CC Future Mobility Oct 2023

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CC Future Mobility Oct 2023
New mural honors city’s past, future

New mural honors city’s past, future

Sachse’s new mural cannot be missed. It is colorful, bright and 150 feet wide. Located on the side of Chase Oaks Church Woodbridge Campus at 2709 3rd Street in Sachse, the new mural was unveiled at a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday, Sept. 20. By Jeremy Hallock To...

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Historical haunts planned for Sachse, Wylie

Historical haunts planned for Sachse, Wylie

In just a few weeks, area residents can learn some ghostly local history. In collaboration with the Sachse Historical Society and the Sachse Cemetery Board, a Celebration of Souls is planned that includes arts and crafts for children, education about Dia de los...

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Council adopts budget, tax rate

Council adopts budget, tax rate

City of Sachse councilmembers approved the proposed FY 2023-24 budget and tax rate at the Monday, Sept. 18 regular meeting. The city’s operating year is Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. The FY24 budget includes nearly $74 million in total revenue and $92.6 million in total...

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Bond 1023 update at WISD meeting

Bond 1023 update at WISD meeting

The second regular trustee meeting of the school year on Sept. 18 had several recognitions, information on a new initiative, and a Bond 2023 update. Recognitions included the Wylie High School Theatre team for receiving an award of distinction by the Texas Education...

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CC Future Mobility Oct 2023

Sports

State Fair of Texas 2023 SFOT
Mustangs’ defense makes statement

Mustangs’ defense makes statement

Sachse’s defense was suffocating all night in the Mustangs’ 20-7 district victory over the Wylie East Raiders on Friday night from Wylie ISD Stadium. The Mustangs (3-2, 3-0 District 9-6A) held the Raiders (3-1, 1-1) off the board until the third quarter. Sachse scored...

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Sachse smothers Rowlett in Hammer Bowl win

Sachse smothers Rowlett in Hammer Bowl win

Kaliq Lockett (5) and the Mustangs bust onto the field before their Rowlett game. GARLAND – It was all Mustangs Friday night, as they cruised to a 45-7 victory over the Eagles in the Hammer Bowl. Sachse (2-0 in 9-6A, 2-2) struck first on Brenden George’s 14-yard...

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Sachse controls Centennial, gets win

Sachse controls Centennial, gets win

GARLAND – What started as game that was only close on the scoreboard, turned into the game that the stats were showing. The Mustangs overcame early mistakes and penalties to blowout the Lakeview Centennial Patriots Thursday night at Homer B. Johnson Stadium in...

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Late field goal costs Sachse against Coppell

Late field goal costs Sachse against Coppell

COPPELL – The Sachse Mustangs went back and forth with Coppell, but a late field goal was the difference in a 44-41 loss Friday night. Sachse held a 20-13 lead at the break after a second-quarter offensive outburst where they scored 17 points. It was an impressive day...

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State Fair of Texas 2023 SFOT

Education

Bond 1023 update at WISD meeting

Bond 1023 update at WISD meeting

The second regular trustee meeting of the school year on Sept. 18 had several recognitions, information on a new initiative, and a Bond 2023 update. Recognitions included the Wylie High School Theatre team for receiving an award of distinction by the Texas Education...

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State Fair of Texas 2023 SFOT
Bond election considered by Wylie ISD for Nov. 7

Bond election considered by Wylie ISD for Nov. 7

Trustees for Wylie Independent School District were expected on Monday to approve a $298.1 million bond election that will include just one proposition. During WISD’s regular meeting Aug. 21, the bond election and setting the district’s tax rate for the 2023-24 (FY24)...

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New law mandates school security

New law mandates school security

Many school districts were scrambling to comply with a new state law requiring at least one security officer with a gun at every campus during regular school hours. The measure was a direct response to the worst school massacre in Texas history, the May 2022 fatal...

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School starts this weeks

School starts this weeks

After a summer full of administration changes and preparation, staff at Garland and Wylie ISD are ready to welcome students. The first day of the new school year for GISD students is Tuesday, Aug. 8 and Thursday, Aug. 10 for WISD students. Students, parents and staff...

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Life & Style

Send a Letter to Santa this Christmas

Send a Letter to Santa this Christmas

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 22 edition of The Sachse News. Please print out the attached document, have your child write their...

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Send a letter to Santa this Christmas!

Send a letter to Santa this Christmas!

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...

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Homeowner goes on a kitchen garden adventure

Homeowner goes on a kitchen garden adventure

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...

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Opinion

Pay phones, rotary phones: pieces of the past

Pay phones, rotary phones: pieces of the past

The Jetsons got a lot right. Flying cars are now a reality. Zoom meetings. Robot vacuum cleaners. And video phones. One thing that was absent from that cartoon show was something that’s been around for well over 100 years. Something we still use today, and I think...

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Take the fall

Take the fall

One of my most vivid memories of fall happened during junior high. I was standing in the end zone prior to the start of a game. I could barely feel my fingers and toes. It was October, but it was unusually cold (Al Gore had yet to invent global warming). My shoulder...

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Take the fall

Take the fall

One of my most vivid memories of fall happened during junior high. I was standing in the end zone prior to the start of a game. I could barely feel my fingers and toes. It was October, but it was unusually cold (Al Gore had yet to invent global warming). My shoulder...

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A product of our generation

A product of our generation

If we’re honest, some products aren’t that different from each other. But during the 50s, 60s, and 70s, our moms were extremely loyal to the ones they liked. And advertising had a lot to do with mom’s loyalty, and ours. Growing up in front of a large, RCA console TV...

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Name that town

Name that town

If you grew up in a town with a unique name, there are likely many stories about how the name came to be. Also, you know the struggles of trying to explain them. If your town is small, few folks have heard of it and they have no idea where it is. “What’s the name of...

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