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Seth Dowdle
Mom knew

Mom knew

By John Moore | TheCountryWriter.com Moms used to be more versatile. If you were in the back seat of the Buick, they could discipline you from the driver's seat and never swerve or knock the ashes off their Marlboro Red. My mom never smoked, so it’s possible that...

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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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City developments still in progress

City developments still in progress

The pandemic hasn’t put a stop to progress in the city. Although projects are mov­ing a bit more slowly than anticipated, public works up­dates and new developments are still moving along. Sachse is still on its way to gaining its first hospital, Trinity Regional...

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Election Day set for Tuesday

Election Day set for Tuesday

Voters will head to the polls one last time before November this Tuesday. Election Day for the political party primary runoff election is set for July 14, with early voting concluding Friday, July 10. The election was postponed from an original May 26 date because of...

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