Camping escapes made for crisp nights, colorful views and autumn adventures By Carrie Dunlea North Texas, summer’s relentless heat has finally begun to loosen its grip. Mornings turn cooler, evenings invite an extra layer and suddenly sitting beside a campfire sounds...
Cool coastal escapes for one final getaway By Carrie Dunlea By August, many Texans have had enough. Triple-digit temperatures, baked sidewalks and endless afternoons indoors have us dreaming of somewhere cooler. Fortunately, late summer can be one of the best times to...
Rebekah Rodgers of 5 Loaves Ministries, left, Audrie Wallace of Wylie Christian Care and John Bailey of Hope for the Cities at the Smith Library. Courtesy photo Nearly 150,000 Collin County residents were estimated to lack consistent access to adequate food in 2024,...
With Garland ISD students returning to class Monday, Plano ISD students following Tuesday and Wylie ISD students heading back Thursday, familiar signs of the school year are returning to area roads — flashing school-zone lights, yellow buses, crossing guards and...
Plans include Collin College Wylie Campus, among others, to be expanded. Sara Carpenter/Collin College Trustees of Collin College have called for a November bond election to raise $600 million for expansion including three new facilities. The board voted unanimously...
Six candidates are seeking seats on the Wylie Independent School District Board of Trustees in the Nov. 3 election, including three incumbents and three candidates competing for an open seat. Jacob Day, Place 6; Stacie Smith, Place 1; and Virdie Montgomery, Place 5,...
Caleb Bass looks the football into his hands during a passing drill for the Sachse football team on Monday afternoon. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] In the final hours leading up to Sachse's first fall football practice,...
Sachse senior Samuel Ledbetter won first place in the boys' division at last Saturday's Plano ISD Invitational, with a time of 10:03. Photo by David Wolman / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] PLANO -- One year after winning the District 9-6A title,...
Columnist John Moore (right) and his sister, Renee', are pictured on a 1966 trip to Carlsbad Caverns. Photo: Mary Moore By John Moore | TheCountryWriter.com Leaving Ashdown, Arkansas, was an event unto itself. When your family has one car, going anywhere was a treat....
