Good Neighbor: Sylvia Morton, Lone Star CASA Volunteer of the Year

Good Neighbor: Sylvia Morton, Lone Star CASA Volunteer of the Year

(ROCKWALL, TX — April 24, 2020) Meet Sylvia Morton, Lone Star CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Volunteer of the Year. For the past five years Sylvia has served as a volunteer for Lone Star CASA, a local non-profit dedicated to helping abused and neglected children in Rockwall and Kaufman Counties. Sylvia lives in Forney and […]

City of Heath assists businesses, urges caution in re-opening

City of Heath assists businesses, urges caution in re-opening

COVID-19 UPDATE: City and HEDC Provide Financial Relief to Local Businesses; Safety of Citizens, Employees and Customers Top Priority in “Opening Heath” (HEATH, TX – April 24, 2020) The Heath Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) and Heath Municipal Benefits Corporation (HMBC) held an emergency virtual meeting yesterday to provide an update on its actions regarding the […]

Blue Ribbon News Senior Spotlight: Skyler Stutts, Rockwall-Heath High School

Blue Ribbon News Senior Spotlight: Skyler Stutts, Rockwall-Heath High School

(ROCKWALL, TX — April 24, 2020) Skyler Stutts is a senior at Rockwall-Heath High School. He attended Amy Parks Elementary and Cain Middle School, and will attend East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, TX.  He plans to study business and he will be playing basketball for the ETBU Tigers. Submitted by Amy Stutts. Help us […]

City of Fate: Refinance saves more than one million dollars

City of Fate: Refinance saves more than one million dollars

(FATE, TX – April 24, 2020) Fate City Council approved refinancing the Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds at the Monday, April 20, 2020 meeting. The refinancing resulted in reducing the interest rate in half, which will save $1,427,809 over the remainder of the bond terms. City Manager Michael Kovacs thanked Director of […]

Rockwall City Councilman Patrick Trowbridge arrested on charges of Child Pornography

Rockwall City Councilman Patrick Trowbridge arrested on charges of Child Pornography

On April 13, 2020, the Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent a tip to the Rockwall Police Department regarding multiple videos of possible child pornography being sent from an IP address in the City of Rockwall. Detectives investigated the tip and found probable cause to believe that multiple videos of child pornography had been sent via the […]

UPDATE: Rockwall County Office of Emergency Management reports six total cases of COVID-19 at Broadmoor Medical Lodge

UPDATE: Rockwall County Office of Emergency Management reports six total cases of COVID-19 at Broadmoor Medical Lodge

(ROCKWALL, TX — April 23, 2020) Tuesday, Rockwall County announced that Broadmoor Medical Lodge had two COVID-19 cases. As of today, the total COVID-19 positive case count has risen to six.  Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is not providing testing to this facility.  However, Broadmoor has coordinated with a private testing provider to have […]

Blue Ribbon News Senior Spotlight: Amelia Bird, Rockwall-Heath High School

Blue Ribbon News Senior Spotlight: Amelia Bird, Rockwall-Heath High School

(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – April 23, 2020) Amelia Bird is a senior at Rockwall-Heath High School. She is a member of National Charity League contributing 238 hours of community service. Amelia is one of the original swimmers that started with RACE when the Rockwall Natatorium opened in 2009. She was blessed to swim Varsity all four […]