Terri O’Neal, Animal Services Supervisor, led the shelter team for 18 years until her 2025 retirement. Sachse City Council spent the past year addressing the evolving needs of a maturing city, balancing infrastructure demands, public safety priorities and fiscal...
Steven Hammler, Jared Vanderburg, Adam Vaughn, Brian Goodrich, Bryce Crabtrey, Jacob Crabtrey, Cooper Reynolds, Jacob Brown and Jackson Davis show off one of the benches at Firefighters Park. Photo courtesy Wesley Vanderburg The playground at Firefighters Park got a...
Incumbent Pam Little of Fairview faces Jamie Story Kohlmann of Dallas in a May 28 runoff for the State Board of Education District 12 seat in North Central Texas. Two conservative Republicans are in a Tuesday, May 28, runoff for State Board of Education (SBOE) seat in...
Wylie East Class of 2024 valedictorian Isabella McCord and salutatorian Chelsea Ombadykow will address their fellow classmates at commencent exercises Saturday, May 25. Delivering speeches to the Wylie East High School graduating class this year are two close friends...
Mayor Jeff Bickerstaff announced Garland High School senior Margaret Bryant as the recipient of the 2024 City of Sachse Scholarship. Now in its 11th year, the annual scholarship awards $1,000 to a local senior and is funded by the city’s solid waste provider,...
It’s budget season and city of Sachse department heads are celebrating last year’s achievements and revealing plans for future wants and needs in the fiscal years ahead. At the regular council meeting Monday, May 6, it was the fire department’s turn. Fire Chief Marty...
Mayor Jeff Bickerstaff started last week’s regular council meeting with a little extra mayoral help. Sitting next to him on the dais was Makayla Hoermann, a fourth grader from Whitt Elementary proclaimed as “Junior Mayor for the Day.” He even let her strike the gavel....
The city has kicked off community engagement efforts for the Comprehensive Plan update. The outreach will help residents share their vision for the city’s future. A joint project between the city and the Economic Development Corporation (EDC), the Comprehensive Plan...
Wylie ISD parents and students should know that there are no fake school threats according to Texas law, or the school district. As several surprisingly young students have learned this year, one comment made in jest can lead to an arrest. According to Assistant...
