/tags/rowlett Rowlett en-US Copyright Thu, 29 May 2025 09:57:00 GMT /news/2025-05-29/cities-across-dallas-county-head-back-to-polls-for-runoff-elections-dallas-rowlett-grand-prairie-irving-desoto-lewisville-rowlett Voters will decide city council runoff races from the May local elections in several cities in which no candidate got more than half of the votes. Thu, 29 May 2025 09:57:00 GMT /news/2025-05-29/cities-across-dallas-county-head-back-to-polls-for-runoff-elections-dallas-rowlett-grand-prairie-irving-desoto-lewisville-rowlett Marina Trahan Martinez /health-wellness/2025-05-12/rowlett-marley-mansour-nars-1-gene-therapy-rare-disease Marley Mansour, 11, is one of fewer than 100 people in the world with a particular mutation in the NARS1 gene. She's set to be the first person in the world to try an experimental gene therapy to treat the condition. Mon, 12 May 2025 10:07:00 GMT /health-wellness/2025-05-12/rowlett-marley-mansour-nars-1-gene-therapy-rare-disease Olla Mokhtar /news/2025-03-06/rowlett-city-council-dart-resolution-funding The Rowlett City Council voted this week to support full funding for DART, rescinding a previous resolution that called for cuts. Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:45:51 GMT /news/2025-03-06/rowlett-city-council-dart-resolution-funding Pablo Arauz Peña /news/2024-08-06/dart-riders-transit-services-north-texas-rowlett-cut-funding Some North Texas cities — including Rowlett, Irving and Plano — want to cut funding for DART, but riders and the agency say that would hurt the services it provides. Tue, 06 Aug 2024 16:59:43 GMT /news/2024-08-06/dart-riders-transit-services-north-texas-rowlett-cut-funding Pablo Arauz Peña /news/2024-07-17/dart-board-divided-over-who-they-represent-in-funding-cut-talks Members of DART's board of directors find themselves in a heated debate: Do they represent the agency, or the cities that want to cut its funding? Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:01:23 GMT /news/2024-07-17/dart-board-divided-over-who-they-represent-in-funding-cut-talks Pablo Arauz Peña /transportation/2024-07-09/rowlett-joins-list-of-cities-that-want-to-cut-dart-funding The Rowlett City Council approved a resolution in support of cutting its sales tax funding to DART by 25%. Dallas and Plano are also weighing funding cuts. Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT /transportation/2024-07-09/rowlett-joins-list-of-cities-that-want-to-cut-dart-funding Pablo Arauz Peña, Nadya Faulx /news/2022-04-18/robinson-helicopter-model-in-fatal-rowlett-crash-involved-in-68-deaths-since-2012 The model of helicopter that crashed in Rowlett last month — killing a flight instructor and her student — has been involved in almost 40 fatal crashes in the past decade. Mon, 18 Apr 2022 21:56:56 GMT /news/2022-04-18/robinson-helicopter-model-in-fatal-rowlett-crash-involved-in-68-deaths-since-2012 Bret Jaspers /news/2019-06-27/darts-red-line-and-blue-line-will-soon-be-able-to-hold-more-riders Longer trains will soon be cruising down two DART lines. It was announced that the Federal Transit Administration will put $61 million into expanding… Thu, 27 Jun 2019 21:55:25 GMT /news/2019-06-27/darts-red-line-and-blue-line-will-soon-be-able-to-hold-more-riders Courtney Collins /2016-04-05/rough-road-to-recovery-for-tornado-victim-whose-home-was-mistakenly-demolished Two weeks ago, Rowlett resident Lindsay Diaz got news that her storm-damaged home had been demolished by mistake.Her story was featured in our series One… Tue, 05 Apr 2016 22:05:37 GMT /2016-04-05/rough-road-to-recovery-for-tornado-victim-whose-home-was-mistakenly-demolished Courtney Collins /2016-03-29/rebuilding-a-life-for-underinsured-couple-on-disability-there-isnt-much-room-to-cut-back ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôºâ€™s series, One Crisis Away: Rebuilding A Life chronicles families on the financial edge, trying to recover from the Christmas weekend tornadoes.One… Tue, 29 Mar 2016 22:01:04 GMT /2016-03-29/rebuilding-a-life-for-underinsured-couple-on-disability-there-isnt-much-room-to-cut-back Courtney Collins