Neighbors helping neighbors

Neighbors helping neighbors

(VIDEO: Tori’s testimony) Support the YMCA Partners Campaign, help strengthen your local community Every day, the Dallas YMCA serves as a gathering place for the community. Kids pour in after school to play and do homework. Seniors meet for coffee, group activities, and to connect with one another. Future leaders are born as teens learn […]

Homeschool family dance at Majestic Ballroom in Wylie

(Wylie) Calling all homeschoolers! The Majestic Ballroom and Dance Center, located at 711 Business Way in Wylie, will be swinging with a Homeschool Family Dance at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24. At 7 p.m. there will be a class on Foxtrot, Swing, Rumba and Line Dances. Enjoy open dancing from 8 to 9:30 p.m. The […]

Ease on down the road

Teach your teen to drive, without driving each other crazy DAY 32 – DETOURED We still haven’t made it to the Drivers License office to apply for the Learner License so Sam can begin the driving portion of the parent-taught instruction. The Rockwall DL office recently moved from the Brookshire’s shopping center on Ridge Road […]

Traffic light to be installed at Hwy 78, Wylie East Drive

(Wylie) This just in from the City of Wylie: the State of Texas has approved a stop light to be placed at the intersection of Wylie East Drive and Highway 78. The date of installation has not be established at this time, but it does state that it will happen during the 2012 budget year. […]

Blue Ribbon News contest winner enjoys Shenaniganz

Blue Ribbon News contest winner enjoys Shenaniganz

Jamie Jones Rubush, a volunteer ESL teacher in the Reading for Adults program at the Rockwall County Library, was among the Blue Ribbon News fans from across Dallas/Fort Worth who recently entered our promo with Shenaniganz. By simply “LIKING” our Blue Ribbon News Facebook page, Jamie’s name was entered into our drawing for her choice of […]

Boot Scootin’ Birthday Party for cancer survivors

The Relay for Life of Wylie/Sachse/Murphy Survivor Committee invites survivors to put on their boots and kick up their heels for an annual “birthday” celebration from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26. Hosted and sponsored by The Party Barn, located at 2555 West FM Road 544 in Wylie (across from Wylie High School), the […]

Dinner with Dr Vinson, Wylie ISD Superintendent

Join the Cox Elementary PTA for Dinner Dr. Vinson, Wylie ISD Superintendent, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 at Cox Elementary. Dr. Vinson will speak about the Master Facilities Plan and Curriculum Development. Dinner will be Dickey’s barbecue sandwich, chips, cookie and water or tea. Advance tickets are $6 each; $7 at the door. To […]

Wylie Mayor Hogue to deliver State of the City Address

Wylie Mayor Eric Hogue will deliver his annual State of the City Address during a special Wylie Chamber of Commerce luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28 at First Baptist Church Events Center, 200 N. Ballard Ave. in Wylie. For more information, visit the Wylie Chamber website. To submit your news and […]

Michael Tetreault Memorial Scholarship dinner, Feb. 2

(Wylie ISD) The faculty and PTA Board of Hartman Elementary will host the 10th Annual Michael Tetreault Memorial Scholarship Spaghetti Dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 in the cafeteria of Hartman Elementary in Wylie. All proceeds from the dinner will go to a scholarship fund that has been established in Michael’s name. […]

Wylie ISD to host Secondary Teacher Recruitment Fair

Wylie ISD will hold a Secondary Teacher Recruitment Fair on Saturday, March 24, for pre-qualified candidates. Applicants may register for the fair by going to the Wylie ISD Human Resources page. If confirmed, they are to report to Wylie East High School at their assigned interview time. For more information on available positions and qualifications,contact […]