Fate News

Dear Dad, Since you can't hear, I'd like to write you a letter in the newspaper which you so faithfully read every week, and on which I most welcome your comments.

As storms rolled through north and south of Royse City the evening of June 10 and morning of June 11, Royse City Volunteer Fire Department and Fate Volunteer Fire Department were called to aid in two separate house fires, each set by lightning, authorities say.

Last month, Jason Manriquez got to fulfill a longtime dream: He performed a set with his band, Fate Lions, at a local drag show.

All cities and school districts in Rockwall County which collect a property tax are seeing a slight increase in tax roll total evaluations over last year, based on 2009's preliminary, pre-protest figures.

May 15--AUSTIN -- With time running out and deadlines looming, hundreds of bills face certain death in the remaining 2 1/2 weeks of the 2009 legislative session, including many affecting North Texas.

With the city election canceled due to only incumbents running, Rockwall's attention turned to the school board races during this election cycle.

A political ad in the May 1 edition of the Rockwall County Herald-Banner that suggested four Fate City Council candidates favor higher taxes for Woodcreek subdivision residents has triggered protests over the accusation and questions over who placed the ad.

Editor, Throughout this election cycle in the City of Fate, I have watched from the sidelines as candidates have thrown accusations at each other to discredit their opponents.

David Hill served as Mayor of Fate from 2003-2008. He and his wife Jeannie have been married for 32 years and are the proud grandparents of Jackson David Hill born Jan.

Work began Monday on Blackland Road near the new Royse City Intermediate School in Fate, and should continue for six weeks.

Growth has slowed in the region's far-flung exurbs. Among them: CELINA 2000 population: 1,861 2008 population: 4,850 Note: No home-building permits issued last month FATE 2000 population: 463 2008 population: 4,800 Note: Building-permit revenues projected to fall by as much as 40 percent this year PRINCETON 2000 population: 3,477 2008 population: ...

March 18, 2009 I am writing to our friends and neighbors in the City of Fate about recent concerns expressed by some members of the community regarding the place numbers recently assigned to City Council members.

In the cities of McLendon-Chisholm and of Fate, each council seat up for election has two or more candidates in this May's civic elections.

They passed Fate council Monday night, but not unanimously: The adoption of the International Fire Code with particular amendments, and the final plat for Home Boy Enterprises.

The chance a commuter train will carry Johnson County residents to and from Fort Worth by 2018 depends almost entirely on state legislators' willingness to pass a local-option bill, said Burleson Mayor Ken ...

While the Trans Texas Corridor may be dead, the Regional Outer Loop is alive and well.

On the heels of a major annexation vote on annexation, and upon the completion of a city-constructed major thoroughfare, the Rockwall mayor and three city council incumbents have already filed for the May city ...

Amid tubes tethered to hanging bags of medicine, 2-year-old Nate Oxford struggled to knock over a tower of colorful foam blocks.

Removing from Rockwall County maintenance part of Blackland Road just south of Fate could be the end result of an agreement being discussed by the county and the City of Fate, and prompted by the growth of the ...

Fate has 42 businesses, and for the kick-off luncheon meeting Jan. 21 to respark the Fate Chamber of Commerce, 35 folks had reserved a place.