Tri-County Choir presents ‘We Honor the Brave’

(ROYSE CITY, TX – October 21, 2015) The Tri-County Choir presents ‘We Honor the Brave’ featuring the Royse City High School Choirs at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 10 at the Royse City High School Auditorium, 700 S. FM 2642. Cost: $10/adult, $5/student, 5 & under free. All veterans attend FREE.

Rockwall Breakfast Rotary to host Pancake Fundraiser benefiting Coats for Kids

(ROCKWALL, TX – October 20, 2015) Rockwall Breakfast Rotary will host a pancake breakfast fundraising event from 8 to 10 a.m. this Saturday, October 24 at Applebee’s in Rockwall. The cost is $8 and includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage and drink. All proceeds go to the Breakfast Rotary’s Coats for Kids event, November 7. Last year, […]

Paintings by world-renowned artist Don Snell to be auctioned Saturday

(ROCKWALL, TX – October 20, 2015) Local auctioneer and “Voice of Rockwall” Gary Freedman will auction off 20 paintings by world-renowned artist Don Snell this Saturday, October 24 at the Uptown Downtown Art Gallery, 301 N. San Jacinto in downtown Rockwall. Doors open at 6 p.m.; the auction will begin at 7.         […]

Rockwall Mayor Jim Pruitt takes Monarch Pledge

(ROCKWALL, TX – October 19, 2015) Rockwall Mayor Jim Pruitt joined fellow mayors from across North Texas and throughout the United States in taking the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge to take action to help save the monarch butterfly, an iconic species whose populations have declined by 90% in the last 20 years. Through the National Wildlife […]

Rockwall County Commissioners proclaim Oct 18-24 National Friends of Libraries Week

(ROCKWALL, TX – Oct 14, 2015) On October 13, 2015, Judge David Sweet and the Rockwall County Commissioners declared October 18-24, 2015 as National Friends of Libraries Week. At the Friends meeting later that day, Judge Sweet presented the Proclamation to Gloria Bishop, President of Friends of the Rockwall County Library. Friends of the Rockwall […]

Rockwall ISD trustees vote to refinance bonds, saving taxpayers $12.8 million

(ROCKWALL, TX – October 12, 2015) The Rockwall Board of Trustees have unanimously voted to take advantage of historically low interest rates and refinance the remaining bonds from the 2006 bond referendum. The decision was made in last week’s school board meeting after a brief presentation about the current bond market from FirstSouthwest. FirstSouthwest, one […]

Rockwall Rainbow Room hosts meet-and-greet luncheon

(ROCKWALL, TX – October 12, 2015) The Rainbow Room of Rockwall County welcomed its newest board members and staff members with tons of hot pizza during its meet-and-greet luncheon held on Thursday, Oct. 8. The Rainbow Room, located inside the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services building at 1131 W. Yellowjacket Lane, provides emergency […]

Public input sought for Rockwall County-wide Hazard Mitigation Plan

(ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX – Oct 7, 2015) Rockwall County will host a public meeting on Tuesday, October 27th to gather public input for a County-wide Hazard Mitigation Plan. The meeting is from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Rockwall County Historic Courthouse, 101 East Rusk, Rockwall 75087. The public is invited and encouraged to attend […]