Christmas tree drop-off available for Rockwall residents

(ROCKWALL, TX – Dec. 23, 2015) City of Rockwall residents are invited to drop off their live Christmas trees at the Tuttle Sports Complex parking lot, located at 1550 Airport Road, beginning Saturday, December 26 until Monday, January 11. No drop off from commercial operations. Residents are asked to remove all ornaments, lights and stands before […]

American Pickers to film in Texas

American Pickers to film in Texas

(ROCKWALL, TX – Dec. 21, 2015) Texas is excited to welcome Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz and Antique Archeology to the area. The team will film episodes of their hit series AMERICAN PICKERS throughout Texas. Filming is scheduled for February 2016. AMERICAN PICKERS is a documentary series that explores the fascinating world of antique ‘picking’ on History. […]

Hartman Robotics Team earns first place at First Lego League North Texas Qualifier

(ROCKWALL, TX – Dec. 21, 2015) Congratulations to the Hartman Robotics Team. They earned first place at the First Lego League North Texas Qualifier on Saturday, December 12. They will move to the next level of competition, Regionals, in February. The team is coached by parents and teacher-sponsor Lisa Gear. The team earned a perfect […]

Springer Robotics Team, Special E-VEX, qualifies for Regionals

(ROCKWALL, TX – Dec. 21, 2015) Congratulations to the Springer Robotics Team, Special-E-VEX, for earning the Excellence Award and STEM Research Award at the VEX IQ competition at Utley on Saturday! They qualified for Regionals in March. Featured clockwise are Eli Deen, Ethan Montanez, Caleb Rodriguez, Ryan Bostik, Ameer Abu-Ziyadeh, J.D. Webb, and Connor Linscott. […]

Meet Vixen, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

(ROCKWALL, TX – Dec. 21, 2015) Vixen, a two-year-old Chihuahua, is a very sweet and high energy girl. She loves to run and play. She is housebroken and crate trained. Her adoption fee for the month of December is only $100. She has already been spayed, micro-chipped and is up to date on all of her […]