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Following a tough loss to Garland, Sachse needs to bounce back. The Mustangs (3-1, 4-3), coming off their first district loss of the season, take on South Garland (0-4, 0-7). The Titans are in last place in the District 9-6A standings and looking to play spoiler, but...
Early voting for the Nov. 2 bond and Texas Constitution election starts Oct. 18 and runs through Oct. 29. The voting hours in Dallas and Collin Counties are from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Oct. 18 through Oct. 22, from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Oct. 23, from 1 to 6 p.m. Oct. 24...
A Sachse resident joined the ranks of Steve Martin and Jim Henson after recently being inducted into the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame. Each year, the hall of fame in- ducts five new members, and in an Oct. 9 ceremony held in Oklahoma City, Scott Whitfield joined...
A Sachse High School Parent Teacher Association (PTA) member will be the first Garland ISD participant in the Texas PTA Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA). The ELA program teaches participants skills to become more effective and successful leaders within the PTA and their...
Following the success of the virtual Walk to End Alzheimer’s at last year’s Fallfest, organizer Jenni Knutson is working to ensure the event receives more support. Knutson is the director of sales and marketing at Monarch Senior Homecare, but also serves on the...
Sports
Following a tough loss to Garland, Sachse needs to bounce back. The Mustangs (3-1, 4-3), coming off their first district loss of the season, take on South Garland (0-4, 0-7). The Titans are in last place in the District 9-6A standings and looking to play spoiler, but...
Garland -- Before the game, Sachse’s offensive coordinator Forrest Williams criticized empty possessions. On the first possession, Sachse fumbled inside its opponents 5-yard-line for the second consecutive game. That turnover proved costly in the end, with...
The Sachse Lady Mustangs have seven top 10 runners on their way to a District 9-6A championship. Running at the Wylie High School course Thursday morning, the Sachse girls team finished first overall with a total of 24 points. The other regional qualifiers were Wylie...
It’s a heavyweight title fight in District 9-6A. Sachse (3-0, 4-2) takes on Garland (3-0, 6-0) as the top two teams in the District 9-6A standings. Both teams have explosive offenses, with the Owls averaging 50.67 points per game and the Mustangs averaging 47.17...
Despite losing their first set in district play, the Sachse Lady Mustangs remain on top. Sachse (8-0, 27-9), kepts its perfect form in District 9-6A alive, defeating Wylie (6-2, 16-16) 3-1 (25-14, 25-27, 25-21 and 25-21) on Oct. 5. Macy Taylor led the way for...
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
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...
If I could bottle up a bit of June’s dreamy, luminescent sunshine, I would spritz it all year long to prolong that magical early summer feeling. It’s practically impossible to feel sad this time of year when the outdoors beckons you every day. This is your chance to...
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...
