HOW I MET MY MATE Editor’s Note: Each year as we approach 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. This year we received an overwhelming number of submissions, some of […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH/FATE, TX (January 29, 2018) Here’s a digital look at our February print edition. Our print publication delivers monthly to more than 20,000 homes and businesses throughout Rockwall and Heath. Extra copies are available for pick up at the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce, the JER Chilton YMCA, the Rockwall County Library and various local businesses. Meals on Wheels […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — January 29, 2018) Austin and I each remember the day we met a little bit differently. It was the Rockwall Founders Day Festival at Harry Myers Park, just a few weeks into one of my summer breaks from college. I was interning as a part time staff reporter for Blue Ribbon News, […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — January 29, 2018) Folks often ask me why I say “bless” so often. I even have a plaque a friend gave me that says, “Bless”. I suppose I say it because I am blessed. Blessed to know you. Blessed to have kids that love me. Blessed to have 47 years of forgiveness […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 29, 2018) Jaycee was found injured but that didn’t stop this girl! She may have lost her tail due to the accident but she didn’t lose her zest for life. Jaycee has fully recovered from her encounter with a car and ready to move on to find her forever family! Jaycee’s foster […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 8, 2018) Flash is my name and being cute is my game. I’m in search of a fur-ever home with a family that will love me as much as I love them. If you can find room in your heart for a new best friend I’m the one for you. I’ve been […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — January 5, 2018) Season’s greetings, readers! With the new year now upon us, I find myself reflecting back on all the good news happening around Rockwall that we at Blue Ribbon News were able to share this past year, and I can’t help but get excited about what lies ahead for the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — January 5, 2018) In the handful of days before New Year’s, I’ve written a novel, taken up fly-fishing, and I’m presently becoming an elk hunter. Yes, that’s a bit of exaggeration, but each of those bucket-listers started as a resolution. I’m a list-nerd, a goal-monger, a resolution-junkie, you could say. Each year […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — December 22, 2017) We have all heard the negative reports from across our land of instances where the Christmas Season is assailed, and it seems that all the Grinches of Christmas ban together each year in one voice to shout down the traditions of Christmas. Yes, we know the crazy stories of […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — December 18, 2017) Have you noticed the characters in Christmas? We have romanticized the sights and smells, but I think the reality of the scene needs to be re-noticed. Yes, there are angels and glory, awe and surprise, but there is also fear and isolation. Jesus was not born in a palace. […]