ROCKWALL, TX – April 15, 2022 — Meet Jillian Maggio! Jillian is the daughter of Chuck and Donna Maggio. She is Head of Communications and serves on the Social Council. This year Jillian danced with Elite Jazz, Team Novelty and Team Open all of which were named American Dance/Drill Team National Champions. In her three […]
ROCKWALL, TX – April 15, 2022 — A woman who approached our dinner table shocked our small church group. Someone asked her, “How much weight did you lose?” “Fifty pounds,” the woman replied with no enthusiasm. This poor soul had suffered the harsh effects of a deadly superbug. Her cure was harsh as well: high-power […]
ROCKWALL, TX – April 15, 2022 — The community joined the Children’s Advocacy Center for Rockwall County (CACRC), Lone Star CASA, the Rainbow Room, Child Protective Services and Rockwall County elected officials on the lawn of the Historic Downtown Courthouse yesterday for a proclamation recognizing Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month. The annual event – […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (April 15, 2022) Rockwall High School and Rockwall-Heath High School recently announced the top 10 students for the Class of 2022. For RHS, the Valedictorian is Harrison DeLong and the Salutatorian is Angela Walters. For RHHS, the Valedictorian is Alexandra Wiprud and the Salutatorian is Reed Sitterle. Congratulations to these students for being […]
ROCKWALL, TX (April 15, 2022) The Rockwall High School robotics team, Team 1296 – Full Metal Jackets, recently competed at State where they won the Chairman’s Award. The Chairman’s Award is the most prestigious award at FIRST, it honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the […]
ROCKWALL, TX (April 15, 2022) Culinary students from the Dr. Gene Burton College & Career Academy recently competed at the Texas ProStart Competition. Danielle Iadanza of Rockwall High School placed first in the salsa competition, creating a roasted tomatillo salsa Verde. Eliza Lackey (RHS), Clay Castenada (RHS), Natilee Hernandez (RHHS), Eileen Ramirez (RHHS), and Audrey Duvall […]
ROCKWALL, TX – April 14, 2022 — The Stingerette Senior Showcase today is Payton Brott. She is the daughter of Chris and Amber Brott. Payton is on the Social Council this year and serves as the Chaplain of the team. Her junior year she was a Rockwall Dance Instructor and assisted with the Utley Middle […]
ROCKWALL, TX – April 14, 2022 — The Rockwall Rotary Club recognized two Rockwall ISD students during its meeting today as its Students of Honor – Nebbie Williams Elementary School student Kriston McClain and Rockwall-Heath High School student Cecelia Umoh. Williams Elementary School Principal Paige White introduced Kriston and his family and presented him the […]
ROCKWALL, TX – April 13, 2022 — In its regular meeting on April 12th, the Rockwall County Commissioners Court honored local WWII hero C.B. Perdue who recently passed away. Cawthon Bailey Perdue, Jr. was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps after his graduation from high school in 1944. The farm boy from Arkansas was […]
ROCKWALL, TX – April 13, 2022 — Meet Astryn Wilson, our Stingerette Senior Showcase today. Astryn is the daughter of Kasie and Bobby Conger, and Chris and Cari Wilson. Astryn has danced with the Stingerettes all three years as well as with the JV Jacket Babes her Freshman year. Astryn was a part of the […]