Knowing what to do in the first moments of an active threat can make a difference, and the Sachse Police Department is offering residents an opportunity to learn how to respond. The department will host a free Civilian Response to an Active Shooter Event, or CRASE,...
Collin County commissioners last week approved a $385 million budget for fiscal year 2020-21 while holding the line on property taxes. Commissioners met in regular session Monday, Aug. 24, to approve a budget that increased a little more than $3 million adopted for...
Students across Texas returned to campuses last week as schools and universities scrambled to put into place new lesson plans that best accommodate a pandemic. For many school districts, this meant greatly expanding the technological resources of their students to...
It’s difficult to dominate for so long. After four straight district championships, the Sachse Mustangs are looking to rebuild their roster once again. Alex Orji, formerly of Bishop Dunne and Rockwall High School, was officially announced as eligible to play in the...
One of the final steps before adopting the city’s 2020-21 fiscal year budget was completed last week by Sachse City Council. Council was presented with a proposed operational budget for the upcoming fiscal year which begins Oct 1. By acknowledging receipt of the...
Collin County commissioners almost pulled down the web dashboard reporting daily COVID-19 numbers, but decided instead to post a disclaimer stating that they do not trust the data. The discussion over virus reporting came a few days after the state, which provides...
Each year, before the city’s budget is approved, its Master Fee Schedule is reviewed as well. This year’s review, during a budget workshop on Aug. 17, proposes increases in water rates for residential and non-residential customers. Residential meter rates will...
A Texan’s speeding ticket put her in the legal history books last week. To combat the backlog in criminal cases created by the pandemic, a Travis County justice of the peace conducted the nation’s first virtual criminal trial. The case was livestreamed on YouTube, and...
In just over two months, about 9.3 million Texas women will have the option to vote in the presidential election. It’s a process that hundreds of thousands Texans take for granted, but for women, the process of merely making it to the polls was a hard-fought process....
