HEATH – Heath Mayor John Ratcliffe announced today that he will not seek re-election after his fourth term ends in May. Mayor Ratcliffe was first elected Mayor of Heath in May 2004, winning nearly 70 percent of the vote in a three-way contested race. Ratcliffe was re-elected without opposition in 2006, 2008 and 2010. The [...]

(WFAA-TV News) DALLAS — One day after a dramatic water rescue on Lake Ray Hubbard, there is concern about whether some boat ramps along the shore are too easily mistaken for roads. Shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday Ngac Do, 20, and her cousin, Nhi Tran, 21, became trapped in their sinking Honda Civic after Do drove [...]

(CBS11-TV News) GARLAND – A Rockwall County Sheriff’s deputy is being called a hero for saving the lives of two women who were trapped inside a sinking car at Lake Ray Hubbard. Deputy Keven Rowen was patrolling Robertson Park at the border of the Rockwall and Dallas County lines on Saturday when he spotted a [...]

(FOX4-TV News) ROCKWALL – Rockwall County deputy Keven Rowan rescued two women after their Honda Civic ended up in Lake Ray Hubbard early Saturday morning. Twenty-year-old Ngoc Do and 21-year-old Nhi Hoang Tran say they were heading home after an evening out when they got lost. Ngoc Do was driving. She says she was on [...]

ROCKWALL – US Senate candidates Ted Cruz and Craig James, plus Republican Party of Texas Chairman Steve Munisteri, will be the featured speakers at the Rockwall Co. Republican Party’s annual Reagan Day Dinner, Feb. 18, at 6 pm, at the Hilton Bella Harbor Hotel. Syndicated radio talk show host and conservative political commentator Mike Gallagher [...]

ROCKWALL -  The Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors recently announced its new officers for 2012, plus the names of six new Board members. They were elected at the Board’s Dec. 15 meeting.  Cindy Tayem, Area Manager – Customer Operations, Oncor, will serve as the 2012 Board Chair, succeeding past-chair Cheryl Dunlop, Human [...]

ROCKWALL – Over 180 members and guests gathered at the Allure Restaurant at Chandler’s Landing for the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce 2011 Awards and Member Appreciation Banquet Jan. 12. (See photo captions below) Outgoing Board Chair Cheryl Dunlop, Director of Administrative Services for the City of Rockwall, presented awards to Ebby Halliday Realtors and [...]

GARLAND- Republican US Senate candidate Tom Leppert, former Mayor of Dallas, will be the guest speaker at the Lake Ray Hubbard Pachyderm Club luncheon meeting Jan. 25, 11:30 am – 1 pm, at Texas Land & Cattle Steakhouse, I-30 & Bass Pro Dr. The public is invited to attend and ask questions. The cost is [...]

A huge number of major Internet websites are expected to go offline tomorrow to stage a blackout to protest the SOPA and PIPA web censorship bills now in Congress. According to a non-profit group leading the blackout, Fight For The Future, the Senate will vote next week on forever altering the free and open internet [...]

GARLAND (WBAP 24/7 NEWS) – Five hours after an 18-wheeler went out of control and overturned on westbound I-30 in Garland, the freeway was still shut down. Investigators believe the driver, who was hauling 18,000 pounds of medical equipment from Memphis to Fort Worth, struck the steel guardrail on the right shoulder of I-30 near [...]