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No. 10 Sachse looking to open playoffs strong

No. 10 Sachse looking to open playoffs strong

Jilliana Reese (2) and the Lady Mustangs enter the postseason ranked in the top 10 in Class 6A. They will travel to Richardson to take on North Forney for their bi-district matchup to kick off the playoffs. (Maddie Smith/The Sachse News)  The Lady Mustangs are riding...

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Collin courthouse closed Monday, Tuesday

Collin courthouse closed Monday, Tuesday

The Collin County Courthouse is closed to the public and employees today and Tuesday because of an electrical outage, county officials said. The electrical outage at the Collin County Courthouse affects all escalators, elevators, fire pumps and chilled water pumps....

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Abbott announces special session agenda

Abbott announces special session agenda

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Sept. 7 that a third special session begins on Sept. 20, with redistricting one of the issues to be considered. The session will include four other agenda items: American Rescue Plan Act appropriations, transgender athletes' participation in...

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Texas lawmakers discuss recent session

Texas lawmakers discuss recent session

State Rep. Candy Noble said she is ready to come back home after being in Austin this summer because of the special session. “It has been a long summer stuck in Austin in two special sessions,” she said. “I miss my family, friends and my House District 89...

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Teachers excited to have children back in classrooms

Teachers excited to have children back in classrooms

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...

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Students enjoy week at the track

Students enjoy week at the track

Stock cars sizzle the Tex­as Motor Speedway track at speeds clocking in at more than 200 miles per hour during races. Solar cars designed and built don’t travel nearly that fast at TMS, but they’re not built for speed. Jacob Price and Muhammad Murtaza spent mid-July...

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Companionship means most at the old ball game

Companionship means most at the old ball game

The new baseball stadium in Arlington — Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers — opened last year. Globe Life Field was built to attract more fans during the long, hot days of summer in North Texas One local sports scribe said some time back that the team’s...

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Students learn valuable skills from national group

Students learn valuable skills from national group

Camryn Shupe considered herself lacking a certain charac­teristic before her involvement with SkillsUSA. That trait — confidence — has grown since she started with the national organization that seeks to help secondary school and college students build per­sonal and...

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Wylie ISD to phase out remote learning

Wylie ISD to phase out remote learning

Wylie ISD won’t provide remote learning this school year, but trustees at the June meeting learned about some options for parents concerned about sending their children to in-person classes in the fall. House Bill 1468, which tar­geted remote learning, was not...

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