Wylie High School seniors Ahmed Ashfaq Farooqui (left) and Atharva Naveen (right) officially started the nonprofit Descreened in February 2025. After noticing how many students were on devices during bus rides to and from school, Atharva Naveen and Ahmed Ashfaq...
As political and social divisions increasingly play out online and in communities, the Rotary Club of Wylie is inviting residents to step away from the noise and meet face to face. The club will host its inaugural Rotary Peace Summit from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday,...
Author Tracy Lawson speaks about using family stories, journals and other historical materials to preserve the past during the Wylie Historical Society’s America 250 BBQ Luncheon Saturday, Aug. 29. Sonia Duggan/Murphy Monitor Family stories, Revolutionary-era fashion...
Marvin Fuller, center, is joined by family following the announcement that Wylie ISD’s new Career & Technical Education Center will bear his name in recognition of his decades of service to the district and community. Pictured are, from left, wife Melisa Fuller,...
The Wylie Historical Society will celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary with history, fashion and a look at how family stories can become historical works during its Celebrate America 250 BBQ Luncheon Saturday, Aug. 29. The luncheon begins at 11 a.m. at St....
Rebekah Rodgers of 5 Loaves Ministries, left, Audrie Wallace of Wylie Christian Care and John Bailey of Hope for the Cities at the Smith Library. Courtesy photo Nearly 150,000 Collin County residents were estimated to lack consistent access to adequate food in 2024,...
Portraits of five Collin County veterans were added to the Hall of Heroes at the Collin County Courthouse earlier this month. Courtesy Misty Wiebold A long-missing World War II sailor from Farmersville is among five Collin County service members newly honored in the...
Participants in the second session of the Sachse Police Department’s Cops n’ Campers program enjoy a week of learning, fun and friendship with local officers. Courtesy photo For three weeks each summer, police cars, emergency equipment and hands-on demonstrations...
Mary Lange, commander of American Legion Hale-Combest Post 315, received the Texas Legionnaire of the Year award earlier this month. File Art A Wylie woman whose leadership helped bring “The Wall That Heals” to the community last year has received one of the Texas...
