ROCKWALL, TX (March 3, 2023) It’s getting on towards March and I feel myself coming back to life. I become slumpy in the second month of the year. Projects set aside for winter months are drudgery in February. Photo albums are stacked in the guest room, archival boxes stacked alongside, waiting for me. I am more […]
ROCKWALL, Texas (May 3, 2023) – The Rockwall Economic Development Corporation (REDC) hosted its annual Executive Appreciation Event on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at Hilton Dallas/Rockwall Lakefront. REDC hosted c-suite executives from Rockwall’s primary employers, along with City staff, City Council, and ambassadors of the Rockwall Chamber of Commerce. The networking event allowed local primary […]
HEATH, TX (March 3, 2023) The Heath Department of Public Safety (DPS) has received the Accredited Law Enforcement Agency Award from the Texas Police Chiefs Association Law Enforcement Accreditation Program. Heath DPS is one of only 191 agencies in Texas to achieve this distinction, representing the top 7 percent statewide. Begun in 2006, the Accreditation […]
Support will help to fight senior hunger and isolation in Rockwall County ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 26, 2023) Meals on Wheel Senior Services announced today that it will be participating in the 20th annual March for Meals – a month-long, nationwide celebration of Meal on Wheels and our senior neighbors who rely on the vital service […]
HEATH, TX (Feb. 25, 2023) Heath City Manager Aretha Adams and her staff team want to connect with the community to share important information regarding City activities, initiatives and issues. To make it easy for you to keep up to date, the City is launching a new monthly City Manager Chat podcast on March 30. […]
ROCKWALL, TX, 2/20/23 – Rockwall High School Student Council attended the Texas Association of Student Councils (TASC) District 3 conference this past weekend where they submitted their application for state recognitions and also ran for the position of recording secretary with RHS junior Emily Nielsen as their representative to the board. Not only were they […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 27, 2023) Once, while living in Germany many years ago, we entered into the gray sky season where we did not see the sun for over three months. Seasonal depression ran rampant and my husband and I, me from sunny Southern California and him raised in and under the warm skies of […]
ROYSE CITY, TX (Feb. 17, 2023) The Royse City ISD School Board unanimously approved Teresa Atkins as principal of elementary school #7 in the Waterscape Subdivision. The new school was approved in the May 2021 Bond Referendum and will open in August of 2024. The district will seek input from the community over the summer […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 16, 2023) – Rockwall City Manager Mary Smith has officially named Edward Fowler as the Chief of the Rockwall Police Department. Fowler has been serving as Interim Chief since last August, after former Chief Max Geron retired from the role. The U.S. Marines veteran returned to his hometown after serving in the […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (Feb. 15, 2023) Every morning and afternoon, Charlotte Fieldsmith, a fourth grader at Dorothy Smith Pullen Elementary at the time, would see her sweet 90-year-old school crossing guard keep students safe as they crossed the street. Mrs. Elaine Watson was known as a charismatic and caring crossing guard who loved greeting the students […]