(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 13, 2017) A new nonprofit is helping provide kid-approved food items to kids in need in Rockwall County, and it’s the brainchild of a local seven-year-old boy named Kaden Newton. When Kaden was just four years old, he told his parents he wanted to create a company to help feed the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 13, 2017) Here’s Daisy! She is a sweet 1.5-year-old, 73 lb American Bulldog mix looking for a forever home! She is hard of hearing so she would love a family who has time to teach her by hand signals. Daisy has been spayed, microchipped and fully vaccinated. Contact for more information […]
(ROCKWALL, HEATH, TX – Feb. 11, 2017) I’m still surprised I chose to attend the University of Arkansas. My parents didn’t like my far-away plan, especially when good schools were closer to home—smaller colleges, which seemed a better fit for me. My mother, who’d heard wild stories, had one stipulation: request a non-freshman dorm. I […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 11, 2017) The first time I met my father-in-law he shoveled wet concrete in his back yard. Back then he wasn’t my father-in-law, he was Mr. McGinnis, a hulk of a man, standing 6’3”, boasting forearms the size of hams. I couldn’t help but imagine being shoved feet first into the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 11, 2017) Editor’s Note: Each year at Valentine’s Day, Blue Ribbon News asks local couples how they met. Their stories are often sweet, funny and surprising. Sharing their tales of true love has become one of our favorite traditions – and one of our most wildly popular features. Shelley and Brian Berry […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 11, 2017) As the popular Beatles tune goes, “All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.” And love is exactly what Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall is bringing to both patients and staff members through its Pet Therapy program. During a two-hour time period twice a week, volunteer […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 10, 2017) Many of you might recognize the following scenario – especially those of you who have taken an ethics class – known as The Trolley Dilemma: Let’s say you’re the driver of a trolley. As the trolley rounds the bend you see five workers repairing the track ahead. The trolley […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — Feb. 9, 2017) The Yellowjacket wrestlers traveled to Highland Park Thursday night to close out their dual season. The Jackets won 11 out of 14 varsity matches for a final dual score of Rockwall 56 vs. Highland Park 18. Rockwall’s Junior Varsity team had nine contested matches, winning eight of them, including […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 9, 2017) The public is welcome as the Young Professionals of Rockwall host a March Social and Fundraiser from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 2 at the new Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, now open in Rockwall at 2861 Ridge Road, Suite 101. Join YPR as they help raise money for the […]
(ROWLETT, TX — Feb. 9, 2017) The 5th grade students at Doris Cullins-Lake Pointe Elementary in Rowlett discovered that the local Veteran’s Hospital was in desperate need of items for the Veterans. The students organized a drive that included all of the students at Cullins Elementary. The students collected coffee and toiletry items to be […]