Rockwall receives 2022 Main Street America accreditation

Rockwall receives 2022 Main Street America accreditation

ROCKWALL, TX (June 22, 2022) – For the 13th year in a row, the City of Rockwall has been designated as an Accredited Main Street America™ program for meeting rigorous performance standards in the Historic Downtown Rockwall District. Rockwall has received accreditation every year since Main Street Manager Bethany Browning was hired in 2009. Each year, […]

Local nonprofit announces large scale support with Rockwall ISD elementary schools, churches

Local nonprofit announces large scale support with Rockwall ISD elementary schools, churches

ROCKWALL, TX (June 22, 2022) – Student MPACT, a Rockwall-based nonprofit organization, has announced multiple partnerships with Rockwall Independent School District (RISD) and local churches in Rockwall, Heath and Rowlett communities. Student MPACT is a nonprofit, community-based organization focused on uniting churches, schools, and businesses. The organization is instrumental in providing special care for local teachers […]

Dallas Race Week sets sail today on Lake Ray Hubbard

Dallas Race Week sets sail today on Lake Ray Hubbard

ROCKWALL, TX (June 20, 2022) Dallas Race Week has an event history going back to 1982, always bridging the week of Summer Solstice in June and held at Chandlers Landing Yacht Club. Dallas Race Week history The first Dallas Race Week was June, 1982. Scott Self, a founding member of Chandlers Landing Yacht and Tennis […]

Rockwall Meals on Wheels receives grant check from Toyota

Rockwall Meals on Wheels receives grant check from Toyota

ROCKWALL, TX (June 16, 2022) Barbara Jackson, Vice President of Toyota of Rockwall and the Jackson Automotive Group, recently presented a $2,000 matching grant check to Margie Verhagen with Meals on Wheels Senior Services of Rockwall County. Pictured from left are Meals on Wheels board president Dennis Lewis, Jackson, Verhagen, and Robert Glover with MOWSS. […]

Marvin Washington of Fate named YMCA Father of the Year

Marvin Washington of Fate named YMCA Father of the Year

ROCKWALL, TX (June 16, 2022)Each June we celebrate Father’s Day, BUT did you know Father’s Day started at the YMCA? Father’s Day was founded by Sonora Louis Smart Dodd, daughter of a single father who served in the Civil War. Her father was widowed when his wife (Mrs. Dodd’s mother) died in childbirth with their […]

Mobile food pantry returns to Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church Rockwall June 21

Mobile food pantry returns to Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church Rockwall June 21

ROCKWALL, TX (June 14, 2022) Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church has a Catholic Charities Dallas mobile community food pantry every third Tuesday of the month from 9-11 a.m. The next date for the mobile pantry at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church is June 21.  Fresh fruit, vegetables, and other food items […]

Official Texas Pie Fest returns to Tate Farms in Rockwall this Saturday, June 18

Official Texas Pie Fest returns to Tate Farms in Rockwall this Saturday, June 18

Pie vendors from all over Texas selling pie, pie baking contest, pie eating contest, pie walk, pie throwing, pie fight and more  ROCKWALL, TX (June 14, 2022) Bonafide Betties Pie Co, voted Best Pies in Texas by USA Today in 2018, and Tate Farms, one of Rockwall County’s oldest working family farms join together to present […]

‘Smirl Girl’ celebrates 90th birthday at historic chapel

‘Smirl Girl’ celebrates 90th birthday at historic chapel

ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (June 13, 2022) Lifelong Heath resident Clarice Smirl Isbell turned 90 on June 2. She celebrated with friends and family at the historic Smirl Chapel, which now sits on Tate Farms, one of the last family owned ranches in Rockwall County. Clarice grew up in those four walls, attending church weekly. When asked […]

Shoes for Kids program accepting donations to help underprivileged children step into next school year

Shoes for Kids program accepting donations to help underprivileged children step into next school year

ROCKWALL, TX (June 9, 2022) — This summer, Rockwall area residents can help local children from low-income families start the next school year off on the right foot through the Christian based community program, Shoes For Kids. On Saturday, July 30, First United Methodist Church Rockwall – in partnership with area churches and civic organizations […]

Reading for Adults Literacy Center to celebrate new U.S. citizens

Reading for Adults Literacy Center to celebrate new U.S. citizens

ROCKWALL, TX (June 2, 2022) – The Reading for Adults Literacy Center, a part of the Rockwall County Library,  will celebrate 23 years of the RFA program and honor 28  adults who have recently passed their exam to become a United States Citizen. The reception will be Saturday, June 11th, 2022 at 10:30 a.m., in […]