Westlake retired the jersey number of alumnus and former NFL quarterback Drew Brees on Friday prior to its homecoming game against Lake Travis.

A Texas high school football legend returned to his alma mater on Friday night. Westlake has become one of the more notable programs in the Lone Star State. In 1996, the Chaparrals won their first state title.

An employee of a Westlake group home called the police department at 10:45 p.m. Oct. 20 to report that residents who left in a van with a staff driver were missing. The driver and the three male residents had been gone for more than four hours on a trip that normally took only two hours.

Standout Celts sophomore quarterback Chase Curren didn’t have to do much to win the game, but he still made sure to make his presence felt. Curren threw two touchdown passes, with both going to wideout Stephen Nunez, one for 10 yards in the first quarter and one for 33 yards in the third quarter.

Westlake forced another Santa Barbara turnover by virtue of a strip sack, and on the very next play, the Warriors’ highly touted running back Demanie Bell exploded through a seam for a 16-yard touchdown run at the 6:33 mark of the second quarter.

Officers stopped a vehicle at 10:30 p.m. Oct. 10 on First Street near Columbia Road for equipment violations, but they soon grew suspicious. The 20-year-old driver said he only had a temporary permit and identified himself verbally with a Social Security number.

An employee of a local group home is facing charges after investigators said he was drunk behind the wheel of a van with three developmentally disabled passengers.

A Westlake group home worker was charged with an OVI and patient endangerment after he had not returned from driving three patients.