ROCKWALL (December 19, 2013) Senior residents of The Mansions of Rockwall Active Adult Community, along with staff members and their families, have been very busy gathering gifts for local children in need this holiday season. They collected more than 210 toys, which will be handed out at the Rockwall County Boys and Girls Club Christmas […]
ROCKWALL (December 19, 2013) Many families bring pets into the family during the Christmas season, but have little understanding about proper care or training. Rockwall County 4-H will host a short term project for families with kids 8 years old and in the third grade to 18 who are getting a pet for Christmas. The […]
ROCKWALL (December 19, 2013) Boy Scout Troop 83’s recent geocaching campout was a blast! We learned how to use a GPS (global positioning system). Each group of Scouts went through the same course. Each patrol also made one pot meals, and my group won the contest with a dish of macaroni calzones. My group’s iron […]
Volunteer tutors can help change the world…one word at at time ROCKWALL (December 19, 2013) The Rockwall County Library Reading for Adults (RFA) Literacy Program offers FREE educational classes including: English as a Second Language (ESL) GED Studies and Preparation U.S. Citizenship Preparation Adult Literacy Studies With an enrollment of 300 students, RFA has convenient […]
ROCKWALL (December 17, 2013) Congratulations to the Rockwall Heath High School cheerleaders who competed in the National Cheerleaders Association State of Texas Championship on December 15, 2013. The Black Team won 1st place in the Large Intermediate Level High School Division. The Red Team won 1st place in the Coed Advanced High School division. Info […]
ROCKWALL (December 16, 2013) Why is Penny Lane shuttling between the vet’s office and Santa’s lap? Because she just had hip replacement surgery. This sweet and loving young dog sat in pain for two weeks at a local animal shelter while her condition worsened. Now that she’s been rescued by Rockwall Pets, Penny is getting the surgery […]
ROCKWALL (December 16, 2013) Tickets are expected to go on sale by early February for the much anticipated Rockwall Women’s League Charity Ball 2014, set for April 12 at the Omni Dallas Hotel. The nonprofit organization is celebrating its 40th anniversary in style, with Club 40: Jazz at the Ruby Room. The evening will include […]
ROCKWALL – December 16, 2013 – Amy Parks Heath Elementary students would like to thank all those who donated to their APHE First Grade Big Hearts for Breakfast Food Drive. APHE first graders provided four shopping carts full of cereal and granola bars to the Rockwall County Helping Hands Food Pantry. “I had the privilege […]
ROCKWALL (December 11, 2013) If you are a parent interested in purchasing a telescope for your child as a Christmas present, the Golden Rule is: DO NOT BUY A TELESCOPE AT A DEPARTMENT STORE OR BIG BOX STORE. If you are busy and/or don’t like to read very much, then you just have to read […]
Episode airs Saturday, Photo gallery available after show ROCKWALL (December 11, 2013) America Unearthed will air the “Great Wall of Texas” – an episode about the mysterious underground rock wall formation for which Rockwall, TX is named – this Saturday December 14th at 9PM EST/8PM CST on the H2 network. Show host and forensic geologist Scott Wolter […]