Texas Health Rockwall Nearly Doubles Size of Hospital: Estimated $104 million project serves growing community

Texas Health Rockwall Nearly Doubles Size of Hospital:  Estimated $104 million project serves growing community

ROCKWALL, TX (August 3, 2023) – Work is complete on an estimated $104 million expansion and renovation project at Texas Health Hospital Rockwall that nearly doubles the size of the facility. A Level II neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), a cardiac catheterization lab and an expanded Emergency Department are among the new and enhanced spaces […]

Rockwall Art League August meeting features Smart Phone Photography & Digital Editing with demo artist, Heather Lawley

Rockwall Art League August meeting features Smart Phone Photography & Digital Editing with demo artist, Heather Lawley

Rockwall, TX (August 2, 2023) – Please join the Rockwall Art League on Wednesday, August 23, for our free Member Meeting! Everyone is welcome! Heather Lawley, demo artist, will illustrate Smart Phone Photography & Digital Editing with easy techniques to help improve the actual capturing of the photography to simple editing with programs like Snapseed, Watermark, […]

Texas Quiltworks: Celebrating 20 Years!

Texas Quiltworks: Celebrating 20 Years!

  Rockwall, TX (August 2, 2023) – Twenty years ago, as of August 3rd, Texas Quiltworks opened its doors to the Rockwall community and beyond. Glenn Hall had recently retired from many years of working in the corporate world and he asked his wife, Judy, “What do we do now?” She stated, “Open a quilt […]

Rockwall County’s Back to School Fair: A resounding success investing over $100k into our community

Rockwall County’s Back to School Fair: A resounding success investing over $100k into our community

Rockwall, TX (August 2, 2023) – Rockwall County Helping Hands takes immense pride in announcing the overwhelming success of its recent Back to School Bash, held last Saturday in collaboration with First Methodist Church “Shoes for Kids” thanks to your support.  This event was an exceptional display of compassion, collaboration, and community spirit, with a profound […]

Meet Indiana Jones, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

Meet Indiana Jones, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

Rockwall, TX (August 2, 2023) – Meet our little daredevil, Indiana Jones! Indiana Jones takes after his namesake! He is a spirited, playful, fun and energetic adventurer. He is the bravest of his siblings and the first to check out a new space, toy or treat. Indiana Jones enjoys adopting a “prairie dog” stance when […]

Rockwall Meals on Wheels and North Central Texas Area Agency on Aging offer free online workshop “Managing Physical and Emotional Expressions in Dementia”

Rockwall Meals on Wheels and North Central Texas Area Agency on Aging offer free online workshop “Managing Physical and Emotional Expressions in Dementia”

Rockwall, TX (August 1, 2023) – Dementia is a brain disease that impacts the individual’s behavior and causes unpredictable and unexpected emotions and physical actions. The thought that a loved one is now vulnerable where they were once solid and steady in thinking and capability is unsettling. Even though this disease catches many off guard […]

Texas Health Rockwall Nurse Retires after 50 Years of Service

Texas Health Rockwall Nurse Retires after 50 Years of Service

Rockwall, TX (July 26, 2023) – When Margie Ybarra, B.S.N., R.N., graduated from nursing school, she had to twirl a piece of hair and fasten on a white nurse’s hat with a bobby pin to get ready for work every day. “That hat had to go to the cleaners to be starched. We couldn’t clean […]

Rockwall County man sentenced to 40 years for aggravated assault with deadly weapon/family violence

Rockwall County man sentenced to 40 years for aggravated assault with deadly weapon/family violence

ROCKWALL, TX (July 26, 2023) This week, visiting District Judge Richard Beacom sentenced Jarod Broussard, 41, to forty (40) years in a Texas prison for the offense of Aggravated Assault Causing Serious Bodily Injury with a Deadly Weapon/Family Violence. The Rockwall Police Department arrested Broussard on August 21, 2022, after his girlfriend escaped in the […]

Local area Amber Alert for missing 16-year-old teen

Local area Amber Alert for missing 16-year-old teen

UPDATE: July 26, 2023 An AMBER Alert issued for Caylee Lynne Sellers, 16, out of Royse City was canceled on July 26. Police said she was found unharmed at a home in Euless. ROYSE CITY, TX (July 25, 2023)  The Royse City Police Department is seeking assistance in locating a missing 16-year-old juvenile. Caylee Lynne Sellers (White/Female, 5’3”, […]