Ovilla News

Meagan O'Toole-Pitts city editor HOMETOWN : Ovilla, Texas CAREER TRACK : Junior communication major with a minor in journalism.

When Councilman Bill Vansyckle stepped down to run for mayor this year and won, he left his Place 3 seat vacant.

Chief Mike Moon of Ovilla Police Department is working on "heavier patrols" because the increase of burglaries is on the rise across the county.

Gov. Rick Perry told a southern Dallas County transportation group that Loop 9, a proposed toll road for northern Ellis and southern Dallas counties, is designed to be 14 lanes.

State Sen. Kip Averitt, R-McGregor, voted with 19 other lawmakers in the 31-member senate to approve sobriety checkpoints along roads and highways, a proposal that civil liberty advocates say is a violation of the Fourth Amendment.

The proposed Loop 9 toll roada s lanes, in blue, would plow through whole subdivisions in the Midlothian and Cedar Hill area near Lake Ridge Parkway, according to official state maps.

At the tender age of 12, Ray Cavender ambled out of the woods and into a clearing grinning from ear-to-ear. It was the early 1930s in Ovilla, and the farm boy was proud to emerge from the underbrush with a feast for his family - two large swamp rabbits he landed with his shotgun.

An Ovilla man who claimed he was a doctor and had a case filed on allegations he sexually assaulted "patients" is being investigated again.

Jan. 10 Ramsey's race for DA started years ago; 3 vie for sheriff seat; Rodney Pat Ramsey throws his hat into the ring for the county/district attorney's race against Joe Grubbs, a race that began several years ...

By JESSIE MILLIGAN / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News home@dallasnews.com Jessie Milligan is a Fort Worth freelance writer.

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