Where to travel before Summer crowds hit By Carrie Dunlea May sits in a sweet spot on the travel calendar — that fleeting window when spring is still in full bloom, temperatures are comfortable across much of the country and summer crowds haven’t yet arrived in force....
The Wylie mayor’s gaffe two weeks ago made me curious if he’s still clowning around, but then again, limiting someone’s ability to lead prayer in a public meeting on the basis of gender is not funny at all. Somewhere along the way in his far-too-long time in office,...
Sachse High seniors will celebrate the culmination of 13 years of hard work next week. Graduation is set for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 9 at Arlington’s Globe Life Park. Students will enter to the sounds of “Pomp and Circumstance,” and then the ceremony will kick off...
It wouldn’t be summer break without summer reading programs, and local libraries aren’t going to let a pandemic stand in their way. Events will be online this year to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Even though readers won’t be able to gather in crowds for magic...
While efforts to expand mail-in voting in Texas as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic remain in limbo, election officials are putting together different plans to match whatever decisions ultimately are handed down. “We do what we are told to do,” Collin County...
For most Americans, today’s lockdowns and social distancing requirements are new. For my family, they’re what we do every flu season. That’s because our son, Hunter, has a rare condition known as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and any type of infection can quickly...
A Hidden North Texas Gem Today, the world is much different than what we had become accustomed to in our day-to-day life. The hustle and bustle of daily life came to halt because of a bug named COVID-19. The abrupt change and forced seclusion have brought us back to...
The University Interscholastic League recently released the remaining districts for the next two school years. Those districts are good for cross country, tennis, baseball, softball, soccer, track and field, diving and swimming, and wrestling, which are considered...
After holding their places all four years – with the exception of one semester junior year when they switched – Tarynn Luttrull and Austin Werth have been declared Sachse High’s valedictorian and salutatorian. Tarynn, 18, has a GPA of 4.7267 and is the daughter of...
