(ROCKWALL, TX – August 21, 2018) Rockwall County Library Adult Literacy is seeking evening volunteers to teach English as a Second Language one night per week. Classes begin September 10. All training and materials are provided. For more information, please contact Carol Cease, Adult Literacy Coordinator at the Library, ccease@rockwallcountytexas.com, 972 204 7700. Our monthly print […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — August 20, 2018) Rockwall LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) will host National LULAC President, Domingo Garcia, at its August meeting. Garcia, a Dallas lawyer, was elected as National LULAC’s president at the organization’s convention last month in Phoenix. Garcia is a former Dallas city council member and was the first […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – August 20, 2018) During its regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 14, the Rockwall County Commissioners approved to post a proposed tax rate for the county for the Fiscal Year 2019. County Judge David Sweet said he filed the first draft of the FY2019 Rockwall County budget based on an effective tax rate […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – August 20, 2018) The Rockwall County Commissioners Court recognized two special individuals as Employees of the Quarter during its regular meeting on Tuesday, August 14. Rockwall County Sheriff Harold Eavenson presented Sheriff’s Office Deputy Felipe Sauceda with the Employee of the Quarter award and a Lifesaving Award for his heroic actions at […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – August 20, 2018) Ridgeview Women’s Ministry will begin a 12-week Women’s Bible Study on the Gospel of John beginning Thursday, September 13 from 10 a.m. to noon. The Study group will continue to meet Thursday mornings and participate in a time of worship, teaching, small group, and prayer. Arrive early at 9:45 […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — August 17, 2018) VitalStorm, a Rockwall-based digital marketing company, has partnered with local nonprofit, The Last Well, to support its mission to build border-to-border wells in Liberia by the year 2020. While confident they can help meet this goal, the company has recently begun a renewed focus to ensure the population in […]
(WASHINGTON, August 16, 2018) Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) congratulated Joel Abraham, Jestina George, Lane Pounds and Jamie Warren today for their successful completion of congressional internships in his Rockwall district office this summer. “I’d like to thank Joel, Jestina, Lane, and Jamie for their hard work in my Rockwall district office this summer. Serving 700,000 […]
(GARLAND ISD, TX – August 16, 2018) Garland ISD has announced a change to its free and reduced-price meals served under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for 2018-19. Twenty-four campuses across the district now qualify for the Community Eligibility Provision, which provides breakfast and lunch to every student at no charge, eliminating the collection of […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – August 16, 2018) Farmers Electric Charitable Foundation recently presented a $6,000 check to Meals on Wheels Senior Services of Rockwall County. These donation dollars will be matched by the Carl C. Anderson, Sr. and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation and go to help even more seniors. The mission of Meals on Wheels […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – August 16, 2018) Kathryn Howell and Jennifer Murray, with the help of stencils from The Wood Shoppe and donations from other moms, recently painted positive quotes on the bathroom stalls at Cain Middle School, to start the year off on a positive note. “The principal Derrice Randle was kind […]