DALLAS – August 29, 2022 – It has finally arrived, the moment y’all have been waiting for – the highly-anticipated verdict that signifies the ultimate accomplishment in Fair food. The 18th Annual Big Tex® Choice Awards was a battle for the ages. After tasting all 10 foods and carefully evaluating each item, the all-star panel […]
Patriot PAWS Service Dog in Training making great strides ROCKWALL, TX (Aug. 24, 2022) If you recall from previous PUP-dates, Millie, the two-year-old white Labrador Retriever with Patriot PAWS Service Dogs, has been in training for the last 12 months to become a Service Dog to disabled American Veterans at no cost. (See links to […]
ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX (Aug. 24, 2022) With the exception of physicians, most people end up in their life career path more by accident than carefully well thought out planning. Think about that. When you got ready to graduate from high school, the really first decision you had to make in life was “what am I […]
DALLAS, TX (Aug. 24, 2022) Fair season is in the air, and with it, the irresistible aroma of fried food. It’s time to discover who will be crowned the winners of the 18th Annual Big Tex Choice Awards. Participants in the 2022 Big Tex Choice Awards submitted a total of 51 entries with 35 advancing […]
GREENVILLE, TX (Aug. 24, 2022) The community is invited as Veterans Outpost – a 50 acre complex in Greenville, TX being developed to accommodate veterans and first responders in their journey to improve their physical, emotional, spiritual, and economic wellbeing due to PTSD and other on the job stresses – hosts its Outpost Odyssey Gala […]
North Texas First Responders Invited to Register for Memorial Tower Climb of Downtown Fort Worth’s Bank of America Tower FORT WORTH (August 23, 2022) – City Center Fort Worth will host up to 200 first responders on Sunday, September 11, 2022 for a Memorial Tower Climb. First responders from City Center Security, local Police and […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Aug. 23, 2022) Today, State Representative Justin Holland announced key staff changes including the departure of Alexandra Fowler who has served HD-33 as a policy analyst and interim-district director as well as Rep. Holland’s political director during the spring primary. Fowler has accepted the campaign manager role for the Jamee Jolley Campaign who […]
Stable owners, who moved onto the property just three weeks ago, request help FORNEY, TX (Aug. 22, 2022) At Skyview Stables in Forney, 20 show and lesson horses were standing in 11″ of water this morning, and they have lost all shavings and hay due to the heavy rains and flooding. Grooms are on site, […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Aug. 18, 2022) I was under the weather this past week, on the mend now and enjoying coffee outside in the mild early morning, with Bob Kilgore, our big black and white kitty. This malaise leaves me wanting only to be still and enjoy the peace of the garden. Blessedly, I feel no […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Aug. 15, 2022) Ever so often the question of the Rockwall County retirement plan is raised, usually because of some neighboring county suggesting their plan be changed. All the counties in Texas, along with many of the districts, are members of the Texas County and District Retirement System (TCRDS). This system was created […]