ROCKWALL, TX (September 2, 2014) Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall announces expanded services for wound care. The Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, located at 3142 Horizon Road #206, in Rockwall is now open and treating patients. With approximately 6.5 million people suffering chronic wounds in the United States the need for high quality […]
ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX (August 11, 2014) Come cheer on local celebrities as they compete to be crowned as the Wing King or Queen at the 1st Annual Buffalo Wild Wings Wing-A-Thon on Wednesday, September 3. The event, which benefits the Boys & Girls Club of Rockwall County, will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The […]
Plan and prepare, but be flexible ROCKWALL,TX. (August 25, 2014) Recently I came across a six page “birthing plan” and wondered, ‘How did I ever deliver my three babies without one?’ I understand that times change and I certainly noticed changes in the nine years separating my first and third children, but I was amazed […]
ROYSE CITY, TX (August 25, 2014) Susan Miley went back to school in dramatic fashion. Unhappy with her job, she submitted her resignation and was on her way to meet her new teacher one day later. Susan had purchased two sets of her instructor’s books and was eager to learn more. “I’ve always adored Cesar,” […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (August 25, 2014) Plastic folders, crayons and those timeless tools of learning, pencils and paper, currently fill store shelves to capacity. The sight makes me sentimental for yesteryear, when I had school-age children. Not that I’d like to repeat those years. But the opportunity to influence fresh hearts and minds is as precious […]
ROCKWALL, TX (August 22, 2014) Students can be either excited about going back to school and all of its new opportunities or it can be a dread for some as they remember negative experiences from the previous year. It can be a “jungle” for some kids who have experienced bullying at school—they are beginning to […]
ROCKWALL, TX (August 20, 2014) School has been out of session for nearly 90 days, and all of a sudden the kids are headed back to class again. After a sigh of relief, relaxing over some peace and quiet with coffee and a nap, this begs the question, “Now what?” Getting back into a routine […]
ROCKWALL,TX. (August 19, 2014) Innumeracy, the mathematical equivalent of illiteracy, has been a much discussed problem in educational circles for many years. American students do not score well on international ratings in Math and Science, thus TAAKS, STAAR, Common Core and other programs have been developed in an effort to address this problem. As parents, […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX August 19, 2014) Here’s a digital look at our latest print edition which is on its way to more than 17,200 homes throughout Rockwall and Heath this week. To submit your good news and events for publication, email . Our 24-page, full color, hyper-local print edition is published 8x/year (about every 45 days) […]
ROCKWALL,TX. (August 19, 2014) Pappaw taught me how to change oil. Often I rode my go-cart in his “back 40” between the peach trees and the potato patch and then he’d wave me in, “Give it a break, Scotty, and let’s change that oil.” He loosened the plug to drain it and made me touch […]