Local Rockwall County elementary schools are collecting canned food for the Helping Hands Food Pantry as part of “Student Serving Others” Day. Each elementary campus is holding a canned food drive leading up to SSO day: All collected food will go to Helping Hands. A student team (determined at your campus) will design and build […]
The Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for Resourcing Edge, located at 1309 Ridge Road, Suite 200 in Rockwall, in the four-story building next to The Commons. Resourcing Edge provides an integrated service which can cost-effectively manage its clients’ critical human resource responsibilities by supplying administrative relief and allocating or assuming many […]
(Rockwall ISD) At the regularly scheduled meeting of the Rockwall ISD Board of Trustees on Monday, Feb. 20, two Rockwall ISD campus cafeteria managers were recognized for their efforts to successfully secure grants to start a campus-based nutrition/fitness program called Fuel Up to Play 60. Karen Siedloczek, the child nutrition manager at Virginia Reinhardt Elementary, […]
The Rockwall County Library’s Reading for Adults volunteer tutors have helped Elsy Villatoro and Vitoria Mitchell become U.S. citizens by tutoring them in the library’s Citizenship preparation class. Elsy Villatoro is originally from El Salvador. She moved to the U.S. in 2006 and has been taking ESL and Citizenship classes through the Reading for Adults […]
Family rocked by cancer stays strong in spirit The Halls’ participation in Relay For Life, the American Cancer Society’s signature fundraising event, has become a family tradition. When Dwayne and Mary Hall’s daughter, Adrienne, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996, they whole-heartedly supported her efforts in the first Rockwall/Rowlett Relay For Life in 1998. […]
Luncheon to address retirement plans for sponsors, participants Business owners and their employees won’t want to miss the next Brown Bag Lunch hosted by the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 14 at the Chamber offices, located at 697 E. Interstate 30, between Discount Tires and Lakepointe Church. The subject will be […]
(Wylie) Calling all homeschoolers! The Majestic Ballroom and Dance Center, located at 711 Business Way in Wylie, will be swinging with a Homeschool Family Dance at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24. At 7 p.m. there will be a class on Foxtrot, Swing, Rumba and Line Dances. Enjoy open dancing from 8 to 9:30 p.m. The […]
This friendly three-year-old needs your help. Rex needs to start eating some quality food so he can put some fat back on his bones. He’s a handsome, active and intelligent dog. With his love of the outdoors, he’d be a wonderful exercise companion.Just make sure he gets something to eat before he goes out to […]
Pick a party or visit them all! (Rockwall/Lake Ray Hubbard) Fat Tuesday festivities at The Harbor on Lake Ray Hubbard in Rockwall include food and drink specials and live music by The Zydeco Kings outside at Dodie’s Cajun Restaurant; indoors enjoy DJ Sergio. It’s open mic night at Agave on Tuesday; followed by karaoke on […]
(Rockwall ISD) On Feb. 3 and 4, Williams Middle School competed in our annual UIL competition. Students from our district included the following schools: Utley, Cooper, McMillan, Burnett, and Cain; but in the end, WMS placed 1st in the 7th grade Team division, 1st place in the 8th grade Team division and, for the 7th […]