Rhome News

BOYD CLUB - World War II veterans Herald Gillespie and Kenneth Huebner returned from distant battle stations and found the love of sisters Tommie and Edith Swinney, their brides of more than 60 years.

RoughlyA 1,000 supporters filled the Fairview Farms Corral Barn in Plano, Texas and spilled out the doorA of the party hall where they'd come to see the man in the day's political spotlight - Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum.

CHILD KILLED IN WRECK - A 12-year-old female was killed in a two-vehicle accident around 7 yesterday morning on U.S. 81/287 south of Rhome.

A minor was killed in a one-car rollover on U.S. 81/287 south of Rhome around 7 this morning.The minor was one of four passengers in a car that investigators believe was rear ended before rolling in the ditch.Another child was transported to Cook Children's Health Care System and two adults to Harris Methodist Hospital, both in Fort Worth.Rhome, ... (more)

CLOSE CALL - A Decatur school bus is nosed into a crack that formed during a bridge washout Thursday on Heritage Creek Drive between Decatur and Rhome.

A former Grapevine animal control supervisor has pleaded guilty to bilking the city out of almost $6,000 worth of property.

Zacharia John Janssen, 37, of Rhome, struck a runaway horse with his 2002 Dodge Dakota just north of Portwood Road and FM 2257 on FM 730 North on Wednesday, Jan.