Garland ISD trustees approved the district’s 2026-27 budget Monday, adopting a spending plan that projects a General Fund deficit of more than $28 million while also recognizing several award-winning departments and honoring longtime Purchasing Director Mark Booker...
Armstrong, Sewell kids produce strong math results By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] A solid majority of Sachse students, ranging from elementary through high school, met the minimum standards for the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR)...
Dallas up 11 percent, Collin 17.5 By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] Sachse residents will see significant increases in their property’s certified taxable values. Both Dallas and Collin County Appraisal Districts released their 2017 certified values this...
By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] A slew of Garland ISD middle school students, including some from Hudson, recently spent the hot days of July inside the cool confines of Lyles Middle School. Inside there, for about seven hours a day, they spent time...
Opiod addicts, families walk steps together Editor’s note: This is the last of a three part series about opioid addiction in Collin County. Names have been changed to protect identities By Sonia Duggan [email protected] When an addict decides they are ready to...
By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] Summer not only brings heat, but also other things. In Sachse, that includes an influx of dogs and cats, and potential new owners, to the animal shelter. This is the time of year when more felines and canines end up at the...
By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] Back in the early 2000s, the city of Sachse began planning to realign Merritt Road to be directly across from Woodbridge Parkway. However, over time, Sachse never got around to it — they stopped planning after local...
By Greg Ford Staff Writer [email protected] There’s a famous scene in the Rodney Dangerfield comedy “Back to School” during which the comedian’s character, a successful entrepreneur, takes a college professor to task for leaving out a number of real-world problems...
