Meet Luna, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

Meet Luna, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

(ROCKWALL, TX – April 30, 2017) Here’s Luna! She is a sweet two-year-old, 41 pound Blue Heeler mix looking for a forever home. Luna has been spayed, microchipped and fully vaccinated. Contact for more information or to meet her! Submitted by Sarah Grubbs, Rockwall Pets. Our monthly print edition is delivered free to 19,000+ homes […]

Local student earns YMCA college scholarship

Local student earns YMCA college scholarship

(ROCKWALL, TX – April 30, 2017) Senior Dylan Redig was among a select group of North Texas students to earn a YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Foundation college scholarship. He and 19 other college-bound students were honored at the 37th Annual YMCA College Scholarship Awards Ceremony held April 27 at the T. Boone Pickens YMCA in […]

Rockwall County’s Open Space BBQ moved to June 24

Rockwall County’s Open Space BBQ moved to June 24

UPDATE from the Rockwall County Open Space Alliance:  The high risk of dangerous thunderstorms has led us to move the date for this Saturday’s Sunset and Stars barbecue. We are rescheduling the barbecue to June 24th, 2017 and you have the option of transferring your ticket to the new date, so hold onto your tickets. […]

Character Counts at Jones Elementary

Character Counts at Jones Elementary

(ROCKWALL, TX — April 28, 2017) The Chick-Fil-A cow stopped by with some yummy breakfast for special students at Jones Elementary! Every year, Jones participates in Chick-Fil-A’s Core Essential’s program.  This program encourages students to be better citizens and friends by treating others right, making smart decisions, and maximizing their potential. Teachers each chose one […]

An Easter egg hunt marriage proposal

An Easter egg hunt marriage proposal

(ROCKWALL, TX — April 28, 2017) On Good Friday, my girlfriend Julie Anne and I went on the Easter egg hunt of our lives in the backyard of my parents’ house. Many of you might know Julie Anne White as our amazing reporter here at Blue Ribbon News. In fact, we met for the first […]

Q&A with local author Carter Hopkins

Q&A with local author Carter Hopkins

(ROCKWALL, TX – April 26, 2017) Rockwall and Dallas are the backdrop for local author Carter Hopkins’s first novel, The Lincoln Prophecy. Published in June 2016, the thriller follows Southern Methodist University professor Michael Riley as he witnesses a murder near a Rockwall winery and soon finds himself in the middle of a national cybersecurity […]

Leadership Rockwall program celebrates 20 years

Graduation, Reunion planned May 17 at San Jacinto Plaza Project Reveal May 9 (ROCKWALL, TX – April 27, 2017) The Leadership Rockwall program will celebrate 20 years of developing business and community leaders with an anniversary and reunion event on Wednesday, May 17. The event, held at San Jacinto Plaza on the Downtown Rockwall Square, […]