Retiring founding trustee Robert “Bob” Collins poses with his grandson Owen Collins, wife Claude Ann and Rep. Jeff Leach. Courtesy Collin College After helping guide Collin College from a fledgling institution offering classes in area high schools to a system...
A cure for Alzheimer’s disease does not exist and treatments are hit and miss. However, researchers are working overtime to find new ways to deal with the menace of dementia, according to senior advocate Dan Weber. Dementia, most notably Alzheimer’s, is a leading...
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. “I’ve known the judge for a long time, I’ve followed his record, and I think he is the type of judge that we need on the Supreme Court, one that’s not going to be making...
A long journey home was completed Thursday, March 1 as the remains of World War II veteran Arnold Guy Harrison were returned to his family in Sachse. Buried in a mass grave in Hawaii since his death in 1943, Mr. Harrison was classified as recovered but not identified...
It all came down to the final two minutes against Converse Judson last Friday at the Alamodome. With two Sachse starters fouled out, the Lady Rockets came back to pull out the 71-66 win in the Class 6A semifinals. “We were not able to control the pace of the game like...
Garland School District reported that they would not hold a school board election this year due to an uncontested race for Place 6 and Place 7. Incumbent Robert Selders, Jr., Place 6 ran unopposed. Selders was first elected in 2015. Place 7 trustee Rick Lambert...
One Hudson Middle School Robotics Team is headed to the VEX Robotics World Tournament this year. Eighth grader Danh Nguyen and seventh grader Tanner Raley are headed to Louisville, Ky., next month to compete against teams from around the globe. The middle school...
If you’ve been working out of a room you call your office, but it also serves as the depository for the ice skates your kid outgrew two years ago, the news magazines you’ll read “someday” and the oversized frog-shaped lamp you bought last spring at a flea market, it’s...
After the March 6 primary races concluded, several runoffs developed in county and state races and will be decided in a runoff election set for May 22. In Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Republican race, there will be a runoff race between Mike McCandless and...
