ROCKWALL, TX (July 6, 2022) – Texas 4-H Youth Development Program announces Texas 4-H Congress to be held in Austin at the State Capitol July 17-20, 2022. Texas 4-H Congress is a four-day mock legislative experience for 4-H members in grades 9th to 12th where 4-H members assume the roles of legislators, lobbyists, and press corps […]
ROYSE CITY, TX (July 6, 2022) For most of the country, National Night Out is celebrated on the first Tuesday in August. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. The problem with the first Tuesday in August […]
FATE, TX (July 6, 2022) Last night, the Fate City Council proclaimed July 6, 2022, as “Sean James Day” in the City of Fate in recognition of his heroic lifesaving act of extracting three children passengers from a burning car along the Kansas Turnpike. We are grateful for Mr. Sean James for having made this […]
ROCKWALL, TX (July 6, 2022) Rockwall Police Department Chief Max Geron shared the following at last night’s Rockwall City Council meeting: “It has been my great honor to serve the citizens of Rockwall as your Police Chief for the last 2 ½ years. I am honored and excited to accept a senior director position with […]
ROCKWALL, TX (July 6, 2022) At last night’s Rockwall City Council meeting Captain Lewis Johnson (pictured on the right), Captain Todd Rowan (not pictured), and Firefighter Josh Turner were recognized with a Lifesaving Award. We are especially proud of their efforts in playing a direct role in saving a life. On March 31, 2022 at […]
Torchy’s Tacos Brings More Damn Good Tacos to the Dallas-Fort Worth Area with Opening of Rockwall Restaurant GRAND OPENING WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 Austin, Texas – July 6, 2022 – Torchy’s Tacos, the popular Austin-based craft-casual brand known for its Damn Good Tacos and addictive Green Chile Queso, is growing in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area […]
ROCKWALL, TX (July 5, 2022) Learning more about the illness that your loved one is experiencing, or how to handle stress, can be helpful for caregivers. The North Central Texas Area Agency on Aging and its partners offer educational programs that provide information to caregivers about a variety of topics such as disease, the aging […]
ROCKWALL, TX (July 5, 2022) – Beginning Thursday, July 7, residents will need to have their trash and recycling out by 6 a.m. on their designated pickup days. This move will help protect Republic Services employees from the excessive heat later in the day. The previous time to have trash out was 7 a.m., and rolling […]
ROCKWALL, TX (July 5, 2022) Birds have a flock. Geese a gaggle. Cows a herd. I thought that hippos also gathered in herds, though I am corrected by Google. You would find a bloat of hippos, (insert giggle) and very appropriately, a tower of Giraffes. Humans have groups. Groups of friends. Circles of women. Groups […]
ROCKWALL, TX (July 5, 2022) One of the really neat things about Texas is the way we can protest our taxes. It all starts with our property assessments which are done by the local Central Appraisal District (CAD) office. Most of us are very familiar with this part of the process. Each year our property […]