http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:18:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_190181906.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_190181906.html In a speciall called meeting of the City Council last Tuesday, councilmembers approved a $250,000 incentive package to bring a specialized vocational school to Royse City. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:16:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_190181804.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_190181804.html Prosecutors and defense attorneys for accused capital murderer Brandon Dale Woodruff are scheduled to clash yet again this week, over potential evidence in connection with Woodruff’s taped telephone calls. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:20:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_184002120.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_184002120.html FATE—Three children reported missing Sunday evening were found within three hours of law enforcement being notified. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:19:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_184001957.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_184001957.html The investigation closed Friday into the cause of a June 24 house fire, to which Royse City, Fate, Rockwall, McLendon-Chisholm and Union Valley Fire Volunteer Fire Departments responded. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:14:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_184001547.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_184001547.html The City of Royse City will hold it’s 3rd Annual FourthFest Parade and Festivities on Friday. The parade will be led by veterans, the Rockwall County Sheriffs Posse and the Boy Scouts of America. It will begin at 6 p.m. in downtown Royse City. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:39:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_175113944.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_175113944.html Ray Sumrow resigned June 18 after 22 years as district attorney of Rockwall County, after two recent felony convictions (on appeal), with sentences of prison time.He is in Rockwall County jail waiting transfer to Texas Department of Corrections, to which he was sentenced for 15 years by a Dallas jury for abuse of official capacity. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:10:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_164151242.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_164151242.html DALLAS — Fifteen years in prison. Ray Sumrow of Rockwall received that sentence Wednesday by a Dallas jury, which on Tuesday, had taken 30 minutes to find him guilty of second-degree felony theft in his official capacity as district attorney of Rockwall County. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:07:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_164150708.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_164150708.html Royse City Police Lt. Jim Baker is known for his engaging conversation and speaking, from which he’s earned admiration for his teaching and his leadership in law enforcement and fraud investigation. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:07:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_164150809.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_164150809.html What would have been a normal traffic stop on Interstate 30 in Rockwall County last Monday ended in an hour-long chase with speeds in excess of 120 mph that wound a path into downtown Dallas and ended at Crossroads Mall in Greenville. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:13:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_155231432.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_155231432.html Jury selection began Monday in Dallas for a second trial of former Rockwall County District Attorney Ray Sumrow. He was found guilty in March of third degree felony theft, and is out on $10,000 bond. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:12:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_155231326.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_155231326.html The Rockwall County District Judge and Rockwall County jurors sentenced three felony defendants to more than 110 years in prison following three trials prosecuted by the Rockwall County Criminal District Attorneys Office in the month of May. Wed, 21 May 2008 15:30:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_142153102.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_142153102.html Wal-Mart is not interested in building a store at the Hickory Hill/Interstate 30 property until the planned interchange with I-30 is under construction or complete. Wed, 21 May 2008 15:29:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_142152945.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_142152945.html On Tuesday, the Rockwall County commissioners split their votes 3-2, approving an issuance of $30 million worth of tax notes to fund the construction of a county courts center on county-owned land along Interstate 30 next to the county’s under-construction library. Mon, 19 May 2008 13:41:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_140134134.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_140134134.html Thu, 15 May 2008 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_136175950.html http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/local/local_story_136175950.html A state district judge said he would make a decision by this week as to whether the Hunt County District Attorney’s Office should be required to release evidence it considers privileged work product to the defense team representing Brandon Dale Woodruff, charged with capital murder involving the deaths of his parents.