Why small choices — especially about plastic — still matter By Carrie Dunlea Earth Day may have passed by the time this hits your doorstep, but its message shouldn’t be confined to a single date on the calendar. Since its launch in 1970, when millions of Americans...
Over the last four years Kyle Weatherly has progressed through the Toronto Blue Jays minor league system at a steady pace. The 2014 Sachse graduate is currently playing for the Dunedin Blue Jays, Single-A Advanced team in Dunedin, Fla. “It has been a slow process. For...
In a unanimous decision last week, Garland ISD trustees voted to approve the 2019-20 budget. They met Tuesday, June 25 to consider it for approval. They calculated numbers using 2018 state funding formulas, but will have to amend it later when Texas’ new formulas are...
A lion named Daniel got a second chance thanks to In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center. The nonprofit was contacted by the USDA and Tigers in America about a lion who was incredibly emaciated and needed help immediately. They were hoping it was not...
Everyone thinks their mama’s home cooking is the best – but the children and grandchildren of Carmela Randack may have an advantage in that competition. Carmie was born in Pittsburgh, and her family moved to New Mexico when she was just a year old. She’s made Collin...
Texas PTA this month named Wylie High School Principal Virdie Montgomery its Secondary Principal of the Year. Montgomery and other honorees, such as Texas PTA Superintendent of the Year, will be feted with a luncheon July 20 at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine. “You...
When I was a child, we defined summer as a time for play and being outside. We would take off in the morning and check back in around lunch time. Afterwards, we were back out with friends or exploring the surrounding cornfield to play hide-and-seek or another made up...
Rather than spend one of their first weeks of summer in the pool or watching TV, some Garland ISD students chose to immerse themselves in the world of computer science. In the span of just four days, participants of Garland ISD’s Summer Coding Academy – held June...
Wylie picked up honors for the 2019 baseball season in District 10-6A. Making the first-team was Luke Matula as a pitcher. Mason Lang (pitcher), Joseph Corso (outfield) and Nick Spencer (utility player) made the second-team. Pirate coaching staff named David Sharp an...
