Rockwall Citizen Recognized with Life Saving Award and Medal of Valor

Rockwall Citizen Recognized with Life Saving Award and Medal of Valor

(ROCKWALL, TX — March 28, 2019) During their regular meeting on Tuesday, March 26, the Rockwall County Commissioners Court and Sheriff Harold Eavenson recognized local resident Larry Wade with a Life Saving Award and Sheriff’s Medal of Valor. In the early morning hours of July 28, 2018, Wade was traveling along State Highway 66 in […]

Rowlett Chamber, CGI Announce Community Video Program

(ROWLETT, TX – March 18, 2019) CGI Communications, Inc. is proud to announce the renewed Community Video Program in Rowlett! The Community Video Program will be an innovation to the way that the Rowlett Chamber of Commerce markets itself to new families, residents and business owners. Rowlett Chamber of Commerce will feature these videos directly on […]

Caring Transitions Owners Recognized with National Rising Star Award

(ROCKWALL, TX – March 14, 2019) Caring Transitions is pleased to announce that Craig and Amy Edwards, the local owners of Caring Transitions of Rockwall, have earned the Caring Transitions’ Rising Star Award. This national recognition is given to a new franchisee who has demonstrated strong leadership and business growth in their first year of operation. […]

‘All for Hall From Rockwall’: A Tribute to U.S. Congressman Ralph Hall

‘All for Hall From Rockwall’: A Tribute to U.S. Congressman Ralph Hall

(ROCKWALL, TX – March 14, 2019) On Thursday, March 7, Congressman Ralph Moody Hall, a Rockwall native who was the oldest ever member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died peacefully in his home at the age of 95. Hall was born on May 3, 1923, in Fate, Texas and was a lifelong resident of […]

Overcoming Defeat Through Resilience

Overcoming Defeat Through Resilience

(ROCKWALL, TX — March 13, 2019) As the final overtime seconds ticked off and the dreadful buzzer sounded, my team’s basketball season ended. My boys had overcome so much through the season, game after game of last second heartbreaks and the occasional morsel of victory. I named them the “heart attack kids” because after a […]

Raising Our Trust-in-God Quotient

Raising Our Trust-in-God Quotient

(ROCKWALL, TX — March 13, 2019) She was unstoppable and courageous. At least her pink shirt said so. But her sudden wailing revealed something else. She was rigid with fear after a sharp-toothed terrier rejected her affection. When my granddaughter suffered two wounds and received a few stitches for each, we gained a reminder about […]

Cooking with Ease: Bacon-Tomato Tartlets

Cooking with Ease: Bacon-Tomato Tartlets

(ROCKWALL, TX — March 6, 2019) A longtime dream of mine is to one day write a cookbook. And not just any cookbook. A cookbook filled with more words than pictures and more feelings than ingredients. A paperback book overflowing with short stories about food, family, fun, and then ending each story with a recipe […]

Children’s Relief International to Host Green Door 5/10K Race

(ROCKWALL, TX – March 5, 2019) Join Children’s Relief International on Saturday, April 27, 2019 for its 10th Annual Green Door 5/10K Race and 1-mile Fun Run! The Green Door Race supports Children’s Relief International’s (CRI) Green Door Project which builds homes in Mozambique, Africa and Haiti. For 10 years, the Green Door Race has helped […]

Rockwall Family Finds Strength, New Beginning During Time of Adversity

Rockwall Family Finds Strength, New Beginning During Time of Adversity

(ROCKWALL, TX — March 4, 2019) Through the most difficult adversity he and his family have ever faced, local resident and business owner Jason Blackford found a big blessing in the JER Chilton YMCA at Rockwall. A couple years ago, while Jason and his wife Jacquelyn were traveling home from Kansas after spending the weekend […]

State of the Cities: Rockwall, Heath, Fate and McLendon-Chisholm

State of the Cities: Rockwall, Heath, Fate and McLendon-Chisholm

(ROCKWALL, TX — February 28, 2019) At its partnership luncheon on Feb. 20, Rockwall Chamber of Commerce welcomed State of the City addresses from the mayors of Rockwall, Heath, Fate and McLendon-Chisholm. Here are some highlights from each of the mayors’ presentations. City of Rockwall In his State of the City presentation, Mayor Jim Pruitt […]