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Seth Dowdle
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Parade planned as car show replacement

Parade planned as car show replacement

Cars Under the Stars has been a Sachse staple for 16 years, but the annual car show is going to look a little different this time. Instead of parking in the Sachse High School front parking lot, vehicle enthusiasts will wind through about eight miles of neighborhoods...

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Pirate ship provides icy treasures

Pirate ship provides icy treasures

Although the Wylie High School Pirates were not the inspiration for a business ven­ture several years ago, the pirate ship that houses Skal­lywags snow cone stand down the road from the school cam­pus is a natural fit. The Wylie ship named Hal­ey Marie, at 2771 FM...

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Sales tax revenue decreases

Sales tax revenue decreases

The city of Sachse received a sales tax reimbursement check from the Texas State Comptroller this month for $197,476, a 15.32 percent decrease from a year ago. Reimbursements to Texas cities were distributed by the comptroller this month for taxes collected on retail...

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TEA outlines school start guidelines

TEA outlines school start guidelines

Texas Education Agency last week released a list of compre­hensive guidelines for opening public schools for fall semester classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the TEA guidance deals with protecting the health of students and staff as schools open, such as...

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How can we police our communities better?

How can we police our communities better?

The killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis was a brutal, senseless and avoidable tragedy, and one our country has witnessed countless times before. In many ways, his death was the match that ignited na­tionwide conversations about the racial injustices that...

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Make miles of memories this summer

Make miles of memories this summer

Summertime is sipping an ice-cold strawberry margari­ta. It’s wearing a brand-new swimsuit and a perfectly floppy straw hat. It’s relaxing in cold water while the hot Texas sun beats down on you. It’s making memories that will last all year! But this year,...

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Who’s behind center in 2020?

Who’s behind center in 2020?

As high schools around the country gear up for the start of the 2020 season, there’s only one thing on their minds: have a better season than the last. For some, that means winning more games than the team did the previous year. For others, that means a deep playoff...

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SHS student selected for NASA Aerospace Scholar camp

SHS student selected for NASA Aerospace Scholar camp

Later this month, an in­coming senior at Sachse High School will join some of coun­try’s top young scientists to complete the first online chal­lenge of its kind. Iliana Aguilar, 17, was se­lected for NASA’s first-ever High School Aerospace Schol­ar (HAS) summer camp....

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