Royse City Herald Banner. Two-year-old Colt Bryson Turner, son of Jason and Tracey Turner, drowned Friday in an above-ground swimming pool at the family’s residence in Union Valley. Funeral services for the youngster will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Rest Haven Funeral Home’s Rockwall Chapel. “All I can say right now is that [...]

By J.J. Smith. A 62-year-old man who was a resident of the City of Fate committed suicide Wednesday. According to Rockwall County Sheriff’s Department Lt. David Davis, Rick Tolbert was found hanging in his garage shortly after Noon by his son, John Tolbert, who immediately called 911 requesting help. When officers and Rockwall Emergency Medical [...]

By J.J. Smith. As many as 30,000 participants are expected just south of Forney this weekend to slog through, over and under three and a half miles of mud, barbed wire and what event organizers call “14 obstacles from Hell” so that they can have a good ol’ time together at the end drinking beer, [...]

By J.J. Smith. Two-term Rockwall City Council Member Margo Nielsen has announced her bid for re-election for her third and last term, as limited by the Rockwall City Charter. She was first appointed to the Council in 2005 to fill the unexpired term of then newly-elected Mayor Bill Cecil and has since been re-elected twice. [...]

By J.J. Smith. Three players from Rockwall-Heath’s undefeated (31-0) baseball team, ranked first in Area Class 4A, have signed national letters of intent to play at the college level next year. Pitcher James Baune has signed with Southern Arkansas. Catcher Drew Benefield has signed with Navarro College and third baseman Trevor Holland has signed with [...]

By J.J. Smith. The bodies of a woman and a man were found dead at a home in Fate Sunday night in what a Rockwall County Sheriff’s Department spokesman said was an apparent murder-suicide, after a man at that address called 911, said his wife had been unfaithful to him, requested police assistance and then [...]

NBC5-TV. Investigators say additional charges may be filed in the death of “Wylie’s Angel,” the 6-year-old boy whose body was found near Lavon Lake. Darlene Phillips, the boy’s maternal grandmother, is charged with murder in Gerren Isgrigg’s death. She is accused of abandoning him in Eastfork Park two weeks ago. Wylie police say the investigation [...]

By J.J. Smith. Rockwall-Heath’s top-ranked Class 4A baseball team improved it’s record to 31-0 last night with 20 hits in demolishing R.L. Turner at Carrollton, 16-1. Their hitting attack was led by Bret Boswell, with a home run; triples by Nick Petersen and Noah Adams; and doubles by Austin Aulds, Patrick Gonzalez, Reid Lamberth, Tyler [...]

The Dallas Morning News. After eight days, he has a name: Gerren Joseph Isgrigg. Late Friday, Wylie investigators confirmed the identity of the 6-year-old whose body was found by a mowing crew April 15 near a Collin County pond. Gerren’s maternal grandmother and primary caregiver, 63-year-old Darlene Phillips, was arrested after 10 p.m. on a [...]

By J.J. Smith. Mesquite’s fourth-annual Real Texas Festival – featuring concerts, attractions, parking and the famous Mesquite Rodeo all for one price – begins tonight with country music star Kevin Fowler performing on the Main Stage from 9:30 – 11:30 pm. Stephanie Fix and Naked Lunch will open the show between 4-5 pm and 6:30-7:30 [...]