(ROCKWALL, TX – May 17, 2017) In their first ever meeting last week, a group of area business leaders and community members known as 100 Business Leaders of Rockwall County presented a donation check of $10,700 to a local nonprofit – The Poiema Foundation. About five months ago, Brian Llewellyn, Lacy Deckard, Ellis Bentley, Angela […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — May 15, 2017) Lone Star CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) recently recognized 25 years of advocacy for the children of Rockwall and Kaufman Counties at the Volunteer Appreciation Banquet held at Hidden Creek in Heath. During these 25 years, CASA volunteers have devoted many hours, driven many miles, and found themselves in […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – May 15, 2017) On Thursday, May 11, 2017, a Rockwall County jury convicted Collin County resident Bruce Edward Bingham, Jr., age 32, of the second-degree felony offense of Intoxication Manslaughter. The punishment range was then enhanced based on Bingham’s plea of true to a prior felony conviction. On Friday, May 12, 2017, […]
(ROYSE CITY, TX — May 11, 2017) The American Legion Post 100 has been able to secure one of the Iraq/Afghanistan Traveling Walls to be put on display at Royse City City Hall on May 29th. The event will be open to the public. The Iraq/Afghanistan Traveling Wall contains the images and names of all […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – May 7, 2017) Latinos in Rockwall celebrated Cinco de Mayo Saturday in the old town square with mariachi music and folklorico dancing by students from Dobbs Elementary School, and noted the formation of Rockwall LULAC, the first LULAC council in Rockwall County. With concerns about legislation in Austin and Washington, D.C., Rockwall […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – April 21, 2017) Six months ago Tom Galli – a local retired Army civil engineer and cancer survivor – came into the general practitioner’s office for his annual physical, when he noticed something wrong with the nurse performing his checkup. She had been the nurse in charge of his care 13 years […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – April 20, 2017) Smith County “Master Gardener on Wheels” and Air Force Vietnam veteran David Gary gave tips on how to turn a backyard into a landscape masterpiece as the guest speaker at the Rockwall Kiwanis meeting on Tuesday, April 18. Through the photos in his PowerPoint presentation, Gary showed how he […]
Listed as one of the ‘Best Farmers Markets’ in the Dallas area (ROCKWALL, TX – April 4, 2017) The Rockwall Farmers Market will open for the 2017 season on May 6, and continue 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday through September 30 on the Historic Downtown Square. Established in 2008 by the Friends of Downtown […]
UPDATE: (ROYSE CITY, TX — April 7, 2017) Artisan Masonry is continuing their work on the Historic Calaboose in Royse City. On Tuesday, April 11 at 10:30 a foundation company will attempt to jack up and leveled the jail for further work. Critical items to be done in the near future include: -Removing the railroad […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – April 6, 2017) Bill Patterson, 96, and Adelle Luhn, 97, were crowned King and Queen of the Waltz Across Texas-themed Senior Prom held Tuesday at Liberty Heights Gracious Retirement Living in #Rockwall. Rockwall High students joined the residents to dance and dine as singer Paul Anderson performed classic tunes. Julie Claudio serves as […]