A flurry of confetti announces the grand total on the big screen as the Wylie Education Foundation wrapped up this year’s annual Boots n’ Barbecue gala Saturday, March 28 at the Plano Event Center. Courtesy Chris Bigenho More than 850 supporters gathered Saturday,...
Columnist John Moore’s sister took first place at the county fair with a photo she snapped on a Colorado train trip. Photo courtesy John Moore The photo was taken quickly with little thought of its future impact. It was just one on the 36-count roll of Kodak color...
This will be the first 2021 bond project to take place and will redevelop 5,500-linear-feet of roads along Hooper Road and Bailey Road. Sachse City Council awarded the Bailey Road reconstruction project to McMahon Contracting LP on Monday with a price tag of more than...
City Manager says grand opening is possible by end of October Sachse’s new animal shelter is nearing completion and City Manager Gina Nash said the facility could open by the end of October. The development of a new animal shelter was included in the 2021...
Kaliq Lockett chose the Texas Longhorns over Alabama, Florida State, LSU and Texas A&M. The first time Sachse senior wide receiver Kaliq Lockett came to Austin to visit with the Texas Longhorns, he had zero stars and no college offers. Earlier this year Lockett...
Infrastructure repairs will play a large role in Sachse’s 2024-25 budget, as Assistant City Manager Lauren Rose said there are “infrastructure failures” across town. “We know … we have expensive infrastructure needs that really have not been addressed for one reason...
Lying on the deck behind the backseat and staring upward through the rear glass of a Buick gave a kid the perfect view of the sky and clouds. A cloud could look like a bear one moment, and a crocodile the next. Family road trips of the 1960s and 70s obviously did not...
Experts recommend that children aged 6 to 12 get 9 to 12 hours of sleep per night, while teenagers aged 13 to 18 need 8 to 10 hours. As summer winds down and the back-to-school season approaches, students and parents alike face the challenge of readjusting to a...
Columnist John Moore takes sopping seriously. Courtesy John Moore Southerner’s are big on sopping. We like to sop our biscuits in lots of things. There isn’t much that’s better than sopping a cathead biscuit in gravy. Especially if your mom made both. My mother worked...
