Category Archives: River Place

Bartender’s 9-1-1 call leads to armed bank robber arrest in Steiner

Adam Duntley, bartender at Frog & the Bull in Steiner Ranch, made a phone call to police which led to the arrest of an armed robbery suspect who pulled out a gun at the Chase Bank hours earlier. LYNETTE HAALAND

By LYNETTE HAALANAD, Four Points News

Bartender Adam Duntley called police to report a customer who looked out of place at Frog & the Bull in Steiner Ranch on Jan. 16. Little did he know the customer — who was wearing a bathrobe and sweatpants and had dried blood around his chin — pulled out a gun and demanded money nearly seven hours earlier at Chase Bank a few blocks away.   

Duntley recalled what happened in a span of less than 10 minutes last Thursday night that led to the arrest of Richard Graham, 49, of Austin.

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February 2, 2020

VHS cheer wins bronze at UIL Spirit State Championship

By STEPHANIE KRUCZEK, Contributor

In its second year competing as a co-ed squad, Vandegrift’s competition cheer team, under the direction of head coach Brianna Roughton and coach Rachel Hoyle, won the bronze medal at the 2020 UIL Spirit State Championship held Jan. 16 in Fort Worth. The team placed first in the Crowd Leading category, second in Fight Song and fifth in Band Dance.

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Four Points area ripe for catastrophic wildfires Officials, experts take to local roads for wildfire assessment

California firefighters say there are similarities to Golden State

By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News

Eric Garcia, who has lived off City Park Road for 15 years, said he was first attracted to the heavily-wooded area because of its natural beauty. But, on Wednesday, he took to neighborhood streets with fire fighting experts in an effort to become better educated on actions he and his family need to take to guard against what officials tout as an inevitable wildfire destined to strike the peaceful community.

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Lacrosse leads to wedding of two Vandegrift head coaches

The New Year’s Eve wedding of Luke Cometti and Alyssa Murray, both Vandegrift head lacrosse coaches, in Syracuse.

By EMILIE FENNELL, Contributor

The love of lacrosse led to the New Year’s Eve wedding of two Vandegrift head coaches. Luke Cometti and Alyssa Murray met as lacrosse standouts in college, they became head coaches in the Vandegrift lacrosse program, and then on December 31, the two celebrated their wedding in Syracuse. 

Introduced to lacrosse as small children, both grew up with the sport in their hometowns, Luke in Syracuse and Alyssa on Long Island.

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