(ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX – March 30) April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to bring awareness to the prevalence of child abuse in our community. Child abuse thrives in the dark, and continues only as long as it remains secret and hidden. By bringing awareness to the problem, Children’s Advocacy Centers in Dallas, […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 29, 2018) The Rockwall County Commissioners Court joined Lone Star CASA and the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) in recognizing the month of April 2018 as Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month in Rockwall County. During the regular meeting of the Commissioners Court on March 27, Rockwall County Judge David Sweet read […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 28, 2018) April showers bring May flowers and, thanks to the efforts of a group of local butterfly enthusiasts, beautiful butterflies. Around 40 to 50 active volunteers with the group who call themselves the Butterfly Brigade have been hard at work transforming four areas in Rockwall into gorgeous butterfly gardens laden […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 27, 2018) I wonder what song Jesus was singing in His heart while everyone else was singing, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord!” It’s a song of expectancy. They’d sung it before, but never to Him. They hoped He would be the One who would […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 27, 2018) Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s action in conjunction with our NATO allies to expel Russian diplomats from the United States and close the Russian consulate in Seattle: “I commend the Trump administration and our NATO allies for taking decisive action […]
(HEATH, TX — March 27, 2018) For the seventh year in a row, the Black Hawk Robotics team qualified for the FIRST Robotics Competition world championship. The Rockwall-Heath High School robotics team recently won the Rock City Regional and the Industrial Design Award in Little Rock, Arkansas. FIRST is a global organization created to inspire […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 27, 2018) Club Pilates, the nation’s largest premium Pilates franchise, opened its doors in Rockwall on Feb. 28 with a planned grand opening celebration on April 7-8. Located in the Dalton Corners retail center at 3301 North Goliad Street, Suite. 103, the new studio offers members full-body workouts that improve posture, […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH/FATE, TX (March 27, 2018) Here’s a digital look at our April print edition. Our print publication delivers monthly to more than 20,000 homes and businesses throughout Rockwall and Heath. Extra copies are available for pick up at the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce, the JER Chilton YMCA, the Rockwall County Library, and various local […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 23, 2018) There are those who will stand up for a good cause, and then there’s Aaron Gonzalez, a 32-year-old Austin, Texas native who will undertake a 400+ mile stand up paddle board journey in support of Rockwall-based nonprofit Patriot PAWS Service Dogs. Gonzalez will launch this intense adventure dubbed “Paddle […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 27, 2018) At the beginning of the year, I set a new reading challenge for myself on Goodreads to read 15 books by year’s end. I’ll admit that’s not a lot of books, and while there’s almost nothing I enjoy more than reading, I’m a particularly slow reader and will never […]