Funeral services for Ralph Ray Binkley, 47, of Mesquite were held Sept. 1, 2022 at Eubank Cedar Creek Funeral Home in Mabank.  
Ralph passed away Au. 24, 2022 in Rockwall. He was born Nov. 25, 1974 to Delbert Ray and Deborah Kay Metcalf Binkley.  
Ralph grew up in Mesquite and graduated from West Mesquite High School.  He loved fishing and the outdoors.  Ralph was a plumber for Gibson Plumbing Company.  He loved his sons immensely and called them every day. Ralph never met a stranger. 

Ken Vieux went home to join the Lord Aug. 20, 2022. He passed with his wife by his side at Baylor hospital in Dallas. 
Ken strongly believed in his faith and loved his family with his whole heart and was active in each of them until he was no longer able.  
He was born in the Texas panhandle March 27, 1940 to Henri and Nobie Vieux. 

ATHENS–The former mayor of Athens has plead guilty to federal child obscenity violations in the Eastern District of Texas, U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced Aug. 25.
James Monte Montgomery, 64, plead guilty to sending obscene materials to a minor before U.S. Magistrate Judge John D. Love.

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Eustace ISD announces its 2022 Homecoming Court. Pictured are McKenna Jones (front row, from left), Abbygayle Spivey, Destiny Potter, Lydia Recer, Madelynn Seay (back row, from left), Emma Fisher, Emma Bell and Paige Row.