Columnist John Moore's great grandfather, Thornton Parmer Moore, is pictured circa 1935 in his blacksmith shop. Like most of the era, he made just about everything he needed. Photo John Moore By John Moore | TheCountryWriter.com As a kid, I often heard the...
An annual spring free event that honors and supports local veterans and first responders is back for the 13th year. Opening ceremonies for this year’s 1LT Robert F. Welch III Run For Our Heroes begins at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 27 at Olde City Park downtown. The...
People traveled from all over the world to see the eclipse Monday, April 8, but for Garland and Wylie ISD students, the path of totality was right outside their classrooms. For the kids, the eclipse was like an extra recess except they had to sit on the ground, wear...
Recently, I saw something I haven’t seen in many years. A young man driving a car he was fixing up. It was an older Mustang. By older I mean a 90’s model. The car had spots of primer, there were a few dents, and the exhaust system appeared to be loose. By John Moore...
Residents from Collin/Dallas County cities with spring general elections will head to the polls later this month to begin the early voting process to elect city council members in contested races. Election Day is Saturday, May 4. In Sachse, Place 1 incumbent Mayor pro...
When this newspaper column began in 2014, my wife asked me a question. Wife: “How long do you intend to write this column?” Me: “Oh, I don’t know. I guess I’ll write 500 of them and then hang it up. This column is number 500. By Bob Moore For more stories about the...
A Collin County nonprofit that provides short term aid to families experiencing housing crisis is getting a hand up from a Sachse church. Volunteers from Family Promise of Collin County are currently finishing work on the interior of the parsonage at First United...
Medical City Sachse is officially the only hospital in the Sachse, Garland, Wylie, Murphy area with a cardiac catheterization lab. The Sachse campus of Medical City Plano performed its first diagnostic cardiac catheterization case in early March. Cardiac...
Last week, Garland High School student Michael Adair asked the Garland ISD school board to grant all district students an excused absence for the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8. “Having the excused absence will allow us students to be with our families to...
