(ROCKWALL, TX – April 5, 2017) Crappie fishing was the Easter egg hunting of my teenage years and each spring when the water thawed, I couldn’t wait to catch the “paper-mouthed poissons.” After my baseball practice and Dad saw his last Saturday patient, we’d jump in the van and speed up to our cabin at […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – April 4, 2017) First United Methodist Church of Rockwall is bringing the World Vision Experience to Rockwall. This FREE walk through exhibit will inspire and challenge your thinking as a global citizen. World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – March 30, 2017) Crews were still on scene in the Dalton Ranch neighborhood today, helping residents recover from Wednesday’s storms in North Rockwall. The Rockwall Fire Department continued to maintain the Mobile Command Unit to support the workers on site. The Rockwall Building Official has been meeting with insurance adjusters throughout the day […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – March 29, 2017) Relief and recovery efforts are underway for the Dalton Ranch subdivision located in north Rockwall that was hit by a severe storm late last night. The subdivision is located along FM 552 near Anna Cade Road and FM 1141. Rockwall County Emergency Management Specialist Melanie Jensen said the county’s […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – March 29, 2017) On Wednesday, March 29th, 2017, at approximately 3:10 a.m., the Rockwall Communications Center began receiving calls regarding reports of storm damage in the Dalton Ranch Subdivision in north Rockwall. Several homes have extensive damage as the storm moved quickly through the city. One resident was transported to an area […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – March 28, 2017) Fox 4 News Traffic Anchor Chip Waggoner joined Lakeside Ambucs as the guest speaker for its meeting last week at Cotton Patch Cafe in Rockwall, where the Ambucs presented a local family and their five-year-old boy with one of their special AmTrykes. Kaden Casebolt’s big smile lit up the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – March 29, 2017) Did you know that from the 1800s into the 1900s, Rockwall County had very little road construction equipment and that repairs to roads fell on the shoulders of the landowners and citizens? The Rockwall County Historical Foundation welcomed County Commissioner David Magness for its Sheri Stodghill Lecture Series on Friday, […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 24, 2017) City officials from the communities of Rockwall, Heath, Royse City and Fate delivered hot meals to the homebound elderly in the county on Tuesday, March 21, as part of the Meals on Wheels March for Meals Community Champions Week. Among the community “champions” packing and delivering meals on Tuesday […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – March 23, 2017) The Rockwall Chamber of Commerce welcomed Carry the Load Founder Clint Bruce as keynote speaker for its Annual First Responders Luncheon on Wednesday, presented by Baylor Scott and White Medical Center – Lake Pointe and Southwest Kia Rockwall. Bruce delivered a powerful message on what defines a hero to […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – March 20, 2017) With the first day of Spring upon us, Rockwall residents are enjoying a field of bluebonnets in bloom near Phelps Lake, where Friends of Raymond Cameron Lake Park (now Friends of the Lakes of Squabble Creek) – a grassroots organization of neighbors who want to help preserve the natural […]