Rowlett recognized as 2016 Playful City USA Community

257 communities exhibiting Playability to be recognized as part of 2016 Playful City USA Program (ROWLETT, TX – May 18, 2016) Rowlett is being honored with a 2016 Playful City USA designation for the sixth time. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the national recognition program honors cities and towns across the country for making their cities […]

Historical Foundation to celebrate Founders Day with Living Exhibits, chance to become ‘guest farmer’ at Cotton Patch

Guest farmers invited to stake out a parcel of Blackland Prairie and plant their own cotton crop (ROCKWALL, TX – May 12, 2016) The Rockwall Founders Day celebration on Saturday, May 21 will include the opportunity for folks to “lease” parcels of the Rockwall County Historical Foundation’s Cotton Patch and plant cotton seeds for the […]

Rockwall Chamber welcomes Membership Development Consultants

(ROCKWALL, TX – May 11, 2016) The Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Center is pleased to announce that Dorothy Spradlin and Trey Finley have joined the Chamber staff as new Membership Development Consultants. They will be leading and driving new partner sales, in a part-time capacity. With the onboarding of nearly 200 new […]

Meet Aunt May, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

(ROCKWALL, TX – May 16, 2016) Here’s Aunt May! While Aunt May’s breed is anyone’s guess, there is no mistaking how sweet and playful this girl is! She loves to play hide and seek and would do anything for some snuggles. She is heartworm positive, but Rockwall Pets will cover her treatment. She has all of her age […]

Rowlett Pet Spotlight: Rollo

(ROCKWALL, TX—May 16, 2016) Rollo is a 3-4 year old Labrador Retriever mix. He has a handsome brindle coat with white markings on his face and chest. Rollo gets along really well with other dogs. He loves peanut butter and honey flavored dog treats. You can use them to lure him into the car for […]

Royse City student named runner-up in Congressional Art Competition

(ROYSE CITY, TX – May 16, 2016) Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) announced today Brooke Austin of Royse City High School as one of the runners-up in the 2016 Congressional Art Competition. The winners were selected by a panel of judges who assessed submissions from high school students all across the 18 counties in Texas’ Fourth […]

Extension Master Gardeners to host office hours Wednesdays, 10 to noon

(ROCKWALL, TX – May 16, 2016) Beginning this Wednesday, Extension Master Gardeners will be available in the Texas AgriLife Extension Service Rockwall County Office  to answer horticultural based questions from the public. Stop by 915 Whitmore Dr. Ste. B, Wednesdays from 10-12 and a Rockwall County Master Gardener will be on hand to research questions […]

Julie Anne White inducted into Alphi Chi Honor Society

(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – May 14, 2016) Julie Anne White of Rockwall was recently inducted into Harding University’s chapter of Alpha Chi National Honor Society. White, a journalism major, was welcomed into the prestigious society along with more than 70 other students. Alpha Chi is a nationally acclaimed honor society designed to commend academic excellence in universities across the nation. […]