ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX (Sept. 26, 2022) A Rockwall County man and convicted Sex Offender has been sentenced to 40 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) by a Rockwall County District Judge. On Thursday, September 22, 2022, 439th Judicial District Judge David Rakow sentenced Michael Paul Smith to the penitentiary after Smith pled […]
FATE, TX (Oct. 4, 2022) – Finalists and winners for the 2022 President’s Awards Program were recently announced in Austin. For over 30 years the awards program, sponsored by Texas Downtown Association, has recognized outstanding projects, places, and people of downtowns across the state. Due to its outstanding efforts and innovative partnership with the city, […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Oct. 4, 2022) Reinhardt Elementary School PTA will present a Trunk-or-Treat event complete with candy treats and food trucks, bounce houses, face painting and a fun walk! The event will be held 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29 at 615 Highland Drive, Rockwall. There will be a prize for the best trunk. […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Oct. 4, 2022) Several citizens have recently asked if I would provide an update on the various construction projects on-going and planned for Rockwall County. When the “new” courthouse was in the planning stages, way back when, the objective was for that building in the future to contain nothing but judicial type activities. […]
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS – (Oct. 3, 2022) – Peep! Peep! Thomas the Tank Engine is coming to town for a limited time and will be hosting outdoor events at the Grapevine Vintage Railroad on October 7-9 and October 14-16, 2022. Day Out With Thomas™ is a full day event for families and friends hosted by one […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Oct. 3, 2022) Nearly 200 art pieces were submitted for the Rockwall Art League Juried Fine Art Show & Sale, which took place this past weekend at Rockwall Golf & Athletic Club. The show was also featured online in a digital art gallery. There was a record-breaking turnout with over 300 in attendance. […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Sept. 30, 2022) October is an easy month to celebrate. It’s the beginning of fall, State Fair season, high school football, cooler weather. But it also boasts a list of food holidays! At this point, you may be wondering what a food holiday is. Well, it’s a real-life designated holiday made to celebrate […]
ARLINGTON, TX (Sept. 30, 2022) Blue Ribbon News was invited to experience Pumpkin Nights at Howell Farms in Arlington last night. Members of our team enjoyed a magical journey through pumpkin land with 10-foot-tall jack-o-lanterns, the world’s largest pumpkin guitar, a 40-foot, hand-carved, smoke-breathing dragon, and a cornucopia of photo ops! We visited several vendor […]
HEATH, TX (Sept. 28, 2022) Limited space remains for The City of Heath’s Fall Break Camp, a pilot enrichment program for Kindergarten through sixth grade children. The camp runs Oct. 3 through Oct. 7 in the Community Room at Heath City Hall, 200 Laurence Drive. See flyer for details and register by Oct. 2. For […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Sept. 27, 2022) It was a perfect day to raise money and awareness for the Rockwall Rotary Club’s important causes. The club recently held their annual Clay Shoot fundraiser, and raised more than $30,000 to give back to the community as well as to Rotary International causes. There were 35 volunteer Rotarians on […]