Wylie Independent School District voters will choose trustees for four board seats Nov. 3, with five candidates competing for the open Place 2 seat. Trustees serve four-year terms and, although candidates run for numbered places, represent the district at large....
By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] A majority of the Sachse Animal Shelter’s four-legged residents found homes this past Saturday during the Clear the Shelter event, which involved numerous shelters around the area. “It was a successful day,” said animal...
By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] Angie Mitchell remembers being a math-hating student. Then one day, her whole outlook changed. “It was high school algebra. It was a teacher who took that step-by-step process that I needed,” Mitchell said. “It was ‘Oh...
By Rhonda Briggs You think you know all there is to know about traveling in Texas, don’t you? You’ve been to the beach at Padre and visited the Hill Country. You may have even spent some time in the Piney Woods and you know out west of Fort Worth there is desert,...
By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] Following a contentious debate session, which included significant input from several residents, the Sachse City Council agreed at its Aug. 7 session to revise rules regarding the installation and repairing of fences....
By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] City officials will use more than $15 million in reserves to help pay for the utility fund capital projects in Fiscal 2018. Overall, Sachse anticipates spending nearly $43.2 million in general and utility expenditures; the...
By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] Juveniles in Sachse better not be out at late without good reason. City council members agreed at their recent Aug. 7 meeting to renew a curfew ordinance for another three years, one that prohibits unaccompanied minors...
From Staff Reports [email protected] North Texas Municipal Water District and C&S Media have teamed up for a #PledgeToPlantSmart Photo Contest to encourage NTMWD customers to plant drought tolerant Texas native or adapted plants for water efficiency. “Our...
By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] Society can offer a lot of assistance to senior citizens. One of the keys, though, is making sure they ‘re aware such help is available. That was the overall theme last Thursday during the first of what hopefully will be...
