COLLIN COUNTY - A Frisco real estate developer was sentenced to serve 45 years in prison and ordered to pay $30 million in restitution for a fraudulent investment scheme. On May 24, 2022, Phillip Michael Carter was sentenced to serve 45 years in state prison by the 296th District Court of Collin County, Texas.
This past week has been a rough one. On a personal level I traveled out-of-town to preside over a "celebration of life" in Houston. Every one of my four flights was delayed, not to mention the airlines could not have put the connecting gates any further apart than they were in the DFW airport.
BOSTON – The Miami Heat believe in what they do. It’s an ethos established by owner Micky Arison, and it filters through team president Pat Riley, general manager Andy Elisburg, vice president of basketball operations Adam Simon, other front office staffers, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and his assistants, players and all the way down to intern in the video department.
MIAMI — Boston’s Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum had been in these moments before – playing in the Eastern Conference finals with a trip to the NBA Finals so close. But they came up short.
When Coe Murdock graduated from Mountain Brook High School in Birmingham, Alabama, recently, he never hesitated in choosing a tie to wear to his ceremony. He dug into his closet and pulled out the one gifted to him by Jim Nantz of CBS Sports when Murdock attended the Masters in 2013.
New Life Refuge Church Revival A revival will be held at the New Life Refuge Church, 104 N. 12th St., Ballinger, Texas, starting at 7 p.m.
Texas reported 25,848 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, down 9.8% from the previous week. The previous week had 28,659 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
BALLINGER - On Friday, Ballinger City Manager Brian Frieda said that the city was sending a police officer to help out in Uvalde after the murders of 19 students and 2 teachers. Another 17 students and teachers were injured in the massacre carried out by a mentally disturbed 18-year old man. Before assaulting the school, the suspect murdered his grandmother.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton is warning Texans to be aware of scammers amid the Uvalde tragedy. Texans have come together in the wake of the tragic killings at Robb Elementary, to comfort and aid one another in this time of unspeakable grief.
BALLINGER - A new Code Enforcement Officer (CEO) has taken the reins at the City of Ballinger over the last couple of months. His name is Ezequiel "Zeke" Martinez, and Assistant City Manager John Pierik says he came with some heartfelt recommendations, "Zeke came recommended from people in the community, and he directly had contacted us about openings. At the time we were not actively looking for a code officer, but we dove into his background because of the way he carried himself. When the time came to make some administrative shifts, we were fortunate enough to be able to bring Zeke on board from where he was at."