ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 8, 2021 — First Presbyterian Church of Rockwall, 602 White Hills Dr., will participate in a national moment of unity and remembrance of lives lost in the pandemic with a special outdoor service at 4:30 p.m. on January 19. The service will take place in the church’s back parking lot. Following […]
ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 8, 2021 — Rockwall School of Music has been recognized as a Safe Music School from the national Safe Music Schools organization. As a Safe Music School, RSM pledges to continue to do their part to stop the spread of Covid-19. RSM is the first and only music lesson teaching facility […]
ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 7, 2021 — 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 Jan. 19. Fresh fruit, vegetables, and other […]
ROCKWALL, TX – January 5, 2021 — Khaled Hallak of Rockwall, Texas, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Hallak was initiated at The University of Texas at Dallas. Hallak is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to […]
ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 5, 2021 — Fifteen Rockwall County elected officials took their Oath of Office during a ceremony held at the Rockwall Courthouse on Jan. 1. Officials sworn in during the event were as follows: Judge Brett Hall, 382nd District Court; Rockwall County Judge David Sweet administered the oath Judge David Rakow, […]
ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 4, 2021 — Over the holidays, the Rockwall High School varsity softball and varsity volleyball teams sent some Christmas cheer in the form of stockings stuffed with goodies to active-duty military troops overseas. 2019 RHS graduate Louis Nies – a member of the 149th HR Army Unit based in Texas – […]
ROCKWALL, TX – December 30, 2020 — As hospitals continue to do all in their power to manage the recent surge of COVID-19 cases, Carter BloodCare reports that the blood supply for North, Central and East Texas communities remains very limited. Carter BloodCare Vice President of Organizational Relations Moore said while the need for blood […]
This year has been the one most challenging for all of us on this City Council. I know we have all thought, “When will it end?” In a few days we will celebrate Christmas, and for Christians it is a time for rebirth and reexamination of our lives and how we live our lives. We […]
ROCKWALL, TX – December 23, 2020 — In a regular meeting on Dec. 22, the Rockwall County Commissioners Court unanimously accepted the resignation of the county’s Local Health Authority, Dr. Jamie Metcalf-Kelly, effective Dec. 29, 2020. Metcalf-Kelly has served as the Rockwall County Health Authority since July. In her letter of resignation addressed to the […]
ROCKWALL, TX – December 22, 2020 —Two years ago, Xavier Cunningham – a 24-year-old with special needs who’s high functioning – came into the J.E.R. Chilton YMCA at Rockwall to apply for a membership. Xavier had been in and out of foster care since he was three years old, and was at the time living […]