ROCKWALL, TX – March 1, 2022 — The Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce, the Rockwall Area’s premier business organization, let the good times roll last night at its “Time to Jazz It Up” Mardi Gras-themed annual awards ceremony at the Hilton Dallas/Rockwall Lakefront, where they awarded local businesses with the 2021 Chamber Partner Business Impact […]
ROCKWALL, TX (March 1, 2022) Rockwall ISD will hold a dedication ceremony for Sherry and Paul Hamm Elementary School Sunday, March 20 at 1:30 p.m. Hamm Elementary is located at 2911 Greenway Drive, Rockwall, Texas. A campus open house and reception will follow the ceremony. The public is invited to join. Throughout her 24 years […]
ROCKWALL, TX – March 1, 2022 — Rockwall ISD will hold a dedication ceremony for the Bill Howlett Transportation Center March 14 at 2 p.m. The Transportation Center is located at 707 South Clark Street, Rockwall, Texas. A reception will follow the ceremony. The public is invited to join. Bill Howlett’s distinguished career in education […]
ROCKWALL, TX – February 28, 2022 — February in Texas, oh fickle month. A temperamental twenty-eight day period, faithless and unpredictable, (though, March can be nearly as capricious.) Upon reaching February, Texans and those settlers who arrived over fifty years ago, long enough to be considered a Texan despite the scoffs of those born on […]
ROCKWALL, TX – February 28, 2022 — Meet Blacky! He is good with dogs, cats, and kids! This gentle giant had a rough start, but he’s been nursed back to health and is ready to find his forever family! Read his full story on our webpage at http://www.rockwallpets.com/adopt and send an email to info@rockwallpets.com for […]
ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX (Feb. 28, 2022) Meals on Wheels Senior Services (MOWSS) announced it is the recipient of a grant from the Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation, which funds a range of social service needs across North Texas, including Rockwall County. The awarded funding will go directly to case management and the nutrition […]
COLLIN COUNTY/ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX (Feb. 28, 2022) – If you travel a lot on North Highway 205, you may be familiar with Gwen – a street-wise stray who’s logged more miles in the past three months than I have with my step-counter and a gym membership over the last year. Since early December, the black-and-brown […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (Feb. 28, 2022) Stan Britton has filed to fill the seat vacated by Jon Bailey, longtime member of the RISD Board of Trustees. Britton has been actively involved with RISD since moving to Rockwall in 2014. He was a member of the 2018 Strategic Design Team that assisted with giving direction to the […]
ROCKWALL, TX – February 25 — Rockwall High School’s Elizabeth Duvall was crowned the 128LB champion this past weekend in Houston at the Cy-Fair ISD Berry Center, becoming the first ever girls wrestling state champ in the school’s history. On top of that, the girls team qualified 5th to the state tournament and […]
ROCKWALL, TX – February 25, 2022 — Ava Whitaker (Rockwall High School class of 2023) is the 2022 6A Texas State Champion in the 100 butterfly! Ava swam a personal best of 53:03, which is also a new RHS record. Ava Whitaker also placed 13th in the 200 individual medley with a 2:04:29. Rockwall High […]