Full Metal Jackets win Engineering Inspiration award at Texas state championship

Full Metal Jackets win Engineering Inspiration award at Texas state championship

Rockwall, TX (May 13, 2025) – Team 1296, Full Metal Jackets from Rockwall High School, competed this year in the FIRST in Texas Robotics State Championship in Houston on April 2nd – 5th, 2025 after qualifying in their district competitions. The team spent over 13 weeks building a robot that can meet the challenge of […]

Cars for CASA celebrates 20 years of community, classics, and compassion

Cars for CASA celebrates 20 years of community, classics, and compassion

ROCKWALL, TX (May 13, 2025) What began in 2005 as a modest car show with just 80 entries and a $2,600 fundraising total has since grown into one of the area’s most anticipated annual events—and a powerful force for good in the lives of children in need. On Sunday, May 18, Cars for CASA returns […]

Heath senior wins national scholarship award

Heath senior wins national scholarship award

Bristol, PA (May 13, 2025) – Washington Crossing Foundation announced the 2025 scholarship winners for high school seniors planning careers in government service. Local student, Keaton Steen, a senior at Rockwall-Heath High School received the Gregory Czura, Esq. Memorial Scholarship. He is actively involved with his school community and encourages his peers in academics and […]

Rowlett High School senior places first in the state for Motorcycle Service Technology

Rowlett High School senior places first in the state for Motorcycle Service Technology

Rowlett, TX (May 12, 2025) – When Rowlett High School senior Alexa Garcia-Alexander first enrolled in the Outdoor Power class at the Gilbreath-Reed Career and Technical Center (GRCTC), she didn’t expect to place first in the state for Motorcycle Service Technology at the SkillsUSA Texas Leadership and Skills Conference just a few months later. “I […]

Concert by the Lake series features Nirvana tribute band, Nevermind, Thursday, May 15

Concert by the Lake series features Nirvana tribute band, Nevermind, Thursday, May 15

Rockwall, TX (May 12, 2025) – Thursday nights this summer will be extra special in Rockwall as the city presents its annual Concert by the Lake series. Held at The Harbor between 7 and 9 p.m. each week from May through July, the concerts feature a wide assortment of musical artists. Performing next in the […]

Rockwall ISD seniors awarded scholarships to become future teachers

Rockwall ISD seniors awarded scholarships to become future teachers

ROCKWALL, TX (May 12, 2025) Three Rockwall ISD seniors have been recognized for their commitment to education with scholarships through the district’s “Grow Your Own” initiative, a partnership between the Dr. Gene Burton College & Career Academy (GBCCA), Rockwall Education Foundation (REF), and ROCK after-school program. Alexis Crispin from Rockwall High School, and Judith Zavala […]

Reporter and author, Steve Stoler, to speak at In-Sync Exotics 25th anniversary gala

Reporter and author, Steve Stoler, to speak at In-Sync Exotics 25th anniversary gala

Wylie, TX (May 12, 2025) – In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center is thrilled to announce that Steve Stoler, Emmy award-winning reporter and author of Tonight at Ten: A TV News Reporter’s Stories Behind the Stories, will be the guest speaker at its 25th Anniversary Fundraising Gala. Thanks to the unwavering support of our community, In-Sync […]

Rockwall High School’s Full Metal Jackets take leadership beyond the classroom

Rockwall High School’s Full Metal Jackets take leadership beyond the classroom

Rockwall, TX (May 12, 2025) – On Saturday, May 10, 2025, the Rockwall High School Robotics team, Full Metal Jackets (FMJ) FRC 1296, gathered along State Highway 66 for a community clean-up day on a newly adopted stretch of highway. The highway adoption project, initiated by FMJ team member Phoebe Ishmael, serves to further the […]

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