DALLAS, TX (August 9, 2024) – The State Fair of Texas is one of the largest annual events in the world – attracting more than 2.3 million people in 2023 and bringing an estimated economic impact of nearly $500 million dollars to North Texas every fall. The State Fair of Texas engages leading security experts […]
Rockwall, TX (August 8, 2024) – The City of Rockwall is accepting applications for students who wish to be considered for the 2024-2025 Rockwall Youth Advisory Council (YAC). The City Council will fill up to five vacant seats on the YAC for this school year. Applicants should be freshmen through seniors and should preferably reside […]
Dallas, TX (August 8, 2024) – The moment your tastebuds have been waiting for has arrived! It’s the Fair food competition that defines our year, and it will make your 24 Days of Fun this year even tastier! Over sixty entries in the 2024 Big Tex Choice Awards were tasted and judged, with only 10 […]
Peter Emily International Veterinary Dental Foundation on-site to provide needed dental check-ups and procedures to tigers. Wylie, TX (August 6, 2024) – Members of the Peter Emily International Dental Foundation (PEIVDF) will be on-site at In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center on Saturday, August 10th providing needed check-ups and dental work to four tigers, Kali, Holiday, Kabul, and Pasha […]
Rockwall, TX (August 6, 2024) – Highland Meadows Health & Rehab has been named Best Rehab 2024 by the readers of Lakeside Living Magazine. Recently announced, Highland Meadows is honored to receive the prestigious honor for the fourth year in a row. Attributing its success to selecting the most qualified and dedicated staff, Bobbi Jo […]
Royse City, TX (August 5, 2024) – Much like the growing student body in Royse City ISD, the security department will welcome a new face to the team. After a year of planning and research, the district becomes the state’s first ISD security team to employ a trained weapons detection K-9 safety dog. Trained at […]
Rockwall, TX (August 5, 2024) – Please join Rockwall Art League on Wednesday, August 28, for the monthly meeting and demo featuring Kimberly Merck-Moore. Kim will discuss “How to Find, Prep and have Successful Art Shows & Fairs” If you want to turn your creative passion into a successful money making venture, art shows and fairs […]
“I think that I shall never see A poem as lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast” ROCKWALL, TX (Aug. 1, 2024) The beautiful opening stanzas of Joyce Kilmer’s poem, “Trees.” God bless my high school English literature teacher, Mrs. Cohen. She had such high […]
Rockwall, TX (August 1, 2024) – The sandwich generation is named so because it is effectively “sandwiched” between the obligation to care for their aging parents—who may be ill, unable to perform various tasks, or in need of financial support—and children, who require financial, physical, and emotional support. The demands of caring and making decisions […]
ROCKWALL, TX (July 31, 2024) – The City of Rockwall is proud to announce that it has been awarded the Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Award. This award is for the City’s Restaurant Inspection Scores Dashboard, which uses which uses geospatial technology to help share restaurant inspection scores. The ESIG awards, first presented in 1981, […]