Dodie’s All-You-Can-Eat Crawfish Fest returns to Rockwall Harbor May 2

Dodie’s All-You-Can-Eat Crawfish Fest returns to Rockwall Harbor May 2

Annual Event Benefits Rockwall YMCA Angel Camp for Kids with Special Needs  ROCKWALL, TX – March 21, 2021 – Mudbug season is in full swing and that can only mean one thing – the return of the All-You-Can-Eat Crawfish Fest at the Rockwall Harbor, benefiting J.E.R. Chilton YMCA’s Angel Camp for children with special needs. […]

Rockwall County Extension Agent: Soil testing helps your landscape and pastures look their best

Rockwall County Extension Agent: Soil testing helps your landscape and pastures look their best

ROCKWALL, TX – March 19, 2021 – Now is the time to take soil samples. 2020 provided us with many challenges, but the seasons were not disrupted.  Plants continued to grow and use nutrients from the soil even if we were not able to get out much to see the changes.  With the coming of […]

Lineup for 2021 Concert by the Lake Music Series at the Rockwall Harbor announced

Lineup for 2021 Concert by the Lake Music Series at the Rockwall Harbor announced

ROCKWALL, TX – March 19, 2021 — The Concert by the Lake Music Series returns to the Rockwall Harbor (2059 Summer Lee) on May 13th! Enjoy some great tunes at the Harbor Amphitheater on Thursday nights from 7:30-9 p.m., May 13 to July 29. Here’s the artist lineup for the 2021 Concert by the Lake […]

New Lone Star CASA volunteers sworn in

New Lone Star CASA volunteers sworn in

ROCKWALL, TX – March 18, 2021 – Lone Star CASA had five new CASA advocates sworn in on March 17 by Judge Brett Hall in Rockwall. Lone Star CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) trains volunteers to advocate for children in foster care in Kaufman and Rockwall counties.  Helping Hearts are family members of volunteers who […]

Five Rockwall ISD DECA students are State Finalists, three qualify for Internationals

Five Rockwall ISD DECA students are State Finalists, three qualify for Internationals

ROCKWALL, TX – March 18, 2021 –  Five Dr. Gene Burton College & Career DECA students are State Finalists and three will advance to compete at the DECA Virtual International Career Development Conference (ICDC). DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, business, finance, hospitality and management. International qualifiers will compete against DECA […]

Children’s Relief International to host Green Door 5K, 10K, Fun Run at Harry Myers Park Rockwall

Children’s Relief International to host Green Door 5K, 10K, Fun Run at Harry Myers Park Rockwall

ROCKWALL, TX – March 18, 2021 – Children’s Relief International, a faith-based 501c3 located in Rockwall that provides care, aid and relief to widows, orphans, children and families in deep poverty around the world, will host its 12th Annual Green Door 5K, 10K and 1-Mile Fun Run from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 24 […]

Rockwall’s Aurelia Incristi selected for National Cancer Research Fellowship

ROCKWALL, TX – March 18, 2021 – University of Mount Union biochemistry student Aurelia Incristi ’22, of Rockwall, TX was recently selected for the 2021 Livestrong Cancer Institutes’ Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF). SURF is a 10-week summer fellowship held at The University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Medical School, where students from across the […]

Three Rockwall ISD campuses earn awards in 21 Day Challenge

Three Rockwall ISD campuses earn awards in 21 Day Challenge

ROCKWALL, TX – March 18, 2021 – Sherry and Paul Hamm Elementary, Sharon Shannon Elementary, and Virginia Reinhardt Elementary recently earned an award based on student participation in a 21 Day Challenge. Each year Rockwall ISD elementary schools participate in the Kids Teaching Kids 21 Day Challenge, sponsored by Medical City Children’s Hospital, the United […]

Rockwall ISD Board approves maintaining student, teacher and staff mask-wearing

Rockwall ISD Board approves maintaining student, teacher and staff mask-wearing

ROCKWALL, TX – March 17, 2021 — The Rockwall ISD Board of Trustees approved maintaining the Texas Education Agency safety requirement of student, teacher, and staff mask-wearing for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year. District leadership presented information related to on-going changes from the Texas Education Agency concerning COVID mitigation. In addition, Student Services […]