Married Life

Married Life

(ROCKWALL, TX — November 2, 2017) I’ve been married for a little over a month now, and I’ve gotta say it’s the best thing ever! I can still vividly recall the feelings of excitement and nervousness I felt as I sat in the Groom’s Room in the Chestnut Square Wedding Chapel in McKinney. I found […]

Home sweet home

Home sweet home

(ROCKWALL, TX — August 29, 2017) As many of you are probably aware, my fiancée and I were lucky enough to become the renters of our very first house on July 30. We happened upon this quaint little home one day while out scouring the Rockwall neighborhoods for those all-too-uncommon “For Rent” or “For Lease” […]

Community Development Corp. opens high quality, affordable home in Rockwall

Community Development Corp. opens high quality, affordable home in Rockwall

(ROCKWALL, TX — June 23, 2017) I recently had the chance to tour a residence which proved that affordable doesn’t have to mean poor or rundown when it comes to renting or owning a home. On Friday, June 16, the North East Texas Community Development Corporation held a grand opening/ribbon cutting for their latest affordable […]

An Easter egg hunt marriage proposal

An Easter egg hunt marriage proposal

(ROCKWALL, TX — April 28, 2017) On Good Friday, my girlfriend Julie Anne and I went on the Easter egg hunt of our lives in the backyard of my parents’ house. Many of you might know Julie Anne White as our amazing reporter here at Blue Ribbon News. In fact, we met for the first […]

Bluebonnet Trails excursion will make for best Easter weekend ever

Bluebonnet Trails excursion will make for best Easter weekend ever

(ROCKWALL, TX – April 14, 2017) As I sit here staring at this basket of chocolate candy in front of me, the only thing I have on my mind is Easter weekend. And it’s going to be good one because I get to spend it with someone near and dear to my heart. My longtime […]

Embracing the fun challenge of my first leading role

Embracing the fun challenge of my first leading role

(ROCKWALL, TX – April 7, 2017) The Rockwall Community Playhouse’s next production of the season is a play called Pillow Talk, and last weekend they held auditions for it. So I decided to go out for one of the lead roles. Not the lead role, mind, but one of the main characters in the show. […]

Rediscovering a favorite pastime

Rediscovering a favorite pastime

(ROCKWALL, TX – March 24, 2017) It’s March and sports fans everywhere know what that means: March Madness!!! Well, maybe that’s what it means for many who love college basketball. Me? I’ve caught hockey fever. There’s less than 10 games left in the NHL regular season, and the playoff race is getting very tight. It’ll […]

A brief history of Saint Patrick of Ireland

A brief history of Saint Patrick of Ireland

(ROCKWALL, TX – March 17, 2017) Today is St. Patrick’s Day, and it wasn’t until yesterday that I even remembered the holiday was this week. It’s one of those holidays I tend to forget about, not on purpose though. I think the reason is because I really don’t know much behind its history or why […]

Road trippin’ to Arkansas

Road trippin’ to Arkansas

(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 24, 2017) Exactly one week from today, I will be in Little Rock, Arkansas jamming to a Twenty One Pilots concert! And the best part is, I’ll be with my special someone and we’ve both never seen them live! For those of you who aren’t familiar with TOP, they are an […]

More fun with ethics

More fun with ethics

(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 17, 2017) I’m going to keep this ethics and morality train rolling for this week by presenting some more fun scenarios I found while browsing the web. Let’s say you find yourself in a position to rescue one of each of the following. As fate would have it, rescuing one means […]