Local boutique offers free homecoming dresses

Local boutique offers free homecoming dresses

(ROCKWALL, TX—October 6, 2017) It is homecoming weekend for Rockwall High School, and one local boutique wants to make sure every girl attending gets the chance to feel like a princess. Hazel and Olive, located at 304 N San Jacinto Street, is offering free homecoming dresses to anyone who can’t afford their own. The dresses […]

Dallas skyline shines turquoise for millions living with Dysautonomia

Dallas skyline shines turquoise for millions living with Dysautonomia

(DALLAS, TX — October 5, 2017) The Bank of America Building, a landmark in the Dallas skyline, will light up turquoise on Saturday, Oct. 28 in support of Dysautonomia Awareness Month. Dysautonomia International is hosting a fundraiser at nearby Enchilada’s Restaurant from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., where guests will enjoy spectacular views of the […]

A gift of life: City manager of Royse City to donate kidney to Rockwall resident

A gift of life: City manager of Royse City to donate kidney to Rockwall resident

(ROYSE CITY, TX — October 3, 2017) A prospective kidney donor and recipient call it faith—not fate—that brought them together in a hallway at City Hall in Royse City early one morning in April. That’s the best explanation that Carl Alsabrook and Jesse Vaughn have for their face-to-face meeting in a hallway after an early-morning […]

Rowlett-based youth ministry expands outreach to Central America

Rowlett-based youth ministry expands outreach to Central America

(ROWLETT, TX — October 2, 2017) The Men and Ladies of Honor program, based in Rowlett, Texas, is pleased to announce the release of its life-changing leadership and character curriculum in Spanish. “A door has been opened to bring the Gospel and the Honor Impact to Spanish-speaking communities all over the world,” said Executive Director […]

Salute the Kids: Camping adventure for military families

Salute the Kids: Camping adventure for military families

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 29, 2017) A total of 15 military families – a third of them from Rockwall County – will come together for a free weekend of excitement, re-connection and healing at beautiful Pine Cove in Tyler, TX during the Salute the Kids Fall Family Camp on Oct. 13-15. Salute the Kids is […]

Jim Hardin: Becoming Richer Through Kind Gestures

Jim Hardin: Becoming Richer Through Kind Gestures

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 29, 2017) I’m a rich man, and I haven’t even had a visit from Michael Anthony. A few people will remember Michael Anthony. He was the executive secretary for John Beresford Tipton Jr., in “The Millionaire” television series that was a weekly feature for Marcus, Agnes, Jimmy and Carole Sue Hardin […]

Letter to the Editor from Rockwall County Judge David Sweet

Letter to the Editor from Rockwall County Judge David Sweet

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 29, 2017) A Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce audience heard me comment during an Aug. 23 program that some major Rockwall County accomplishments were not made by accident. No boast intended, but I wanted to bring home the point that our little county—the smallest in Texas—has overcome some big challenges because […]

New worship leadership team joins Lakeshore Church

New worship leadership team joins Lakeshore Church

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 28, 2017) Lakeshore Church is proud to announce the hiring of a new worship leadership team. Blake and Katie Frazier recently moved to the Ray Hubbard area after finishing their studies in Worship Ministry at Highlands College in Birmingham, Alabama. Blake is from a musical family, and began playing various musical […]

Megyesi family honored as Angels in Adoption

Megyesi family honored as Angels in Adoption

(FATE, TX — September 27, 2017) Lorne and Tonya Megyesi’s five-and-a-half-year journey that led to their adoption of two Haitian children earned for them a trip to Washington, D.C. for recognition as U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe’s Angels in Adoption. He selected the Fate couple as 2017 Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s Angels in Adoption. They […]

Free dental care for veterans at Nov. 10 D-Day for V-Day event

Free dental care for veterans at Nov. 10 D-Day for V-Day event

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 27, 2017) On Friday, Nov. 10, Rockwall County veterans will be offered free dental care at the first ever “D-Day (Dental Day) for V-Day (Veterans Day)” in the Lowrance Clinic (1350 Summer Lee Dr.). Dr. Stan Lowrance, long time Rockwall practitioner, believes dentists need to step up and help veterans, as […]

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