Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Mandating 14-Day Quarantine For Travelers Arriving From New York Tri-State Area, New Orleans

Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Mandating 14-Day Quarantine For Travelers Arriving From New York Tri-State Area, New Orleans

AUSTIN, TX – Governor Greg Abbott today held a press conference at the State Capitol where he issued an Executive Order mandating a self-quarantine of 14 days for individuals traveling to Texas as their final destination through an airport from the Tri-State Area of New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut as well as the city […]

Love will find a way: Birthday celebration through a nursing home window

Love will find a way: Birthday celebration through a nursing home window

  (ROCKWALL, TX – March 26, 2020) Our Blue Ribbon News team is greatly moved by the messages of love and hope we continue to receive from readers, especially through this challenging and unprecedented time. Susan Duke shared the following, regarding her husband Harvey’s birthday: “I was crying and so upset because I couldn’t see […]

City of Rockwall continues work to limit in-person interaction to increase safety

City of Rockwall continues work to limit in-person interaction to increase safety

(ROCKWALL, TX – March 26, 2020) As we mentioned last week with building inspection permits, the City of Rockwall is working to limit in-person interaction, while continuing to provide essential services to residents and the public. In an attempt to protect everyone in these uncertain times, the Rockwall Municipal Court, Utility Billing, Building Inspections and Neighborhood […]

Rockwall County Reports First Confirmed Cases of COVID-19

Rockwall County Reports First Confirmed Cases of COVID-19

(ROCKWALL, TX – March 25, 2020, 5:30PM) Health authorities have informed the City of Rockwall that there are now two confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Rockwall County. Health officials will monitor these cases and provide additional details as they become available, subject of course to patient confidentiality. Citizens should comply with the Rockwall County […]

McLendon-Chisholm Mayor issues amended Mayoral Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency

McLendon-Chisholm Mayor issues amended Mayoral Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency

McLendon-Chisholm Mayor Keith Short issued the following amended Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency for the City of McLendon-Chisholm on March 24, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Submitted by the City of McLendon-Chisholm. Our print edition is delivered free to ~15,500 homes in Rockwall and Heath, TX. To share your good […]