Columnist John Moore still has and uses the radio that kept him, his cousin, and best friend company during the summer of the 1976 American Bicentennial celebrations. Photo John Moore By John Moore | TheCountryWriter.com Author’s note: This week’s column was...
Wylie High School junior Devin Chaky speaks enthusiastically about entering a science field - engineering - for a career one day. The work she does now in one of her classes can help her with science-related industries. Some 92 certifications were earned by WHS...
Just as Girl Scouts Maggie Bryant and Harmony Wood were planning their community project to earn a Silver Award, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and halted their progress. The duo initially considered partnering with a children’s hospital or holding a board game donation...
Evan Walker said she was “a hot mess” when she showed up for cadet basic training at West Point. But that is no longer the case. She has since transformed herself from being mostly unnoticed by instructors to a role model for other students to look up to. She will...
Ten months into a pandemic that has claimed over 300,000 lives in the U.S., some Texans will be among the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The first shipments of the vaccine developed by Pfizer were delivered last week. In Texas, according to the Texas COVID-19...
After Sachse’s bi-district playoff loss to Skyline, one player could be seen on the field, chanting the school fight song as the Mustangs went home empty-handed. That player was Ricardo Ochoa, the senior leader for the Sachse Mustangs football team. The starting...
College students have finished up the fall semester, and the Wylie ISD found a way to keep some of them busy during the break by putting them to work - inside the classroom. The district has hired college students to be subs at campuses across the district. With...
In the last meeting of the year, Sachse City Council on Dec. 7, swore in the newest councilmember, named a new mayor pro tem and approved a design for the J.K. Sachse Park. Mayor Michael Felix administered the oath of office for Place 3 Councilmember Frank Millsap,...
Garland Independent School District employees are generous. Because of them, over 350 “angels” will have Christmas this year. When Research, Assessment and Accountability employees began organizing this year’s Salvation Army Angel Tree Adoption, they were expecting to...
