Winter Fastpitch Softball Skills Clinic Jan 4

ROCKWALL (December 29, 2013) Girls ages 8 to 14 may participate in a Winter Fastpitch Softball Skills Clinic from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, January 4th at Leon Tuttle Athletic Complex, located at 1550 Airport Road in Rockwall. Learn the fundamentals of softball with former USA Olympic and University of Texas softball player Taylor […]

Rockwall County Master Gardeners present Successful Gardening Class Jan 11

Master Gardener Kim Martin of Barking Cat Farm leads the class ROCKWALL COUNTY (December 27, 2013) Kim Martin, certified Master Gardener and co-owner of Barking Cat Farms, will be the instructor for the Rockwall County Master Gardener Association’s first gardening class of 2014. Class participants will learn very important basic information that will help any […]

Lone Star CASA to host volunteer information sessions

(December 27, 2013) Lone Star CASA will host information sessions for those interested in serving as a volunteer advocate, working with abused children of Kaufman and Rockwall counties. CASA  (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteers are appointed by a judge to discover the best possible outcome for an abused or neglected child’s future.  It is the goal […]

Pancake breakfast to kick off Wylie/Sachse/Murphy Relay for Life registration

WYLIE/SACHSE/MURPHY (December 26, 2013) Relay for Life of Wylie/Sachse/Murphy will host a Registration Kick-Off Pancake Breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, January 18, 2014.  Hosted by Wylie United Methodist Church and sponsored by the Wylie McDonald’s, the event will feature a theme of Super Heroes Saving the World, One Cure At A Time. The […]

Tomorrow’s Hunter: healing in the outdoors

Tomorrow’s Hunter: healing in the outdoors

(December 20, 2013) Tomorrow’s Hunter, a local nonprofit organization serving wounded veterans and their children, hosted an outreach event on Veterans Day on a private Ranch in Terrell. Two Marine Corps families, a wounded Army veteran and his family, and an Army SOS family were treated to a day of archery, fishing and meaningful bonding time. […]

Blue Ribbon News, Rockwall YMCA team up to give away free memberships

(December 19, 2013) Blue Ribbon News and JER Chilton YMCA at Rockwall have teamed up to say thank you for following our GOOD NEWS and to wish you a very happy and healthy New Year! On Friday, Jan 10, two lucky Blue Ribbon News readers will each win a FREE 3-month membership to the JER Chilton YMCA […]

City of Rockwall brush collection update

ROCKWALL (December 19, 2013) As of Wednesday, December 18, Republic Waste Service has collected 235 tons of brush related to the recent winter storm.  Republic will continue to work the rest of this week, the weekend, and into next week but they will not likely be done by Christmas.  Crews will continue with the cleanup […]

SuperKatz – not your average cheer squad

SuperKatz – not your average cheer squad

ROCKWALL (December 19, 2013) An unknown author once wrote, “Cheerleaders are simply a jump above the rest.” Soon after I read that quote it made me wonder if the author had the honor of meeting a unique group of teens from the SuperKatz cheer squad. SuperKatz comprises nearly two dozen local youths, each with a mental […]