(ROCKWALL, TX – June 4, 2015) Local fundraising efforts are underway to assist victims of flooding associated with the filling of Wallace Lake by recent rainfall events. Local community leaders who have agreed to coordinate local private fundraising efforts include: Bennie Daniels John White David Smith Sandy Doyle Larry Parks Dennis Bailey The group has […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – June 4, 2015) Rockwall mom Kristi Bryant knows all too well the importance of being able to celebrate a child’s birthday. But perhaps more importantly, she also recognizes that some of those parents within the community who struggle financially may not be able to afford a birthday gift or throw a birthday […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – June 4, 2015) The End Child Abuse Walk has been rescheduled June 6, 9 am, at the Harry Myers Park Pickens Lake pavilion, due to last Saturday’s thunderstorms. The event will kick off a countywide child abuse prevention campaign, led by Rockwall-based Americans Ending Abuse, which initiated the 2011 Texas law making it […]
Essay winner from Pullen Elementary reads winning entry at Rest Haven Memorial Ceremony (ROCKWALL, TX – May 30, 2015) Last weekend students took the opportunity to honor troops and first responders at the Carry the Load Memorial Day March. Fourth graders from Pullen Elementary and their teacher Julie Woodard form a group called Writers for […]
(ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX – May 27, 2015) Several of Rockwall County’s seniors, programs and volunteers received some well-deserved recognition for their involvement in helping others and bringing positive change to the community during the Older Americans Day Celebration on May 22 at the Rockwall County Library. The theme for this year’s event – “Get into […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – May 27, 2015) This Memorial Day, Rock Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care chose to honor their veteran residents with the unveiling of a Veteran’s Wall. Life Enrichment and Volunteer Coordinator Elizabeth Crider collected old photos of the residents in uniform and assembled them on the wall. She and the rest of […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – May 27, 2015) Local non-profit organization Lakeside AMBUCS presented its biggest Amtryke giveaway yet on Thursday, May 21 at Honda Cars of Rockwall. The event saw five local-area children with disabilities fitted to their very own Amtryke, and smiles and cheers abounded as Bryleigh Phillips (2), Luca Luevano (4), Jamarcus Hamilton (7), […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – May 26, 2015) Save the date – noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 7 – when Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall and Texas Oncology’s Mesquite and Rockwall locations celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day with a first-of-its-kind community party on the Downtown Rockwall Square. There will be live entertainment by Rockwall’s own by Mike […]
Don Silaff’s 1937 Ford takes top prize for 2nd time (ROCKWALL, TX – May 22, 2015) Over eight years of reconstruction paid off for Don Silaff last weekend after his upscaled 1937 Ford Convertible took home Best in Show at the Cars for CASA auto show for the second year in a row. Silaff said […]
(HEATH, TX – May 22, 2015) It was a fire engine Red Letter Day for Preston Lucas and Will Ragland of Amy Parks-Heath Elementary today! They were winners of the Hour with a Heath Hero package offered during the recent PTO Silent Auction fundraiser. The prize included riding in the fire truck, touring the DPS […]