(ROCKWALL, TX — March 20, 2017) The Half Metal Jackets attended the North Texas VEX Starstruck Middle School Regional Championship at Berker High School in Richardson. The team won the Excellence Award for Middle Schools which advanced the team to the state competition in Greenville. Students attend RISD’s Utley Middle School and Stevenson Elementary. In […]
Celebrating Time Treasured Opportunities for Youth (ROCKWALL, TX – March 20, 2017) April 5-8, 2017 marks the 64th Annual Rockwall Youth Fair at the RISD Agriculture Complex located at 875 Riding Club Road. The purpose of the Rockwall Youth Fair is to promote the education, constructive talents and leadership skills of the youth of the […]
Modern Woodmen and its members helped contribute nearly $275,000 to north-central Texas in 2016 Fraternal contributions continue to impact local communities (ROCKWALL, TX – March 20, 2017) Residents and community organizations in north-central Texas benefited from $274,250.58 in assistance from Modern Woodmen of America and its local community partnerships in 2016, according to recently released […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 20, 2017) The Rockwall Soroptimist are accepting applications for vendors for their fourth annual Country Fair. The Fair will be on Saturday, June 10, 2017 from 10 a.m.to 8 p.m. at the Rockwall County Courthouse a 1111 East Yellow Jacket Lane. Admission is free to the public. Check out the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – March 20, 2017) With the first day of Spring upon us, Rockwall residents are enjoying a field of bluebonnets in bloom near Phelps Lake, where Friends of Raymond Cameron Lake Park (now Friends of the Lakes of Squabble Creek) – a grassroots organization of neighbors who want to help preserve the natural […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – March 19, 2017) Rockwall-Heath High School senior Kaitlynn Petersen (pictured above, far right) had an outstanding performance at the 6A UIL high school women’s powerlifting state championships held yesterday in Waco, placing 5th in her weight division. Her total weight lifted was 970 – squat, 425; a personal record brench press of […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 17, 2017) Rep. Ratcliffe (R-Texas) released the following statement on his meeting with President Donald Trump to discuss repealing and replacing Obamacare: “It’s no secret that Obamacare is an unmitigated disaster that is collapsing right in front of us, and I couldn’t agree more with President Trump that repealing it is […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – March 17, 2017) Today is St. Patrick’s Day, and it wasn’t until yesterday that I even remembered the holiday was this week. It’s one of those holidays I tend to forget about, not on purpose though. I think the reason is because I really don’t know much behind its history or why […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 15, 2017) Pancakes, syrup, scrambled eggs and sausage will be on the menu at the All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast to benefit the Rockwall County Reading For Adults Program on Saturday, April 8th, 2017, at Applebee’s located at 687 E. Interstate 30,Rockwall, TX 75087. Hosted by Applebee’s, the Reading For Adults (RFA) volunteers […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 15, 2017) Representative Tan Parker, Chairman of the House Committee on Investments and Financial Services, appointed Representative Justin Holland (R-Heath) to the House Sub-Committee on State and Local Bonded Indebtedness. The sub-committee is charged with considering legislative measures dealing with the authority to issue bonds, the effects of bonded indebtedness on […]