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Rowlett city council member Mike Britton voted to approve a zoning case earlier this year. A Resident says he should have recused himself from the vote.

When a devastating EF-4 tornado crossed over I-30 in parts of Garland, Sunnyvale, and Rowlett dozens of lives were changed forever.

Fire crews from across North Texas assisted Rowlett Fire Department in battling a large apartment fire Lake Ray Hubbard’s shore. The fire began Friday night.

The Rowlett Fire Department is working a large structure fire at the multi-family building in the Sapphire Bay development, according to Rowlett Mayor Blake Margolis.

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Wilson Elliot, 83, was arrested on a murder charge after allegedly confessing to shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend, 78-year-old Sharon Radebaugh, during a confrontation her about her new romance.

Sharon Radebaugh was murdered in her own home over the weekend by Elliott Wilson, an 83-year-old man she used to be in a relationship with, cops say.

Rowlett Police said in a press release that investigators discovered this incident was “not a random act of violence but rather an act that stemmed from a previous relationship.”

NTSB investigators arrived Saturday at the site of a helicopter crash in Rowlett. The crash happened Friday and left two people dead.

Rowlett neighborhood wants changes to street after several crashes ROWLETT, Texas - A Rowlett neighborhood wants the city to make immediate changes to a street they say is putting their families lives at risk. A car tore through three fences and crashed into two homes on Sunday -- the second crash in the past few months on the same stretch of road. "Woke up to what sounded like thunder, husband said another car hit, glass everywhere," said resident Ana Ruiz. She and her neighbors woke up to a r...