Retiring founding trustee Robert “Bob” Collins poses with his grandson Owen Collins, wife Claude Ann and Rep. Jeff Leach. Courtesy Collin College After helping guide Collin College from a fledgling institution offering classes in area high schools to a system...
A rare and impressive large-scale model train from Wilbur Frey is currently on display at the Sachse Historical Society. Jeremy Hallock/The Sachse News Trains have long been tied to the history of Sachse. In 1886, the city’s founder, William Sachse, gave some of his...
Sachse attracted commercial entities, completed construction projects and started new ones. Police and fire departments were recognized for important accomplishments and community events were bigger and better than ever. In February of 2023, Sachse...
Savage Precision Fabrication is not your average machine shop. In fact, this almost 50-year-old company, primarily an aerospace and defense supplier, manufactures parts for its main customers, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. By Jeremy Hallock For more on this story see...
The October Parks and Recreation board meeting provided an overview of what to expect from the departments next year. “We were blessed this year with a budget that is going to send us to the next level,” Parks and Recreation Board Secretary Jermaine McDaniel said at...
Gov. Greg Abbott ordered flags lowered to half-staff to honor those who lost their lives in Israel., including American citizens, “during the heinous acts of war carried out against the State of Israel by the terrorist organization Hamas.” Abbott also added $4 million...
If your child has trouble reading, a special canine companion who frequents the Sachse Public Library just might be able to help. A couple times a month — usually on the second and fourth Tuesday at 6 p.m., often on family game night, an 8-year-old German shepherd...
Across the country, Manufacturing Day (MFG Day) is on the first Friday of October. But in Wylie, the annual event that inspires the next generation to make their careers in manufacturing will last a month. A partnership between the Wylie Economic Development...
Fresh off the start of the 2023-24 (FY24) school year, Wylie ISD trustees had photo ops, campus security and STAAR updates and a tax rate and bond election to consider. During their first regular trustee meeting of the school year, officials had the opportunity to...
