PRESIDENT’S PEN (ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 29, 2016) It’s been a very busy and productive year for the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce. As President of the Chamber, I would like to share what’s on the horizon in the Chamber world. You won’t want to miss our final events of 2016! I would be remiss […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 28, 2016) Enjoy a fun day on the Blase Family Farm, 1232 E. Fork in Rockwall, on Opening Day of the Pumpkin Patch, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. The community is invited to visit the wooded farm for the Pumpkin Patch, October 1-30, 2016! Enjoy a hayride, petting zoo, […]
(HEATH, TX – Sept. 28, 2016) At their regular meeting last night, the Heath City Council adopted a balanced budget that reduces the tax rate for Heath citizens while funding the addition of a new Public Safety Officer, a Streets and Parks Maintenance staff member and a Parks Action Plan for improving and expanding the […]
(WASHINGTON Sept. 28, 2016) Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) exposed troubling new details today surrounding the Clinton email investigation during his questioning of FBI Director James Comey before the House Judiciary Committee. In the exchange, Ratcliffe focused on implications of the facts revealed by documents released by the FBI after Comey initially announced his recommendation not […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – Sept. 28, 2016) The Fulton School has headed into the 2016-17 school year in full swing as it prepares to celebrate 30 years providing a well-balanced education to area students. The Fulton School – located at 1626 Smirl Dr. – is an independent, coeducational college preparatory school spanning preschool through 12th grade. […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 28, 2016) The Flower Box, located at 2500 Highway 66 in Rockwall, invites everyone to participate in a contest in which four “Harvest Queens” will be selected from among special ladies nominated from within the community and crowned during the month of October. Has there been a teacher, neighbor, family member […]
Rock Horn! Oct 10-15 (ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 27, 2016) Rockwall High School Homecoming week is October 10-15. The RHS Homecoming Parade will take place on October 12. The parade begins at 6:00 pm at Dobb’s Elementary School. The parade route will follow Clark Street to Boydston to Townsend, and end at the Wilkerson Sanders […]
Election 2017: Vote early (Sept. 27, 2016) Rockwall County Election Administrator Chris Lynch urges residents to vote early in the 2017 presidential race due to expected large crowds. There are about 57,000 registered voters in the county, Mr. Lynch said, and it is estimated that 45,000 will cast votes in the November election. Half of […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 26, 2016) Recently I spent an evening locked in an old professor’s office with six of my good friends for a little over an hour, trying desperately to hunt down a key that would allow me to escape. I didn’t have my cell phone on me, so I was armed only […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 26, 2016) Seven members of the Rockwall High School Jazz Band won chairs in the Region 25 All Region Jazz Auditions at McKinney North High School on Wednesday, September 21. Riley Stewart, Nick Messick, Aren Moore, Alex King, Ryan Rohde, James Matthews, and Trey Efeney won seven of the 21 chairs […]