Wylie

Candy Montgomery: The Most Famous House in Wylie, 43 Years Later

By Shelby Skrhak / June 18, 2023 /

As depicted in the HBO miniseries “Love and Death,” tale of Candy Montgomery is the salacious news story that our CandysDirt.com readers can’t get enough of. Anyone who lived in North Texas in the early 1980s remembers the shocking death of Betty Gore, and the murder trial of Candace Montgomery, the woman who killed her…

Why Lie? You Might Be Surprised by Fortune Magazine’s No. 2 Family-Friendly Place to Call Home

By April Towery / October 12, 2022 /

Ann Arbor, Michigan, is the best U.S. city for families, according to Fortune Magazine, but it’s the No. 2 spot — Collin County’s Wylie, Texas — that caught our eye and maybe even had us asking, “You sure about that?” People across the country have been conducting online searches of “Wylie, Texas” lately, in part…

Here’s The TEA: Find a Home in One of The Top-Rated School Districts in North Texas

By April Towery / August 22, 2022 /

The Texas Education Agency issued its school district accountability ratings last week for the first time since 2019 — and we found some houses in top-ranked districts that make the grade.  There’s something for every family in every price range, but what these homes have in common is close proximity to a district where students…

Wylie Approves Jericho Village, a $7M Housing Complex to Help Collin County Homeless

By April Towery / August 15, 2022 /

Thousands of Metroplex residents can’t afford a home, and the civic leaders of a Collin County suburb are taking action.  The Wylie City Council approved in March a rezoning to allow for Jericho Village, a 38-unit income-based, urban housing complex at 511 Brown St. Construction of the $7 million complex will be funded in part…

Despite Being Taboo, Dallas Loves To Decorate For Christmas Before Thanksgiving

By CandysDirt / November 25, 2021 /

From Staff Reports With the most festive time of year upon us now, homeowners around the country are beginning to decorate their homes for the holidays. Though new data from Opendoor shows that 40 percent of people across America start decorating after Thanksgiving, and 42 percent of people in Texas actually finish their decorating ahead…