Sachse Mayor Jeff Bickerstaff and Kathryn Cope, Strategic Initiatives Manager for North Texas Food Bank. Sachse’s efforts earned the Top City Per Capita Award for the 2026 Peanut Butter Drive. Courtesy photo Sachse residents demonstrated their generosity during...
Lisa Peebles, a Rowlett CERT volunteer, teaches the Medical Operations Unit Saturday, March 7, to Sachse CERT participants using Griffan Stegman as the mock victim. Allison LaBrot/The Sachse News Area residents looking to strengthen their ability to respond during...
TECRT Director Michael Dikovitsky, kneeling, with fellow TECRT volunteers. Courtesy photo. When tragedy strikes — whether it’s a police shooting, a suicide, a mass casualty event or a devastating natural disaster — first responders rush toward the scene. But once the...
Hailey and Logan Chambers of Royse City try their hand at weaving during a homeschool tour of the newest exhibit at the Brown House in Wylie. Sonia Duggan/C&S Media A new exhibit marking the nation’s semiquincentennial invites visitors to step inside the daily...
An outreach team gathers before heading out to conduct the annual Point-in-Time homeless count in Wylie. From left: Taylor Hutchinson, Jace Wiley, Bill Roberts and Jon Bailey, PIT coordinator. Courtesy Jon Bailey An annual count aimed at measuring homelessness in...
Residents in Wylie and eastern Collin County now have easier access to domestic violence support services thanks to a new partnership between Hope’s Door New Beginnings Center and Hope for the Cities. Since mid-November, Hope’s Door New Beginnings Center (HDNBC) has...
Community Quilters stay busy on a Wednesday workday at the new 5,000-square-foot workshop located in Royse City near Josephine. Courtesy Community Quilters Each week, a community of quilters comes together with a shared purpose: creating new, handmade blankets that...
Nine residential buildings are nearing completion at Jericho Village, each designed to resemble a single-family home, with four apartments sharing a common front door and stairs. Jericho Village, Wylie’s first income-based urban housing village, is nearing completion...
Audrey Wallace, left, of the Wylie Community Christian Care Center and Rebekah Rodgers of 5 Loaves Ministries work together to share resources. Recently 5 Loaves shared its influx of dog food and snacks with WCCC and to help bless others. Courtesy photo As the federal...
