KAUFMAN – Gov. Rick Perry yesterday appointed Kaufman County Court-Of-Law Judge Erleigh Norville Wiley of Forney as Kaufman County’s next Criminal District Attorney to replace Mike McLelland, who was murdered with his wife in their Forney home two weeks ago. A former supervising attorney for the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, she has a particular [...]
ROCKWALL – Rockwall became the third city in the state during the past 30 days to pass a resolution showing its support for the Second Amendment last night when the Council voted 5-2 in favor of Council member Michelle Smith’s resolution to “protect and defend the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.” The resolution [...]
ROCKWALL – For as long as he can remember, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq Army veteran, plus soon-to-announce Rockwall Republican U.S. Congressional candidate, Tony Arterburn wanted to join an elite fighting unit and serve his country where the action was. In 1999, after graduating from Rockwall High School, where he became a world champion power lifter, [...]
ROCKWALL – Lake Rockwall Estates homeowners will soon pay much less for water and sewer services after Rockwall City Council members unanimously agreed Feb. 18 to approve the City’s $3.5 million contract to purchase the utility services from Aqua Texas, which had been charging homeowners up to three times more than what other city residents [...]
ROCKWALL – At Monday night’s City Council meeting, Mayor Pro Tem David White angrily lashed out at outgoing Place 5 Council member Michelle Smith, accusing her of “grandstanding for the media” and “pandering to (her) Facebook friends and political cronies” for introducing a resolution to ignore any attempts by the federal government to confiscate firearms, [...]
ROCKWALL – Texan George P. Bush, the eldest son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the nephew of former President George W. Bush, and the namesake grandson of former President George H. W. Bush, told about 250 Republicans Saturday night at the Rockwall County Republican Party’s Reagan Day Dinner that we need to “radically change” [...]
AUSTIN – In an effort to reduce taxes on businesses and simplify the state’s business tax code, State Rep. Scott Turner (R-Frisco) has introduced a bill in the Texas House calling for a phase-out and repeal of the margin (franchise) tax. His House Bill 607 is identical to Senate Bill 179 introduced by State Senators [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. – Eighty-nine year old Congressman Ralph Hall from Rockwall opened a Twitter account yesterday, @RalphHallPress. Rep. Hall, the oldest member of the U.S. House of Representatives, said in a news release that he signed up so his constituents can “follow important votes and daily activity on Capitol Hill, as well as important issues [...]
ROCKWALL – The offices of mayor and city council places 1, 2, 3 and 5 will need to be filled in the City of Rockwall elections scheduled May 11. Applications for a place on the ballot must be received in person at the City Secretary’s office, which is located on the 3rd floor of Rockwall [...]
ROCKWALL – George P. Bush, the eldest son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the nephew of former President George W. Bush, and the namesake grandson of former President George H. W. Bush, will be the featured speaker at the Rockwall County Republican Party’s Reagan Day Dinner, Feb. 16, 6 pm, at the Rockwall Hilton [...]
