Dobbs Elementary hosts Leadership Night

Dobbs Elementary hosts Leadership Night

(ROCKWALL, TX—May 16, 2016) Howard Dobbs Elementary hosted their first annual Leadership Night to showcase the leadership skills that they have been practicing under the Leader in Me model. Students from all grade-levels came together to showcase the 7 Stephen Covey habits and teach their parents and visitors what being a Leader in Me campus […]

Heath to present annual Independence Day parade

Heath to present annual Independence Day parade

(HEATH, TX—May 16, 2016) For a patriotic hometown American experience, join the festivities at the City of Heath’s Annual Independence Day Parade on Monday, July 4. Parade entry awards will be presented during a patriotic celebration immediately after the parade in Towne Center Park featuring a live barbershop quartet and free popsicles and PIE! (Blueberry […]

Historical Foundation to celebrate Founders Day with Living Exhibits, chance to become ‘guest farmer’ at Cotton Patch

Guest farmers invited to stake out a parcel of Blackland Prairie and plant their own cotton crop (ROCKWALL, TX – May 12, 2016) The Rockwall Founders Day celebration on Saturday, May 21 will include the opportunity for folks to “lease” parcels of the Rockwall County Historical Foundation’s Cotton Patch and plant cotton seeds for the […]

Rockwall Chamber welcomes Membership Development Consultants

(ROCKWALL, TX – May 11, 2016) The Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Center is pleased to announce that Dorothy Spradlin and Trey Finley have joined the Chamber staff as new Membership Development Consultants. They will be leading and driving new partner sales, in a part-time capacity. With the onboarding of nearly 200 new […]

Meet Aunt May, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

(ROCKWALL, TX – May 16, 2016) Here’s Aunt May! While Aunt May’s breed is anyone’s guess, there is no mistaking how sweet and playful this girl is! She loves to play hide and seek and would do anything for some snuggles. She is heartworm positive, but Rockwall Pets will cover her treatment. She has all of her age […]

Rowlett Pet Spotlight: Rollo

(ROCKWALL, TX—May 16, 2016) Rollo is a 3-4 year old Labrador Retriever mix. He has a handsome brindle coat with white markings on his face and chest. Rollo gets along really well with other dogs. He loves peanut butter and honey flavored dog treats. You can use them to lure him into the car for […]

Royse City student named runner-up in Congressional Art Competition

(ROYSE CITY, TX – May 16, 2016) Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) announced today Brooke Austin of Royse City High School as one of the runners-up in the 2016 Congressional Art Competition. The winners were selected by a panel of judges who assessed submissions from high school students all across the 18 counties in Texas’ Fourth […]

Extension Master Gardeners to host office hours Wednesdays, 10 to noon

(ROCKWALL, TX – May 16, 2016) Beginning this Wednesday, Extension Master Gardeners will be available in the Texas AgriLife Extension Service Rockwall County Office  to answer horticultural based questions from the public. Stop by 915 Whitmore Dr. Ste. B, Wednesdays from 10-12 and a Rockwall County Master Gardener will be on hand to research questions […]