Howard, Reising, Kennon to fill seats The bi-annual trustee election originally scheduled for Nov. 5 for Wylie Independent School District was officially cancelled last week. Since each of the places up for election did not have two or more candidates, the district...
A Celebrate Freedom Week social studies assignment at Cooper Junior High School drew a rebuke from parents and the Fraternal Order of Police yesterday for its use of an editorial cartoon seen as presenting police officers in a bad light. The cartoon featured panels...
State health officials listed one death and 44 new cases of COVID-19 today, Aug. 21, in Collin County. Officials reported an adjusted total of 10,451 confirmed cases. There are 4,604 active cases and a total of 5,709 have recovered. There are 103 cases hospitalized...
Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 3 deaths and 714 new cases of COVID-19 on Aug. 21, bringing the total case count in Dallas County to 67,486 with 849 total deaths to date. The city of Sachse reported one new case, an 88 year old woman who resides in...
State health officials listed three deaths and 44 new cases of COVID-19 today, Aug. 20, in Collin County. Officials reported an adjusted total of 10,451 confirmed cases. There are 4,636 active cases and a total of 5,709 have recovered. There are 111 cases hospitalized...
Collin County commissioners almost pulled down the web dashboard reporting daily COVID-19 number on Monday, but decided instead to post a disclaimer stating that they do not trust the data. The discussion over virus reporting came a few days after the state, which...
Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 3 deaths and 308 new cases of COVID-19 on Aug. 20, bringing the total case count in Dallas County to 66,772 with 846 total deaths to date. The total new cases today include 206 from Texas Department of State Health...
In just over two months, about 9.3 million Texas women will have the option to vote in the presidential election. It’s a process that hundreds of thousands Texans take for granted, but for women, the process of merely making it to the polls was a hard-fought process....
The pandemic has put a pause on Clear the Shelters this year, but that doesn’t mean families can’t rescue a new friend. Sachse Animal Shelter even offers free adoptions for hard-to-place pets. For the full story, see our Aug. 20 issue or subscribe online. By Morgan...
