Rockwall County News

It's taken several months and two high-profile federal trials, but the fate of former Rockwall County District Attorney Ray Sumrow was ultimately resolved without a dramatic conclusion or contentious upset.

If Rockwall County's tax rate goes up next year, don't be too quick to blame the economy.

It's taken several months and two high-profile federal trials, but the fate of former Rockwall County District Attorney Ray Sumrow was ultimately resolved without a dramatic conclusion or contentious upset.

Ray Sumrow was a self-made success, a man who, despite holding elected office, didn't mind getting his hands dirty and enjoyed shooting the breeze with friends at the old Dairy Queen.

By BILL MILLER The DFW area still has a chance of rain this afternoon, but forecasters say the chance for precipitation lessens after sunset.It could be the second day in a row that isolated storms move ...

Helping Hands of Rockwall County is reaching out to assist even more people. The nonprofit agency just launched a thrift store in Royse City.

Feeling Patriotic? The "Z" Museum in Royse City is featuring American Flags for July, including a 46 Star flag only flown from 1907 through 1912, during which time there were no conflicts.A A The Community ...

's ice cream social and fireworks watch on Friday, July 4. Bob Maxwell, Joy's Outreach and Fellowship Committee Chair, said the public is invited for games, ice cream "and all the trimmins'" starting at 7:30 ...

A familiar face to many Thrift Store shoppers, Rosie Ortiz will be sales floor manager of the new facility.

North Texas added 131,000 people in 2007 - fewer than in years past but still enough to qualify as healthy growth, according to a regional report released today.

TV:- Louis 'Bill Conradt, a 56-year-old assistant district attorney, killed himself in 2006 after being confronted at his Texas home by police officers and an NBC news crew during an alleged child-predator ...

Television network NBC has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who killed himself when confronted with cameras for the TV show "To Catch a Predator," The New York Times reported on Thursday.

The resignation sent from a jail cell by former 2001 Texas "Prosecutor of the Year," Rockwall County DA Ray Sumrow, ends another sad saga of corruption by an elected official and leads me to reflect on how many ...

"My passion is working to make Rockwall the perfect place to live and raise a family - which includes anything that has to do with kids, education and blending the best part of the small town atmosphere of our ...

A former Rockwall County district attorney said Wednesday that he will appeal a conviction against him, NBC 5 reported.

A Dallas County jury has convicted the former Rockwall County district attorney of theft by a public servant.

Dallas, TX -- In Dallas, Texas with speeds reaching 100 miles per hour, a motorcycle chase.

Rowlett residents believe that a change in DART's plan to bring the transit system's blue line to grade level will add to the city's already miserable traffic woes.

A man on a motorcycle led police on a high-speed pursuit through three counties Monday afternoon before he was arrested at a shopping mall in Greenville.

ELIZABETH LANGTON Elizabeth Langton's column on Rockwall and Rowlett government appears monthly.