District 10-4A leader Highland Park scored 49 points in the first half behind quarterback Luke Woodley’s 443 yards passing and five touchdowns and ruined Rockwall’s homecoming game last night at Rockwall, 63-42. More details coming soon.
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Rockwall-Heath beats winless Turner, 51-6; setting up championship showdown with Highland Park
Drew Baxter scored three touchdowns, on a 92-yard fumble recovery plus two and one yard runs, leading Rockwall-Heath to a 51-6 victory over winless Carrollton Turner Thursday night at Rockwall’s Wilkerson-Sanders stadium. The victory sets up the season-long anticipated showdown between the defending District 10-4A champion Hawks (7-2, 5-1) and pre-season 10-4A favorite Highland Park (7-1, 5-0), Nov. 6, at [...]
Two Dallas men sentenced to prison for drug trafficking in East Texas
TYLER TX -Two men from Dallas were sentenced to federal prison this week for drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas it was announced Oct. 28 by U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. Cendrick Henderson, 23, pleaded guilty May 21 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine. He was sentenced Tuesday to 120 months [...]
Drug-related crimes made up one-third of felonies committed in 2008 says Rockwall DA
By J.J. Smith. Drug-related crimes made up 33 percent of felonies and 23 percent of misdemeanors committed across Rockwall County in 2008 revealed Rockwall County Criminal District Attorney Kenda Culpepper in several presentations across the area during the past few weeks. DWIs (Drinking While Driving) also accounted for 23 percent of misdemeanors. The next highest percentage of fel
Rep. Hall only TX Republican House member to vote for new 2010 Defense bill, Hate Crimes law
Conservative Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Rockwall) was the only House Republican out of 20 from Texas plus one of only 43 Republican House members to vote for the controversial new $681 billion National Defense Authorization Bill which Pres. Obama signed into law Oct. 28. TX Republican Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison also voted for the bill. The legislation authorizes [...]
Huge meth seizure in Mesquite follows sweep
The Dallas Morning News, by Jason Trahan. A day after federal agents and police across the country seized 729 pounds of methamphetamine in the largest crackdown ever on a Mexican drug cartel, local agents made a big find: 300 more pounds of meth in a house in Mesquite. Click here to read the whole story [...]
Family’s home rebuilt by volunteers in Rockwall after lightning destroys old one
By Amy Van Vleck. When tragedy struck a family in the Lake Rockwall Estates (LRE) area of Rockwall county in 2008, a community rallied together to offer support, supplies, and spiritual counsel. One year later, the family moved back onto their property into a new home built entirely by volunteers. The family of eight had [...]
A Local Soldier’s Trip to Afghanistan and Back
The Military View Column by Jerry Hogan.  How would you like to be a single mother sitting in the living room of your best friend, who just happens to have a son-in-law who is an Army recruiter, who is also there, when a commercial comes on the TV talking about how great the Army is and [...]
Rockwall’s Belfiore Salon, Spa co-owner dies suddenly from stroke
By J.J. Smith. The co-owner of Rockwall’s Belfiore Salon and Day Spa unexpectedly passed away from a stroke, Oct. 20, 2009. Cecil Hastings was 55 years old. Together with his wife, Sheryl, and their daughter, Adrienne Mull, they opened the popular rest, relaxation and beauty business in 2006, located at 2995 Horizon Road, next to Sonic [...]
Former Rockwall High cheerleader found dead in Dallas in suspected drug-related death
A popular former Rockwall High School cheerleader and 2008 graduate was found dead in her Dallas apartment Saturday night. The rumor being texted between former and current Rockwall High School students is that her death was drug-related. Alexis Rae Lancaster, 19, is survived by her mother, Leah Pearl Gentzler, and husband, Stan, of Rockwall, plus her father, Stephen Scott [...]
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