The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is collecting comments on the 2027 draft of its Unified Transportation Program (UTP), a rolling 10-year projection of highway and roadway plans. A virtual public hearing will be held at 2 p.m. CDT Wednesday, July 29, and...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] McMillan Junior High is preparing for the future with $5.646 million in upgrades and renovations. The projects are being funded through the bond proposal that was approved in the 2014 balloting. Communications...
Staff Reports [email protected] Garland ISD didn’t have to look far for the new assistant principal of Hudson Middle School. Mark Booker, a 9-year employee in the district, was the top candidate for the job, with five years at Sellers Middle School and four...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] Last minute school supply shoppers need not worry this year. The Wylie school district PTA will be there to pick up the slack. This year, school supplies for K-4, can purchase their school supply packs at Meet...
By Ed Sterling Gov. Greg Abbott on July 22 issued a statement regarding the arrest and death of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old Illinois resident who had driven to Hempstead in response to a job offer from Prairie View A&M University. On July 10, Bland was pulled over...
By Nancy Whitney Staff Writer [email protected] Throughout the district, hundreds of students cross safely at various intersections in Wylie ISD thanks to crossing guards. The friendly faces in yellow and orange are under the direction of Sgt. Matt Miller,...
By Ray Miranda Pastor, the Story church I’m from El Paso, TX and one of the things El Pasoans are proud of is the history of the University of Texas El Paso basketball team. It includes when, in 1966, Texas Western (now UTEP) became the first team in NCAA history to...
By Lee H. Hamilton Before the ins and outs of the 2016 presidential contest become a preoccupation for many of us, it seems a good time to step back and look at the office of the presidency for which so many candidates are vying. The presidency inherited by whoever...
