By J.J. Smith. A Rowlett grandmother arrested for selling cheese heroin out of her home in Rowlett last February pled guilty Tuesday in a Dallas federal court to a federal charge of drug possession with intent to distribute. Barbara Blanton Sims, 60, could be sentenced to 40 years in prison and fined $2 million. Her sentencing is scheduled Dec. 28. [...]

Dawn Elliott grudgingly agreed in February with a plea deal that would have meant probation for the man who gave her daughter the “cheese” heroin that killed her. But she was overjoyed when Rockwall County District Judge Brett Hall rejected the deal and set a trial date for Tim Salahi. Click here to read this [...]