Sachse junior Augustus Friedel smiles for pictures at the UIL Class 6A state swimming and diving championships. He placed third in the 500 freestyle and fifth in the 200 freestyle. Photo courtesy Phillip Wiggins By David Wolman [email protected] Last year,...
Sachse residents who want to learn more about the city’s police department will have a unique opportunity to participate in a police academy just for them. Th city is hosting its annual Citizen Police Academy beginning Tuesday, Aug. 15. To Login to read the full story...
After the pandemic hit in 2020, Sachse residents James and Karen Bailey took $500 and three rolls of silver to start a lucrative business. Collecting coins, not only for enjoyment but for investment, is a passion the couple have shared since they first met while...
Families who frequent 5 Loaves Food Pantry got some extra help last week with back-to-school supplies thanks to its inaugural Back 2 School Bash, sponsored by Methodist Richardson Medical Center. The event, held Sunday, July 23 at North Pointe Church of Christ in...
Collin County was so overrun with rats a century ago that rural schools held competitions to see how many rats a student had killed – by counting the tails brought to class. That’s according to Joy Gough, author of “Early Schools of Collin County, Texas, 1846-1960.”...
Texas voters will decide in November whether to accept an $18 billion compromise that could cut an estimated $1,300 from the average homeowner’s property tax bill. If the constitutional amendment for tax relief is approved, the cuts would take effect for the 2023 tax...
Don Blazevich beams when he remembers the days of baking with his daughter Vanessa in a modest kitchen making single-layer cakes on Sundays. “We had a little TV set up and a little kitchen table back then — just trying to make it,” he said. By Jenice Johnson Williams...
The Texas House and Senate have completed work on an $18 billion compromise that could cut an estimated $1,300 from the average homeowner’s property tax bill. The proposal, which took two special lawmaking sessions to pass, will be put to voters as a constitutional...
This column appears in over 30 papers in the South. I’m always pleasantly surprised by the number of messages I receive and from where they come. Often, they’re related to a previous column and the person writing shares a memory or story that was stirred by what they...
