Sachse’s 2025 Christmas Extravaganza kicks off the holiday season on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Sachse will help usher in the holiday season earlier than its neighboring cities this year when the annual Christmas Extravaganza returns with a parade, tree lighting and family...
People who are passionate about eclipses are called umbraphiles, like the vain guy who Carly Simon said “flew his Learjet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun” on July 10, 1972. But 12 million Texans won’t have to leave on a jet plane to see the next...
A new Texas law has brought steep punishments for students caught vaping on school campuses. Signed June 13 by Gov. Greg Abbott, House Bill 114 (HB 114) went into effect Sept. 1, weeks after the school year started. With punishment previously at a district’s...
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person who fatally shot two Wylie teenagers. Garland Police officers and firefighters responded at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, to a call in the 2300 block of West Buckingham Road “and found...
A tiny garden behind a church has become a little orchard that wants to be a big community garden. The First United Methodist Church of Sachse started small in 2018, turning some of its unused acreage behind the church into a small garden with four planter boxes. That...
Nobody alive today saw the last total eclipse in Sachse. And nobody who sees this year’s April 8 eclipse will live to see the next in this location. The most recent total eclipse for the area occurred July 29, 1878, the week Texas Rangers killed outlaw Sam Bass during...
Book signings and library visits are just a few ways a Garland-raised entertainer connects with his audience when visiting his family and friends for the holidays. Now living in New Jersey, Gregory Allen is an award-winning author, actor, director and playwright who...
The extreme cold weather prediction for the Dallas/Fort Worth area has prompted the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to issue a weather watch for Jan. 15-17. The weather watch, according to ERCOT, is a 3–5-day advance notification of “forecasted...
Addressing poverty requires a variety of services and the needs can be overwhelming. But thankfully local food pantries work together to connect resources and help families. Karen Ellis, Executive Director of Amazing Grace Food Pantry, said the nonprofit was able to...
