Rockwall Meals on Wheels receives grant check from Toyota

Rockwall Meals on Wheels receives grant check from Toyota

ROCKWALL, TX (June 16, 2022) Barbara Jackson, Vice President of Toyota of Rockwall and the Jackson Automotive Group, recently presented a $2,000 matching grant check to Margie Verhagen with Meals on Wheels Senior Services of Rockwall County. Pictured from left are Meals on Wheels board president Dennis Lewis, Jackson, Verhagen, and Robert Glover with MOWSS. […]

Friends of Rockwall County Library receive $2000 grant from Toyota

Friends of Rockwall County Library receive $2000 grant from Toyota

ROCKWALL, TX (June 16, 2022) Barbara Jackson, Vice President of Toyota of Rockwall and the Jackson Automotive Group, presented a $2,000 grant check to Milly Cundy and Edie Zehr, Second Vice Presidents and Co-Chairs Fundraising, on behalf of Friends of the Rockwall County Library on June 14, 2022.  Toyota continues to sponsor many of the […]

Marvin Washington of Fate named YMCA Father of the Year

Marvin Washington of Fate named YMCA Father of the Year

ROCKWALL, TX (June 16, 2022)Each June we celebrate Father’s Day, BUT did you know Father’s Day started at the YMCA? Father’s Day was founded by Sonora Louis Smart Dodd, daughter of a single father who served in the Civil War. Her father was widowed when his wife (Mrs. Dodd’s mother) died in childbirth with their […]

Mobile food pantry returns to Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church Rockwall June 21

Mobile food pantry returns to Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church Rockwall June 21

ROCKWALL, TX (June 14, 2022) Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church has a Catholic Charities Dallas mobile community food pantry every third Tuesday of the month from 9-11 a.m. The next date for the mobile pantry at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church is June 21.  Fresh fruit, vegetables, and other food items […]

Official Texas Pie Fest returns to Tate Farms in Rockwall this Saturday, June 18

Official Texas Pie Fest returns to Tate Farms in Rockwall this Saturday, June 18

Pie vendors from all over Texas selling pie, pie baking contest, pie eating contest, pie walk, pie throwing, pie fight and more  ROCKWALL, TX (June 14, 2022) Bonafide Betties Pie Co, voted Best Pies in Texas by USA Today in 2018, and Tate Farms, one of Rockwall County’s oldest working family farms join together to present […]

Golfers can their daily dose of iron at Rockwall County Helping Hands Annual Golf Tournament 

Golfers can their daily dose of iron at Rockwall County Helping Hands Annual Golf Tournament 

Great Weather, Great Course, Great Cause!   ROCKWALL, TX (June 14, 2022) Join friends and neighbors on Friday, Sept. 9 to help support Rockwall County Helping Hands by participating in their Annual Golf Tournament at Buffalo Creek Golf Course.  The event is chaired by board members Jeremy Neill and Gary Spraggins. Every year, Helping Hands […]

Walmart names 81 finalists from Texas to pitch at 2022 Open Call event

Walmart names 81 finalists from Texas to pitch at 2022 Open Call event

Suppliers with products made, grown or assembled in the U.S. will meet one-on-one with Walmart merchants during the June 28-29 event Walmart has made its selections for the ninth annual Open Call event. With nearly 1,200 small and mid-sized business owners receiving official invitations—including 81 entrepreneurs headquartered in Texas—this year’s registrants mark the largest group […]

Traffic Advisory: I-30 narrows to one lane nightly at Dalrock starting today, Monday, June 13

Traffic Advisory: I-30 narrows to one lane nightly at Dalrock starting today, Monday, June 13

DALLAS/ROCKWALL COUNTY (June 13, 2022) – Weather permitting, east and westbound I-30 will intermittently narrow to one lane at Dalrock Road from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly starting Monday, June 13 through Friday, June 17 for striping work as part of the ongoing I-30 project. Motorists should be aware of a traffic shift on […]

‘Smirl Girl’ celebrates 90th birthday at historic chapel

‘Smirl Girl’ celebrates 90th birthday at historic chapel

ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (June 13, 2022) Lifelong Heath resident Clarice Smirl Isbell turned 90 on June 2. She celebrated with friends and family at the historic Smirl Chapel, which now sits on Tate Farms, one of the last family owned ranches in Rockwall County. Clarice grew up in those four walls, attending church weekly. When asked […]