How I Met My Mate | When the Cute Waiter Left his Number: Tim and Jennifer McCallum

How I Met My Mate | When the Cute Waiter Left his Number: Tim and Jennifer McCallum

ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 10, 2026) Tim and I met in June the summer of 1992. I was 17 and he was 19. My best friend at the time and I walked into a restaurant to grab some dinner and he was our waiter. We ordered some food to-go, and in the to-go order he left me […]

How I Met My Mate | Roller Skating Romance: Dyrle and Bobbie Phillips

How I Met My Mate | Roller Skating Romance: Dyrle and Bobbie Phillips

ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 9, 2026) Our story starts over 67 years ago when a new girl joined our youth group at church and caught my eye.  I was very interested in dating her.  I was looking for opportunities to invite her out on a date. She brought her high school annual to church for all her […]

How I Met Mate | Next Door to Forever: Ben and Stacy Lynn Massar

How I Met Mate | Next Door to Forever: Ben and Stacy Lynn Massar

ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 9, 2026) Sometimes the best love stories don’t begin with fireworks. They begin with friendly neighbors, crossed paths, and a little help from fate. Our story starts in Heath, in the Buffalo Creek community, where my parents were friends with the man who lived right next door. They were always telling me […]

How I Met My Mate | When Bumper Stickers Did the Matching: Chuck and Eva Hummel

How I Met My Mate | When Bumper Stickers Did the Matching: Chuck and Eva Hummel

Chuck and Eva Hummel “NOW”. Photo by Jill Cornelius with JC-Originals Photography. ‘Single But Looking’ ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX (Feb. 8, 2026) Long before dating apps and swipes, romance sometimes arrived on four wheels—with a bumper sticker. It was the early 1980s, and I was working as an apartment leasing agent in Garland. One rainy day, […]

How I Met My Mate | When Love is Patient (and Persistant): Charles and Tamika Williams

How I Met My Mate | When Love is Patient (and Persistant): Charles and Tamika Williams

ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX (Feb. 7, 2026) Charles and I met in July 2003 at his cousin’s 30th birthday party. His cousin was my niece by marriage. And I attended the party with my ex-husband (as friends) and Charles attended the party with his stepfather. When we met, there was instant chemistry. He told me that we were […]

Winter Storm Fern Drives Increased Energy Use

Winter Storm Fern Drives Increased Energy Use

Atmos Energy has solutions that can help GARLAND – Feb. 6, 2026 – Winter Storm Fern brought heavy snow, ice, and record-low temperatures throughout many of the areas that Atmos Energy serves from Jan. 23 through Jan. 27. Because of the prolonged cold, your natural gas usage may have increased as your heating system, water […]

Confirmed Measles Case in Rockwall County

Confirmed Measles Case in Rockwall County

ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 6, 2026) — The Rockwall County Health Authority is notifying residents of a confirmed case of measles identified in Rockwall County. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) confirmed the positive test result and notified Rockwall County on the evening of February 5, 2026. Case Information The individual was likely exposed […]

American National Bank promotes Chris Cronin to president

American National Bank promotes Chris Cronin to president

 Robert Hulsey continues as Chief Executive Officer  Cronin brings nearly four decades of banking leadership and deep North Texas community ties to expanded role  TERRELL, TEXAS (Feb. 5, 2026) – American National Bank of Texas (ANBTX), one of the oldest and largest independently owned community banks in Texas with more than $5.5 billion in assets, […]

How I Met My Mate | Love at First Translate: Blake and Ani Avetisyan Gruenewald

How I Met My Mate | Love at First Translate: Blake and Ani Avetisyan Gruenewald

Photo by Heather Lanae Photography. ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 5, 2026) – Blake and I moved to Dallas on the exact same day — though we didn’t discover that until much later. He came for work, and I arrived from Argentina to study abroad as an international student. At the time, we had no idea how our […]