ROCKWALL (CBSDFW.COM) – If you mention Jack Allen Poteat or John Phillips you’re talking about the same man. And after years of being on the run, carrying multiple identities and different looks, he was nabbed in North Texas. For the past 11 years, Poteat’s been dodging rape charges out of North Carolina. But he also [...]

The Dallas Morning News. AUSTIN — Nearly 650,000 Texans who haven’t paid surcharge penalties for drunken driving, no insurance and other violations are being offered a one-time amnesty by the state. Signaling what may be the end of the troubled Driver Responsibility Program, motorists who owe surcharges of $750 to $3,000 — even more for [...]

Bits & Bytes Column, by Sheila Hair, My Computer Guy co-owner. You hear it all the time from us – back up your data, keep your virus protection current, and install and maintain a firewall to protect yourself from hackers and other online threats. However, while these precautions will certainly help you avoid problems, they [...]

Remember the Royse City financial crisis back in Aug. 2008, when the City Council unexpectedly learned that the previously fast-growing city was $2.3 million in debt with no money to pay its employees or vendors? Well, fortunately, thanks to a lot of hard work by a good number of City employees, consultants and citizen volunteers, [...]

In an effort to increase city-wide recycling, the City of Rockwall is seriously considering providing each household with one lidded, 95-gallon wheeled “single-stream” cart for recycling, plus one lidded, 95-gallon rolling cart for garbage. But, in return, garbage pickup would be reduced to just once per week and recycling pickup to just every other week. [...]

(The Dallas Morning News) As the velvety voice of Frank Sinatra croons from a stereo, a dozen adults seated in front of a floor-to-ceiling mirror lift hand weights over their heads. “Double time!” the instructor urges. Double time is slower than it once was for members of the Healthways SilverSneakers Fitness Program, an exercise class [...]

Washington D.C. – Rockwall Congressman Ralph Hall is well-acquainted with Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot and nearly killed Saturday in Tucson. Both serve on the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, which Rep. Hall now chairs, and he has visited her in her district. Following Rep. Giffords’ shooting, Rep. Hall expressed [...]

(The Dallas Morning News) Mitchel Musso takes every opportunity to finagle a trip back to his hometown. The 19-year-old, Garland-born, Rockwall-reared singer and actor admits to “playing out every angle that I can to stay in Texas a little bit longer.” He’s got a couple of reasons for returning this week. Musso will sign copies [...]

(NBC5-TV News) Students at Dorothy Smith Pullen Elementary School in Rockwall are mourning the loss of a beloved music teacher who was killed in a car crash along with her husband Sunday night. Laci Betterton, 25, and her husband, James, 23, were traveling west on State Highway 66 in Caddo Mills when their Dodge Neon [...]

(Royse City Herald Banner) During a brief, impromptu interview this week, outgoing County Judge Chris Florance reflected on his four-year term that concludes today. His comments began with county finances and ended with county finances. He was quick to say that Rockwall County had $14 million in reserves when he took office four years ago. [...]