ROYSE CITY, TX – March 14, 2021 – As of March 3rd, 2021, I Cort LaBlank am excited to announce I am running for Royse City Council Place 2. I want to help ensure Royse City experiences effective growth and the needs that come with it. I am passionate about preserving our city’s history and […]
ROCKWALL, TX – March 12, 2021 – The Rockwall High School Stingerettes Varsity Drill Team, the Showstoppers Elite Team and Officers competed at the Showtime International dance competition February 27 in Mansfield. The team entered in the Contemporary, Jazz, and Hip-Hop categories where they won first place in all three! The Showstoppers Elite team entered in Open, […]
ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX – March 12, 2021 – TexasSpeaks is being conducted in Rockwall County and across the State of Texas to allow the citizens of Texas to provide their input on the assets and issues in their communities. The local branch of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has a rich history of providing […]
Austin, TX – The Public Utility Commission of Texas today named Adrianne Brandt the agency’s new Director of ERCOT, Inc. Accountability and charged her with enhancing the PUC’s oversight of the grid operator and market manager. In this role, she will be assisted by former ERCOT COO, Brad Jones. “Adrianne is the exact mixture of […]
ROCKWALL, TX – March 11, 2021 – 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 March 16. Fresh fruit, vegetables, and other […]
AUSTIN – With spring around the corner, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists are asking residents with bird feeders to routinely clean them, and the areas surrounding them, in order to help slow the spread of potentially deadly diseases among bird species. Seeds and seed hulls that accumulate on feeder trays and on the […]
ROCKWALL, TX – March 11, 2021 – Hermès, a local gelding trained at Black Star Sport Horses, just earned the prestigious title of Horse of the Year, awarded by the United States Equestrian Federation. Trainer Jessica Blackmon-White won a world title on Hermès last fall at the Grand National & World Morgan Horse Show in Oklahoma […]
March 11, 2021 – A Crawfish Boil benefiting Fate DPS Officer Clint Willoughby is planned for 5 p.m. Sunday, March 21 at Southern Junction Nightclub and Steakhouse, 5574 Highway 276 in Royse City. Willoughby was diagnosed with COVID-19 on November 24, 2020 and hospitalized on December 3. He was put on a ventilator the next […]
AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is now taking public comment on the following proposed changes to the 2021-2022 Statewide Hunting and Migratory Game Bird Proclamations: Add crossbow to the definition of lawful archery equipment Modify the muzzleloader definition to clarify only the bullet or projectile must be loaded through the muzzle […]
AUSTIN – Much of the Rio Grande wild turkey range in Texas experienced two great years of turkey production and recruitment in 2019 and 2020, and this means that hunters this spring season can expect to see many jakes and two-year-old gobblers across most of the Rio Grande range. “Those jakes will also keep things […]