Garland ISD students posted gains in four of five tested subjects on this spring's State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness end-of-course exams, according to results released by the Texas Education Agency. The exams measure student performance in Algebra I,...
A 21-year-old man was arrested early Saturday in connection with the fatal shooting of his roommate following a disturbance at a home in Dallas County, police said. The Sachse Police Department responded to a 9-1-1 call around 4:37 a.m. on July 19 reporting a...
The 15th Texas Court of Appeals (COA) has thrown out injunctions that had blocked the Texas Education Agency from releasing school accountability ratings for the 2023-24 school year. The TEA is expected to release the ratings Aug. 15. “It is time for local courts to...
Texas lawmakers returning Monday, July 21, to Austin may reconsider a failed bill from the last legislative session that would have helped local governments acquire emergency communications equipment. “It’s going to be something that will be looked at,” Gov. Greg...
By the Barnyard Gate students and teachers drop off donations Friday, July 11, at Fire Station No. 1 for flood relief in central Texas. Courtesy Scott Whitfield Sachse residents and local organizations collected emergency supplies last week to aid communities...
The Garland ISD Board of Trustees received a unanimous recommendation from its Proposition A Citizens Steering Committee to pursue a 12-cent hike to the district’s maintenance and operations (M&O) tax rate. The recommendation, during a June 24 trustee workshop,...
Sachse’s Cameryn Fair won the District 9-6A title in the 200-meter dash in a time of 24.9 seconds. Photo by Oladipo Awowale / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] Sachse is home to some of the top teams in District 9-6A and the Mustangs showed during...
Ripley Dean stands front and center as Beetlejuice during a musical number in “Beetlejuice Jr.” The show will be performed at the newly-renovated Wylie Acting Group theater from July 18-20 and 25-27. Photo Courtesy of WAG After 10 years in its current location,...
McKinney National Airport is adding a commercial passenger terminal on the opposite side of the airport from the current McKinney Air Center. As work begins on a $72 million expansion of McKinney National Airport, an “ultra low-cost” airline based in Houston...
