(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – July 7, 2015) It’s been quite an eventful and exciting year for local country music singer/songwriter Kyndal Rae Bullock, who not only recently graduated from Rockwall-Heath High School but did so while recording her very first album, “Dance With Me.” The album –which was released last month – includes many songs written […]
News Splash! ROCKWALL, TX. (June 24, 2015) Mark your calendar – the 4th Annual Rubber Duck Regatta will be September 25 and 26 at The Harbor. Onlookers will cheer on their ducks as Lake Ray Hubbard becomes the biggest bathtub in Rockwall history. The regatta has become a beloved community tradition benefiting the Boys & […]
ROCKWALL,TX. (June 23, 2015) On June 19, the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce hosted its fourth Annual Rockwall Open CaddyShack Golf Tournament – including the women’s division “Divas & Divots.” Forty-five teams competed in the event, which was held at Buffalo Creek Golf Club. The tournament is a tradition among Rockwall’s finest business-minded golfers. The […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – June 9, 2015) Grace Milder, 14 and a student at Williams Middle School this past school year, wasn’t afraid of police officers – but she didn’t think they were much fun. Then she got to know Officer John Donaldson, the Rockwall Police Department’s School Resource Officer at Williams. “He’s a lot like […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – June 4, 2015) Rockwall mom Kristi Bryant knows all too well the importance of being able to celebrate a child’s birthday. But perhaps more importantly, she also recognizes that some of those parents within the community who struggle financially may not be able to afford a birthday gift or throw a birthday […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – May 27, 2015) Local non-profit organization Lakeside AMBUCS presented its biggest Amtryke giveaway yet on Thursday, May 21 at Honda Cars of Rockwall. The event saw five local-area children with disabilities fitted to their very own Amtryke, and smiles and cheers abounded as Bryleigh Phillips (2), Luca Luevano (4), Jamarcus Hamilton (7), […]
(FORNEY, TX – May 20, 2015) A few steps inside the front door of Philbeck’s Texas Pine Furniture Store in Forney and one can’t help but marvel at the absolute vastness of the place, the large quantities of country-style antique furniture made from solid vintage pine, or even the charming little bracelet stand run by […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – May 12, 2015) This good news just in: my church – the First United Methodist Church of Heath – celebrated its 125th birthday on Sunday, April 19! 125 years…to think that I’ve only been around on this Earth for less than a quarter of that length of time! But yes, the church […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – May 11, 2015) Leslie Wilson is a non-fiction writer with a bent toward humor. But the Rockwall wife and mother of three wasn’t laughing on the long, round-trip drive to attend the Dallas Christian Writers Guild each month. So she decided to establish a local group patterned after that one. The first […]
Motherly love like gold in this Rockwall County home (ROCKWALL, TX – May 11, 2015) Jeri Fontenot is the richest person in Rockwall County. That’s if you believe Mildred B. Vermont’s famous statement, “Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love.” Jeri is […]