Skylar Walls of Rockwall recognized for Sigma Alpha Lambda leadership, honors at UT Arlington

Skylar Walls of Rockwall recognized for Sigma Alpha Lambda leadership, honors at UT Arlington

ROCKWALL, TX (August 22, 2021) Sigma Alpha Lambda is proud to announce that Skylar Walls of Rockwall, TX, has recently become recognized as a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, National Leadership and Honors Organization at the University of Texas Arlington. Sigma Alpha Lambda is a national leadership and honors organization dedicated to promoting and rewarding […]

Cooking with Ease by Melissa Tate: Homemade Hamburger Helper

Cooking with Ease by Melissa Tate: Homemade Hamburger Helper

ROCKWALL, TX (August 22, 2021) If you’ve read this column in the past, you probably know I love meals and memories – meals that we’ve attached to positive memories in our life. Meals we’ve shared with loved ones while recapping our day or having important life conversations. As families head back to the classroom, memories […]

Patti Richter, On Faith: Living Faithfully—Not Fearfully

Patti Richter, On Faith: Living Faithfully—Not Fearfully

ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (August 22, 2021) A lot of students take their educational opportunities seriously. Since I was not one of those, I’ve spent a lifetime making up for my losses. A world atlas catches my attention as I pass a certain bookshelf. I throw it open to survey the Caspian Sea. Ten minutes later, I realize […]

Garland ISD to offer FREE COVID-19 vaccine clinics at high schools Aug. 23 – Sept. 2

Garland ISD to offer FREE COVID-19 vaccine clinics at high schools Aug. 23 – Sept. 2

GARLAND ISD, TX (August 21, 2021) As COVID-19 cases are on the rise in the community, Garland ISD is committed to mitigating the spread of this virus. GISD is excited to announce they have partnered with the Garland Health Department to offer FREE COVID-19 vaccine clinics at our high schools Aug. 23 – Sept. 2. The […]

Rockwall-Heath Best Buddies welcome new members as they ‘pop’ back to school

Rockwall-Heath Best Buddies welcome new members as they ‘pop’ back to school

ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (August 20, 2021) Rockwall-Heath High School’s Best Buddies recently hosted a ‘Pop Back to School’ event to ring in the new school year with their buddies. The school friendship chapters are back in session and working to spread inclusion on campuses from day one. Heath Department of Public Safety dropped by the event […]

Rockwall Rubber Duck Regatta returns Sept. 4 in new location

Rockwall Rubber Duck Regatta returns Sept. 4 in new location

ROCKWALL, TX (August 20, 2021) The most spec-QUACK-ular event of the season is just around the corner! The 2021 Southwest Kia Rockwall Rubber Duck Regatta will be 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4 at Harry Myers Park, 815 E. Washington St. in Rockwall. Benefiting the Rockwall branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Texas, […]

TxDOT urges Texans to consider the tragic impact before getting behind the wheel after drinking

TxDOT urges Texans to consider the tragic impact before getting behind the wheel after drinking

EVERY NINE HOURS SOMEONE DIES FROM DRUNK DRIVING IN TEXAS AUSTIN – No parent should ever receive the kind of devastating news that two Bryan police officers delivered to Pam Todaro one early Saturday morning. At 6:45 a.m. on August 9, 2014 they appeared on her doorstep to tell her that her 25-year-old son had […]

‘Prayer, Praise and Worship’ at Rockwall Harbor Amphitheater Aug. 28

‘Prayer, Praise and Worship’ at Rockwall Harbor Amphitheater Aug. 28

ROCKWALL, TX (August 20, 2021) The community is welcome for “Prayer, Praise, and Worship in the City,” coming to the Rockwall Harbor Amphitheater from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, August 28. The PPW ministry hosts worship and prayer nights monthly in and around Rockwall, at varying locations. It is free and open to all. Learn […]

YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas announces first round of planned impact from recent MacKenzie Scott donation

The gift from Ms. Scott was the largest in the organization’s history DALLAS, TX (August 20, 2021) – The YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas announced today how the organization will use the first $1.5 million of the largest gift in its history from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to help the local North Texas community. “Last […]

Rockwall-Heath Mighty Hawk Band grads set to take the field in college marching bands

Rockwall-Heath Mighty Hawk Band grads set to take the field in college marching bands

ROCKWALL, TX (August 20, 2021) It’s that time of year! College football season is fast approaching, and outstanding marching bands across the country have been hard at work this month in preparation. This fall, two Class of 2021 graduates of Rockwall-Heath High School will be taking the field each Saturday for 100,000+ fans. They are both […]