Got elastic? Rockwall County Office of Emergency Management requests donations

Got elastic? Rockwall County Office of Emergency Management requests donations

(ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX – April 9) Rockwall County Office of Emergency Management is working with a group of ladies who are making and donating face masks for local first responders, eldercare, and healthcare facilities. Elastic should ideally be 1/4 inch wide or less, 7 inch strands or longer. If you have a large amounts to […]

Senior Spotlight: Tristen Mueller, Rockwall-Heath High School

Senior Spotlight: Tristen Mueller, Rockwall-Heath High School

(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – April 9, 2020) Senior Tristen Mueller of Rockwall-Heath High School is Air Force bound! Submitted by Tristen Mueller. Help us shine the spotlight on senior students who are missing their end-of-high-school experience. Not only are they creative, courageous, innovative, diverse, and a million other beautiful things – they are our future. Let’s […]

Fulton School teacher delivers inspiration

Fulton School teacher delivers inspiration

(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – April 8, 2020) Jamie Allen, a teacher at The Fulton School in Heath, adores her third grade students and is passionate about teaching STEM. With schools closed to COVID-19, Jamie has taken the extra step of delivering weekly packets to her students – dropping them off on their doorsteps, so they can […]

City of Rockwall cancels pool season for Summer 2020

City of Rockwall cancels pool season for Summer 2020

Rockwall, Texas – April 8, 2020 – The City of Rockwall has made the difficult decision to keep pools at Gloria Williams Park and Harry Myers Park closed for Summer 2020 due to COVID-19. Based on the current Stay-At-Home order and uncertainty of when those conditions will change, the proper training of life guards cannot be […]

Rockwall County mayors including Heath Mayor Kelson Elam ask Governor Greg Abbott to freeze property tax values at 2019 levels

Rockwall County mayors including Heath Mayor Kelson Elam ask Governor Greg Abbott to freeze property tax values at 2019 levels

Mayors in Rockwall County, including Heath Mayor Kelson Elam, have joined their counterparts statewide in asking Governor Gregg Abbott to avoid a probable double digit property tax increase for Texas property owners by adopting the 2019 property tax valuations for the year 2020. The Mayors also asked that any newly developed property that was not […]