ROCKWALL, TX (June 22, 2022) – For the 13th year in a row, the City of Rockwall has been designated as an Accredited Main Street America™ program for meeting rigorous performance standards in the Historic Downtown Rockwall District. Rockwall has received accreditation every year since Main Street Manager Bethany Browning was hired in 2009. Each year, […]
ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX – June 22, 2022 — Below is a digital preview of our July 2022 print edition. Our print publication delivers to about 17,500 homes and businesses throughout Rockwall County. Extra copies are available for pick up now (while supplies last) at the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce, the JER Chilton YMCA, and […]
ROCKWALL, TX (June 20, 2022) Dallas Race Week has an event history going back to 1982, always bridging the week of Summer Solstice in June and held at Chandlers Landing Yacht Club. Dallas Race Week history The first Dallas Race Week was June, 1982. Scott Self, a founding member of Chandlers Landing Yacht and Tennis […]
ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX (June 20, 2022) The Rockwall County Historical Commission is excited to announce that the Texas Historical Commission has approved an application by the RCHC for an Official Texas Historical Marker for New Hope Baptist Church, in Royse City, TX. The official Historical Marker will be installed at a later date. New Hope […]
ROCKWALL, TX (June 16, 2022)Each June we celebrate Father’s Day, BUT did you know Father’s Day started at the YMCA? Father’s Day was founded by Sonora Louis Smart Dodd, daughter of a single father who served in the Civil War. Her father was widowed when his wife (Mrs. Dodd’s mother) died in childbirth with their […]
ROCKWALL, TX (June 14, 2022) Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church has a Catholic Charities Dallas mobile community food pantry every third Tuesday of the month from 9-11 a.m. The next date for the mobile pantry at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church is June 21. Fresh fruit, vegetables, and other food items […]
Pie vendors from all over Texas selling pie, pie baking contest, pie eating contest, pie walk, pie throwing, pie fight and more ROCKWALL, TX (June 14, 2022) Bonafide Betties Pie Co, voted Best Pies in Texas by USA Today in 2018, and Tate Farms, one of Rockwall County’s oldest working family farms join together to present […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (June 13, 2022) Lifelong Heath resident Clarice Smirl Isbell turned 90 on June 2. She celebrated with friends and family at the historic Smirl Chapel, which now sits on Tate Farms, one of the last family owned ranches in Rockwall County. Clarice grew up in those four walls, attending church weekly. When asked […]
FATE, TX (June 9, 2022) The following update was released on City of Fate’s Facebook page today following concerns reported by two individuals reporting sick children who visited the park on Sunday. More information and updates can be found at www.FateTX.gov/SplashPad. Robert Smith Family Park – Splash Pad Update: We have been contacted by two […]
ROCKWALL, TX (June 9, 2022) — This summer, Rockwall area residents can help local children from low-income families start the next school year off on the right foot through the Christian based community program, Shoes For Kids. On Saturday, July 30, First United Methodist Church Rockwall – in partnership with area churches and civic organizations […]