Rockwall Police Department Offers Drug Take Back Opportunity This Weekend

(ROCKWALL, TX – April 27, 2016)  If you need to clean out your medicine cabinet, you can do that this weekend. The Rockwall Police Department is providing an opportunity for people to safely dispose of old or unused prescription and over the counter medicines. It’s part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Drug Take Back […]

Meet Sabira, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

(ROCKWALL, TX – April 26, 2016) Sabira is a sweet and loving girl who wants nothing more than to find a home of her own. She is in a foster home with small children and other dogs and does great with them! She is spayed, microchipped, fully vaccinated and heartworm negative. Her adoption donation is […]

Lone Star CASA makes Mother’s Day happy for foster children

(ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX – April 26, 2016) On Mother’s Day we celebrate everything a mother does for her children.  Mothers change their children’s diapers, feed them, teach them to walk, take them to school, protect them and so much more. Sadly, not all children are so lucky to have a mother, or a mother figure, […]

Sheri Franza, Rockwall EDC president, speaks at Texas Women in Economic Development Conference

‘Power of the Purse’ initiative provides handbags for women’s shelter (ROCKWALL, TX – April 25, 2016) Sheri Franza, President and CEO of Rockwall Economic Development Corporation, was among the expert guest panelists to speak at the “See Jane Run 2016” Texas Women in Economic Development Conference April 19-20. The annual event, which was presented by […]

Superintendent Lone Finalist Selected for Rockwall ISD

(ROCKWALL, TX – April 25, 2016) The Rockwall ISD Board of Trustees unanimously named Dr. John (J.J.) E. Villarreal, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services with the Carroll Independent School District, as the district’s lone finalist for superintendent during a special board meeting held this morning, April 25. “The board took into consideration the voice of […]

Local author Mary DeMuth’s latest book, Worth Living, releases May 3

(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – April 23, 2016) Prolific writer and veteran author Mary DeMuth, of Rockwall, exposes the truth of where self-worth really comes from in her latest book, Worth Living: How God’s Wild Love for You Makes You Worthy (Baker Books, May 2016). DeMuth has overcome a difficult childhood of neglect and abuse and has […]

Rockwall-based program receives Governor’s Criminal Justice Volunteer Service Award

(AUSTIN, TX – April 23, 2016) – One Man’s Treasure was presented the Reentry and Integration Division Award during the recent Governor’s 2016 Criminal Justice Volunteer Service Award program. The award was presented by Texas Board of Criminal Justice Chairman Dale Wainwright and TDCJ Executive Director Brad Livingston during a ceremony in Austin. “The unwavering dedication […]

Planet Fitness opens new club in Rockwall

23,000 square foot Judgement Free Zone® now open in Ridge Road Center (ROCKWALL, TX – April 21, 2016) Planet Fitness is proud to announce the Grand Opening of its new Rockwall club, located at 1201 Ridge Road in Ridge Road Center.  The Rockwall facility includes over 23,000 square feet of new space and equipment, and […]