Rockwall High Spring Swarm football game May 24

Rockwall High School Football Team and Jacket Backers Booster Club team up with Rockwall County Helping Hands (ROCKWALL, TX – May 19, 2016) The Rockwall High School football team and Jacket Backers Booster Club are teaming up with Rockwall County Helping Hands to kick-off this year’s Spring Swarm.  Spring Swarm is the annual spring football […]

Clear your calendars for Founders Day this weekend

Clear your calendars for Founders Day this weekend

(ROCKWALL, TX – May 18, 2016) Rockwall turns 162 years old in 2016, and the City is putting on a huge party to mark the occasion. The event, only days away, happens at Harry Myers Park on Saturday, May 21, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Festivities include a kids’ zone, unique vendors, famous food […]

Friends of Rockwall County Library Officers Installed for 2016-17

(ROCKWALL, TX – May 18, 2016) At the Friends of the Library luncheon meeting Tuesday, May 10, the following officers were sworn in by County Judge David Sweet: President Karen Parks; Past President Gloria Bishop; First Vice Presidents – Programs:  Evelyn Harrill, Pat Booth; Second VPs – Fundraising:  Darlene Bealmear, Edie Zehr; Third VPs – […]

FM 3097 / Horizon Road Traffic Switch and Road Closures

(ROCKWALL, TX – May 17, 2016) The contractor for TXDOT, Ed Bell Construction, has informed the City of Rockwall that traffic will be switched on FM 3097 / Horizon Road from existing pavement to temporary paving as part of the reconstruction project. The change will be made on Thursday, May 19. The traffic switch includes […]

Heath to present annual Independence Day parade

Heath to present annual Independence Day parade

(HEATH, TX—May 16, 2016) For a patriotic hometown American experience, join the festivities at the City of Heath’s Annual Independence Day Parade on Monday, July 4. Parade entry awards will be presented during a patriotic celebration immediately after the parade in Towne Center Park featuring a live barbershop quartet and free popsicles and PIE! (Blueberry […]

Historical Foundation to celebrate Founders Day with Living Exhibits, chance to become ‘guest farmer’ at Cotton Patch

Guest farmers invited to stake out a parcel of Blackland Prairie and plant their own cotton crop (ROCKWALL, TX – May 12, 2016) The Rockwall Founders Day celebration on Saturday, May 21 will include the opportunity for folks to “lease” parcels of the Rockwall County Historical Foundation’s Cotton Patch and plant cotton seeds for the […]

Rockwall Chamber welcomes Membership Development Consultants

(ROCKWALL, TX – May 11, 2016) The Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Center is pleased to announce that Dorothy Spradlin and Trey Finley have joined the Chamber staff as new Membership Development Consultants. They will be leading and driving new partner sales, in a part-time capacity. With the onboarding of nearly 200 new […]

Meet Aunt May, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

(ROCKWALL, TX – May 16, 2016) Here’s Aunt May! While Aunt May’s breed is anyone’s guess, there is no mistaking how sweet and playful this girl is! She loves to play hide and seek and would do anything for some snuggles. She is heartworm positive, but Rockwall Pets will cover her treatment. She has all of her age […]