Royse City elementary schools to host Veterans Day art contest

Royse City elementary schools to host Veterans Day art contest

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 29, 2017) The Laramore-Osborne American Legion Post is partnering with the Royse City elementary schools to host a youth art contest. The theme will be “Thank you for serving”. Third and fourth grade students from across the district will be participating in the contest. The deadline for the contest is Tuesday, […]

Pullen Elementary kicks off Watch D.O.G.S. program with pizza party

Pullen Elementary kicks off Watch D.O.G.S. program with pizza party

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 29, 2017) Pullen Elementary School kicked off their campus Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) program Sept. 21 with lots dads and students, plus pizza! Approximately 75 fathers and students were in attendance for an introduction to the program. Watch D.O.G.S. is a national initiative bringing fathers and father figures into […]

New worship leadership team joins Lakeshore Church

New worship leadership team joins Lakeshore Church

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 28, 2017) Lakeshore Church is proud to announce the hiring of a new worship leadership team. Blake and Katie Frazier recently moved to the Ray Hubbard area after finishing their studies in Worship Ministry at Highlands College in Birmingham, Alabama. Blake is from a musical family, and began playing various musical […]

Royse City High School’s Sydney Hall named National Merit Commended Student

Royse City High School’s Sydney Hall named National Merit Commended Student

(ROYSE CITY, TX — September 28, 2017) Royse City High School student Sydney Hall has been named a Commended Student as part of the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 34,000 Commended Students through the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Hall placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 […]

Jones Elementary welcomes Dallas Cowboys mascot

Jones Elementary welcomes Dallas Cowboys mascot

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 28, 2017) Rowdy, the Dallas Cowboys mascot, visited Jones to promote good behavior and respect.  The Jones PTA sponsored the pep rally and every grade was able to participate. Throughout the pep rally, Rowdy and his pal discussed how students can respect each other. There was an anti-bullying message that talked […]

Megyesi family honored as Angels in Adoption

Megyesi family honored as Angels in Adoption

(FATE, TX — September 27, 2017) Lorne and Tonya Megyesi’s five-and-a-half-year journey that led to their adoption of two Haitian children earned for them a trip to Washington, D.C. for recognition as U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe’s Angels in Adoption. He selected the Fate couple as 2017 Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s Angels in Adoption. They […]

A Look Into Rockwall County History: Jane Gorden Bounds and The Success

A Look Into Rockwall County History: Jane Gorden Bounds and The Success

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 27, 2017) “Dedicated to the best interests of Rockwall.” It was the slogan emblazoned beneath the masthead of one of Rockwall’s most treasured newspaper publications, and it was the motto by which Jane Gorden Bounds lived her life. The Rockwall Texas Success newspaper was first established at 114 N. San Jacinto […]

Rockwall High School Cross Country finishes strong in Lovejoy XC Fall Festival

Rockwall High School Cross Country finishes strong in Lovejoy XC Fall Festival

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 27, 2017) Rockwall High School Cross Country Boys Varsity placed 4th out of 38 teams in the Lovejoy XC Fall Festival on Sept. 23 at Myers Park in McKinney. The top five runners for the team were Austin Shumake finishing 17:03 for 7th overall; River Hill running 17:04 and finishing 8th […]

Free dental care for veterans at Nov. 10 D-Day for V-Day event

Free dental care for veterans at Nov. 10 D-Day for V-Day event

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 27, 2017) On Friday, Nov. 10, Rockwall County veterans will be offered free dental care at the first ever “D-Day (Dental Day) for V-Day (Veterans Day)” in the Lowrance Clinic (1350 Summer Lee Dr.). Dr. Stan Lowrance, long time Rockwall practitioner, believes dentists need to step up and help veterans, as […]

Rockwall EDC welcomes Pratt Industries to Technology Park

Rockwall EDC welcomes Pratt Industries to Technology Park

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 27, 2017) Pratt Industries, the 5th largest corrugated packaging company in the U.S. and the largest privately-held 100% recycled paper and packaging company in the world, opened its newest plant in the Rockwall Technology Park in June 2017. The company, which supplies boxes and packaging material for heavy hitters like Amazon […]