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There will be no contested races in the May 14 McClendon-Chisholm City Council elections but one change. Current Council member Jess Lovell is stepping down but his father, Gary Lovell, has filed to replace him in Place 1. He has no competition. Neither do current Council members Patrick Short (Place 4) nor Lee Nichols (Place [...]
Two challengers have filed to run against Rockwall ISD Board of Trustees member Stan Lowrance D.D.S. for his Place 7 seat in the May 14 school board election. Local realtor Stephanie Adams and technical project leader Randy Oakes will be his opponents. Place 6 incumbent Leigh Plagens will run unopposed for her seat. By J.J. [...]
There will be no City or school board elections in Royse City May 14 since no new candidates filed by March 14 to run against incumbents. Consequently, City Council incumbents Mayor Jerrell Baley, Janet Nichol (Place 1), former County Judge Bill Bell (Place 3) and James Branch (Place 5) can continue for another two years. [...]
Three City Council seats are being contested in Heath and Fate in the May 14 municipal election. In Heath, marketing consultant Becky Burkett and bank commercial loan officer Justin Holland are campaigning to replace Karen Lewis, whose term ended. Attorney Barry Brooks will seek to unseat incumbent Steve McKimmey. In Fate, John Stacy will campaign [...]
Nine candidates have officially filed to run for City Council seats in Rowlett in the May 14 municipal election. Incumbent Doug Phillips will be opposed by Cindy Rushing and Randy Mays for Place 1. Carl Pankratz III and Ronald Miller will attempt to take Place 3 away from incumbent Patrick Jackson, who is running for [...]
Two-term Rockwall City Council Member David Sweet has announced he is running for Mayor of Rockwall in the May 14 election. Win or lose, he will vacate his Council seat to which he was elected in May, 2007, to concentrate on his mayoral campaign and business concerns. His announced opponents are two-term Council member Glen [...]
(WFAA-TV News) ROWLETT- After four days of searching, the body of Keifer Holman, 18, has been found. Holman, a freshman at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, had returned home from college on spring break. He was canoeing with two other people when the wind capsized their canoe. The other two people in the boat were able to swim [...]
(The Dallas Morning News) DALLAS – FBI agents arrested the head of the Mesquite police narcotics unit Thursday in an undercover sting after he was caught on video pocketing $2,000 from a bag of cash during a staged traffic stop, authorities said. John David McAllister, 42, a 21-year department veteran, could face up to 10 [...]
Rockwall Christian Academy senior forward Grant Jensen was recently voted one of 12 players from Texas to be named to the TAPPS Private School 2A 1st Team All-State basketball roster. He is the only DFW area player from their division to receive the honor. During the 2011 season, Grant averaged 20.3 points and 11.5 rebounds [...]
(Rockwall/Rowlett NeighborsGo.com) Rowlett High School senior Katelyn Flowers has acceptance letters from three of the state’s top engineering schools. A few years ago, college wasn’t even a part of the equation. Flowers had the grades, but not the ambition. Judge Belinda Loveland’s mentoring program for middle-school children, Reaching Our Community’s Kids, changed that. MORE
