Members of the Wylie East Solar Car Team and advisers pose with the “East Beast 2.0,” before departing for the 2026 Solar Car Challenge. The team is competing in the five-day, cross-Texas event this week. Photo Courtesy Wylie East Solar Car Team By Allison LaBrot |...
As part of Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the Poiema Foundation is hosting a Training Summit on Jan. 17 designed to help participants better understand what human trafficking looks like, how vulnerability is created and how community members can be part of...
More than 30 new Texas laws took effect Jan. 1, ranging from immigration enforcement to evicting squatters, regulating technology, providing tax breaks and improving the state’s water infrastructure. About 800 other new laws passed this year by the Legislature took...
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...
Rents continue to climb in Collin County with few options available for low income families. In Sachse, one bedroom apartments range from $1,100 to over $1,500 per month depending on the complex. Texas is experiencing a significant decline in rental affordability,...
A groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of work on the expansion of McKinney National Airport, known as TKI last year. A variety of news headlines affected Collin County residents during 2025, starting on January with a major measles outbreak that began in far West...
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...
Two Collin County cities doubled in population over the past five years while the county grew overall by 19.6% from 2020 to 2025, according to the latest figures from the Texas Population Estimates Program. The program, run by the Texas Demographic Center, estimated...
Nathan, a Boy Scout with Troop 78, places a wreath during Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Wylie Cemetery. The National Wreaths Across America ceremony at Wylie Cemetery Saturday opened with a call to remember the fallen, honor those who serve and their...
