Bluegrass
Latest
Mobile housing initiative helps veterans

Mobile housing initiative helps veterans

Bradley Tiegs, co-founder and executive director of the Undaunted Warhorse Initiative, along with a veteran client who received a donated trailer after his was destroyed in a fire.  Courtesy photo Bradley Tiegs spent years serving others—as a Marine, a teacher and a...

read more
Bluegrass
District trustees laud nurses, counseling team

District trustees laud nurses, counseling team

Garland ISD board of trust­ees recognized several employ­ees, passed several resolutions and heard a report from the su­perintendent during the July 27 regular meeting. The district recognized Renee Kotsopoulos, direc­tor of health services for her work during the...

read more
Students enjoy week at the track

Students enjoy week at the track

Stock cars sizzle the Tex­as Motor Speedway track at speeds clocking in at more than 200 miles per hour during races. Solar cars designed and built don’t travel nearly that fast at TMS, but they’re not built for speed. Jacob Price and Muhammad Murtaza spent mid-July...

read more
Pantry programs feed students

Pantry programs feed students

School is back in session and districts across the state are of­fering free breakfast and lunch, but for some families, the help isn’t enough. Both Collin and Dallas Coun­ty have large impoverished populations and a recent report released by the Metro Dallas Homeless...

read more
Bond committee makes recommendation

Bond committee makes recommendation

Sachse City Council heard the bond committee’s recommenda­tion and received an update on the city’s Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) during the July 26 combined workshop and reg­ular meeting. The bond committee, which has spent the last several months determining a...

read more
Subscribe Love
CWD rates increase

CWD rates increase

Sachse City Council discussed the Economic Development Corporation’s goals and objectives, received an update from the CWD and discussed the community center during the Aug. 2 regular meeting. Residents will soon see an increase to $16.79 on CWD residential trash...

read more
Cars Under the Stars parade returns

Cars Under the Stars parade returns

The Cars Under the Stars parade returns to the streets of Sachse Saturday, Aug. 14. Conceived as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, the parade took the place of the traditional car show. Sachse Chamber of Commerce Vice Chair Jeanie Marten said the parade...

read more
Constitutional amendments ordered for November election

Constitutional amendments ordered for November election

Deputy Secretary of State Joe Esparza drew the ballot order for eight proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution that will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot. The first proposition, HJR 143 will authorize professional sports team charitable foundations of organizations...

read more
Teacher helps students build experience

Teacher helps students build experience

Students know when they take a theater class at SHS, they’ll be set to build a strong foundation. Using a partnership he has been developing since 2005, Sachse High School Technical Theatre Director Joe Murdoch and Garland Summer Musicals allow students to earn a...

read more
Subscribe Love