Rockwall Art League presents: Marie Gray – Portrait Watercolor Workshop

Rockwall Art League presents: Marie Gray – Portrait Watercolor Workshop

Rockwall, TX (September 25, 2023) – Rockwall Art League is proud to host, award-winning artist, Marie Gray, who will teach a Portrait Watercolor Workshop, October 13, 2023. October 13, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. $75.00/per person – All materials provided You can register online at www.rockwallartleague.org Marie Gray is an intuitive photo-realistic Contemporary Fine Artist. […]

Annual I30 Classic Pack the Pantry Food Drive sets record

Annual I30 Classic Pack the Pantry Food Drive sets record

Rockwall, TX (September 25, 2023) – One Rockwall County community event stands out every September – the Rockwall ISD and Toyota of Rockwall I30 Classic Pack the Pantry competition.  The food drive benefiting Rockwall County Helping Hands is an annual event centered around the rival football game between Rockwall High School Yellow Jackets and Heath […]

Hot off the press: Blue Ribbon News Rockwall County October print edition

Hot off the press: Blue Ribbon News Rockwall County October print edition

ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX – Sept. 22, 2023 — Our latest print edition is on its way to mailboxes, but you can preview a digital version of our October issue right now by clicking the cover image below. The print edition delivers to about 17,500 homes and businesses throughout Rockwall County, highlighing hometown good news and […]

Rockwall man sentenced to 50 years for possession of child pornography

Rockwall man sentenced to 50 years for possession of child pornography

ROCKWALL, TX (Sept. 21, 2023) This week, 382nd Judicial District Judge Brett Hall sentenced Stacey Christian Owens to fifty (50) years in the penitentiary after Owens pled guilty to five counts of Possession of Child Pornography. Owens, 49, was arrested in July of 2022 after officers and detectives with the Rockwall Police Department executed a […]

CrossFit Swashbuckle to host 2nd annual “Row for Vets” on November 4

CrossFit Swashbuckle to host 2nd annual “Row for Vets” on November 4

Rockwall, TX (September 21, 2023) – Saturday, November 4 at 8:00 a.m. CrossFit Swashbuckle of Fate, Texas will be hosting their 2nd annual ROW 4 VETS! This is a FUN family friendly fundraising event to benefit the Coast X Coast Foundation. This is a 4-person team marathon rowing competition To join in the competition the donation […]

Local Rising Star Anna Girtakovska Takes New York Fashion Week by Storm

Local Rising Star Anna Girtakovska Takes New York Fashion Week by Storm

McLendon Chisholm, TX (September 20, 2023) – The glamour and glitz of New York Fashion Week got a taste of small-town charm this September, thanks to the extraordinary talents of 11-year-old Anna Girtakovska, a sixth-grader from McLendon Chisholm, Texas. Anna, who’s set on becoming a famous model and fashion designer, dazzled the runway as she […]

Garland Independent School District Celebrates Herfurth Elementary’s Prestigious National Blue Ribbon Award for 2023

Garland Independent School District Celebrates Herfurth Elementary’s Prestigious National Blue Ribbon Award for 2023

Garland, TX – [September 19, 2023] – The Garland Independent School District (GISD) is thrilled to announce that Herfurth Elementary School has been named a 2023 National Blue Ribbon School. The U.S. Department of Education officially announced this on Tuesday, September 19, 2023. A Legacy of Excellence The Garland Independent School District has a storied […]

U.S. Department of Education Announces Davis Elementary as 2023 Blue Ribbon School

U.S. Department of Education Announces Davis Elementary as 2023 Blue Ribbon School

Royse City, TX (September 20, 2023) – In a press release shared with the Royse City Independent School District by the United States Department of Education, Davis Elementary has officially been named a National Blue Ribbon School. For 2023, only 352 schools in America and 29 schools in Texas earned this title based on their […]

Two Rockwall HS, Two Rockwall-Heath HS Students Named National Merit Scholar Semifinalists, Top 1% in Country

Two Rockwall HS, Two Rockwall-Heath HS Students Named National Merit Scholar Semifinalists, Top 1% in Country

Rockwall, TX (September 19, 2023) – The National Merit Scholarship Program has selected four Rockwall ISD students as part of the 1% in the country named National Merit Scholar Semifinalists. Congratulations to Rockwall High School students Kaley C. and James K. and Rockwall-Heath High School students Johnpaul R. and Trevor S. More than 16,000 semifinalists […]