Meet Keta, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 23, 2016) Keta is a one-year-old Chihuahua mix. She has lovely auburn hair and chocolate brown eyes. She has long slender legs and weighs in at 10 lbs. She is playful and sweet and enjoying the sunshine now that she’s out of the shelter. Keta’s adoption fee is a donation of $125. All […]

Heath wrestlers are State Champions

(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 23, 2016) The Rockwall-Heath Wresting team won the 2016- 5A State Wrestling Championship at the Berry Center in Cypress-Fairbanks through a team effort over the weekend.  Heath wrestlers came away with six state placers. There was not one individual champion, which in a lot of ways makes the win even more special […]

Rockwall YMCA recognizes ‘Over the Top’ award winner

(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 23, 2016) The J.E.R. Chilton YMCA at Rockwall is pleased to recognize its first “Over the Top” award winner, Tyler Eavenson. The “Over the Top” award recognizes a YMCA member, staff member, or volunteer that has shown an attitude of service that goes over and above all expectations. According to Executive […]

Rockwall to be featured on WFAA-TV’s live newscast Thursday

Open invitation for proud Rockwall residents to represent all the good the City has to offer.  (ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 23, 2016) WFAA-TV’s Channel 8 News has selected the City of Rockwall for their next live newscast this week, and Rockwall residents are invited to participate. The event is scheduled for this Thursday, February 25, from […]

Texas Health Rockwall debuts latest technology in detection of breast cancer

Rockwall Women’s Imaging & Breast Center is one of the first in the DFW area to offer 3D Total Breast Ultrasound (ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 21, 2016) As a leading healthcare provider, the Rockwall Women’s Imaging & Breast Center at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall is pleased to offer 3D Total Breast Ultrasound. Designed with patients […]

Mark Kipphut announces candidacy for McLendon-Chisholm City Council Place 2

(MCLENDON-CHISHOLM, TX – Feb. 20, 2016) Mark Kipphut has announced he will be a candidate for the McLendon-Chisholm City Council Place 2. Current Place 2 Councilman Jack Pullen recently decided he will not seek re-election after faithfully serving the community for over 30 years. The politically-conservative Kipphut has lived in McLendon-Chisholm since January 2014 after […]

Tickets available for Friday’s Reagan Day Dinner hosted by Rockwall GOP

(ROCKWALL, TX -Feb. 20, 2016) Tickets are still available for the Rockwall County Republican Party’s 2016 Reagan Day Dinner at 7 p.m. this Friday, February 26 at the Hilton Dallas/Rockwall Lakefront. Congressman Trey Gowdy (SC-4) will be the keynote speaker. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for a silent auction and photos. “Trey is a conservative […]

Pullen partners with Helping Hands on Students Serving Others projects

Students display servant leadership (ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 20, 2016) Parents and students of Pullen Elementary School collected 86 bags of food to kick-start this month’s Students Serving Others (SSO) service project benefitting the Rockwall County Helping Hands Food Pantry. Pullen faculty and students packed the gymnasium at the school to welcome Jon Bailey, president […]

Rockwall Realtor Workshop deemed overwhelming success

Annual City-hosted event draws 150 area realtors. (ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 20, 2016) Often the first person newcomers meet here, realtors are key to the City’s marketing efforts. That’s why for the second year in a row, the City of Rockwall hosted a realtor workshop to educate, inform and empower area realtors with up-to-the minute […]