Williams Middle School students place in All-City Orchestra

Williams Middle School students place in All-City Orchestra

(ROCKWALL, TX — Jan. 26, 2017) Williams Middle School is excited to announce that the WMS Orchestra had 18 students placed in the 2016-17 Rockwall All-City Orchestra! Tryouts were held Saturday, Jan. 21.  They are as follows:  Violin:  Michael Gomez – 3rd Chair, David Antrobus – 9th Chair, Avery Bryan – 14th Chair, Mary Zapata […]

Helping Hands elects new directors and officers, presents 2016 awards

Helping Hands elects new directors and officers, presents 2016 awards

(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 25, 2017) Helping Hands of Rockwall County presented its 2016 awards during its Annual Meeting of the Board on Monday, Jan. 23 at the Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club. Congrats to the following winners: Chairman’s Award – Kendra Jones, Jack Green and Jon Bailey President’s Award – Lorne Liechty David Lensch […]

Rep. Ratcliffe on President Trump’s inauguration

Rep. Ratcliffe on President Trump’s inauguration

(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 20, 2017) Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) issued the following statement on the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States: “President Trump’s inauguration represents the start of a new chapter in our nation’s history – a chapter I am confident will be far different from the malaise […]

Describing my dream home

Describing my dream home

(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 20, 2017) The other day I came across an interesting writing prompt while browsing the web. Admittedly I was searching writing prompts because I was having a bad case of the dreaded writer’s block. Anyhow, the prompt read as follows: describe your dream house. This caught my eye because I often […]

Rockwall-Heath Mighty Hawk Band Members selected to All-State Band

Rockwall-Heath Mighty Hawk Band Members selected to All-State Band

(HEATH, TX — Jan. 18, 2017) Tyler Burden, a Rockwall-Heath High School Mighty Hawk Band member, earned a chair in the Texas All-State Band Saturday, Jan. 7. Tyler will join Dawson Ward, another Mighty Hawk Band member who earned a chair in the TMEA All State Jazz Band earlier this year, and will attend the […]

Rockwall Fire Department expanded services soon to include basic life-support

Rockwall Fire Department expanded services soon to include basic life-support

(ROCKWALL, TX — Jan. 12, 2017) The Rockwall City Council has voted to move forward with a limited First Responder Organization (FRO) program to enhance services to citizens. Rockwall firefighters will soon provide additional basic life support through the new FRO program. This will help with delivering critical care on major medical and trauma calls, […]

Community rallies to fund handbike for beloved resident

Community rallies to fund handbike for beloved resident

(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 17, 2017) Kenny Hargrove has always been a man who gives to others, but never expects anything in return. The longtime Rockwall resident treats strangers like friends, and friends like family. Having survived a terrible accident in 2005 which left him paralyzed from the waist down, he continues to live his […]

Light bulb moment sparks rush of creativity

Light bulb moment sparks rush of creativity

(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 13, 2017) Have you ever had one of those days where your, uh, well let’s call them creative juices for lack of a better term, just seem to flow? Where you have an epiphany of sorts, and then get another idea that builds on it, and then another, and another? Well, […]

Rockwall Painting With a Twist debuts on ‘Undercover Boss’

Rockwall Painting With a Twist debuts on ‘Undercover Boss’

(ROCKWALL,TX – Jan. 11, 2017)  A large crowd gathered at Mellow Mushroom to witness Rockwall Painting With a Twist’s debut on CBS’s ‘Undercover Boss’ during a watch party on Wednesday, Jan. 4. Among them was a woman who many locals might call the star of the episode – Rockwall Painting With a Twist Instructor Bree McCleskey, […]

Ratcliffe’s ALERT, SOPRA legislation passes House

Ratcliffe’s ALERT, SOPRA legislation passes House

(ROCKWALL, TX — Jan. 12, 2017) Two bills introduced by Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) passed in the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday to help drain the “regulatory swamp” bred during the Obama Presidency. Ratcliffe introduced both bills – the ALERT Act (H.R. 75) and the Separation of Powers Restoration Act (H.R. 76) – on day […]