(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 17, 2017) A Keyhole Garden Workshop will be held on Saturday, March 25 at the Rockwall County Library, 1215 E. Yellowjacket Lane in Rockwall. The program will begin with registration at 9 a.m. and Dr. Deb Tolman will begin the presentation at 9:30. After a lunch break, workshop participants will move to the […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – Feb. 13, 2017) Amy-Parks Heath Elementary School student Elise Harding was recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Mathnasium of Rockwall-Heath, as part of the Mathnasium CEO Scholarship Program. Each month throughout the school year, 94.9 KLTY and Mathnasium feature a CEO who grants a scholarship to a local school-age child in grade […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 16, 2017) The Home School Athletic Association High School Water Polo Angels started their 4th season as the only all home school high school team in the nation. With 30 plus showing up for the first practice, Valentine’s Day was the perfect day for these athletes to return to the game […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 4, 2017) The Rockwall County Historical Foundation and Rockwall County Historical Commission present the Sheri Stodghill Lecture Series 2017. These programs are free and open to the public from noon to 1 p.m. (usually on the second Friday of the month) in the third floor courtroom at the Historic Downtown Rockwall […]
(ROWLETT, TX – Feb. 14, 2017) Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Lake Pointe has been designated as an Advanced (Level III) Trauma Facility by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Level III designation indicates that Baylor Scott & White – Lake Pointe is staffed by physicians and health care professionals with advanced trauma […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 14, 2017) The Rockwall Soroptimist recently presented five head of household mothers with Live Your Dream Awards to assist them in continuing their education. Judy Canterbury, second from left, is the Chair of the club’s Live Your Dream committee that selected the women from several applicants. The award winners pictured from left to right are: Makayla Moody, […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 13, 2017) Here’s Daisy! She is a sweet 1.5-year-old, 73 lb American Bulldog mix looking for a forever home! She is hard of hearing so she would love a family who has time to teach her by hand signals. Daisy has been spayed, microchipped and fully vaccinated. Contact for more information […]
(ROCKWALL, HEATH, TX – Feb. 11, 2017) I’m still surprised I chose to attend the University of Arkansas. My parents didn’t like my far-away plan, especially when good schools were closer to home—smaller colleges, which seemed a better fit for me. My mother, who’d heard wild stories, had one stipulation: request a non-freshman dorm. I […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 11, 2017) The first time I met my father-in-law he shoveled wet concrete in his back yard. Back then he wasn’t my father-in-law, he was Mr. McGinnis, a hulk of a man, standing 6’3”, boasting forearms the size of hams. I couldn’t help but imagine being shoved feet first into the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 11, 2017) Editor’s Note: Each year at Valentine’s Day, Blue Ribbon News asks local couples how they met. Their stories are often sweet, funny and surprising. Sharing their tales of true love has become one of our favorite traditions – and one of our most wildly popular features. Shelley and Brian Berry […]