifinals for the second season in a row. This year, it's at the hands of Bridgeland, as the Bears defeated the Lady Mustangs 3-0 (25-14, 25-12 and 25-22). Sachse battled back in set three but couldn't get...
Sachse pulled within two points late in the third quarter. Failing to convert the two-point conversion after a 35-yard Alex Orji touchdown run meant Sachse trailed Mesquite 21-19. From there, it was all Skeeters, who scored 21 unanswered to defeat the Mustangs 42-19....
Education
Garland ISD is now offering weekly virtual job fairs to connect principals with potential candidates. The job fairs are held every Tuesday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. and operate in a “come and go” manner. Recruitment coordinators Alex Rivera and Kishawna Wiggins said...
Whitt Elementary School fourth-grade math teacher Madison Shattuck missed the conventional rhythms of classroom instruction last year. “Excited is mainly what I am,” she said about the return to normal classroom teaching this year, when teachers will have classes in...
Garland ISD board of trustees recognized several employees, passed several resolutions and heard a report from the superintendent during the July 27 regular meeting. The district recognized Renee Kotsopoulos, director of health services for her work during the...
Students know when they take a theater class at SHS, they’ll be set to build a strong foundation. Using a partnership he has been developing since 2005, Sachse High School Technical Theatre Director Joe Murdoch and Garland Summer Musicals allow students to earn a...
With summer vacation coming to an end, Garland Independent School District students are set to return to the classroom Monday, Aug. 2. School officials anticipate there will be a prolonged period of adjustment as students — especially those who were virtual in the...
Life & Style
If you’re the parents/guardians of elementary school-age children, the News is collecting Letters to Santa again this year. The letters will be printed in the December 23 edition of The Sachse News. Please print out the attached PDF, have your child write their...
After a few years of growing the typical Texas flowers; pansies in the winter, impatiens in the summer in the normal front flowerbeds, homeowner Kori Hendrix realized she wanted more variety and more gardens at her Wylie home. There was ample opportunity to make...
Students and families faced many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. The shift to remote learning and shortened school days, forced students to adapt to virtual school on the fly as parents adjusted to working from home full-time and managing their children’s...
Now that you’ve closed on your first house, you’re officially a homeowner. However, before you can get comfy in your new place, you need to actually move in. If you’ve never moved into a new house, there are a few things you may not be aware of. As you make plans to...
I learned how to ride a bike on a pink glitter bicycle with white wheels, a cute basket, and rainbow tassel handles. As a kid, I spent countless hours exploring the neighborhood streets with my matching pink helmet. Recently, I’ve been enjoying biking once again on...
Opinion
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...
The latest report on child maltreatment fatalities and near fatalities, compiled by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, indicates 251 children in Texas died in fiscal year 2020 due to abuse and neglect. That figure includes 28 children who died...
A Texas Senate committee on Friday passed an elections bill that would tighten the state’s voting rules by limiting extended early voting hours, requiring proof of disability to qualify for mail-in voting and prohibiting drive-thru voting. Senate Bill 7,...
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced too many tragedies to tally, but here is one that does not get talked about enough: It has worsened conditions that leave children and youth especially vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation, a human trafficking crime. Human...
Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas leaders are rolling up their sleeves to get the COVID-19 vaccine and to encourage the public to follow suit. “I will never ask any Texan to do something that I’m not willing to do myself,” Abbott said before getting vaccinated at a...
