A gift of life: City manager of Royse City to donate kidney to Rockwall resident

A gift of life: City manager of Royse City to donate kidney to Rockwall resident

(ROYSE CITY, TX — October 3, 2017) A prospective kidney donor and recipient call it faith—not fate—that brought them together in a hallway at City Hall in Royse City early one morning in April. That’s the best explanation that Carl Alsabrook and Jesse Vaughn have for their face-to-face meeting in a hallway after an early-morning […]

ShangriLlama: Local ranch offers unique animal adventure

ShangriLlama: Local ranch offers unique animal adventure

(ROCKWALL, TX – Oct. 2, 2017) Just thirty or so minutes from downtown Rockwall, tucked away in an undisclosed location near Southfork, sits a rather unusual private ranch known as ShangriLlama. If you’re lucky enough to learn of its existence through word of mouth or the occasional Groupon offering, you can join dozens of curiosity […]

Blue Ribbon News October print edition hits mailboxes throughout Rockwall, Heath

Blue Ribbon News October print edition hits mailboxes throughout Rockwall, Heath

ROCKWALL/HEATH/FATE, TX (Oct. 1, 2017) Here’s a digital look at our October 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 […]

Salute the Kids: Camping adventure for military families

Salute the Kids: Camping adventure for military families

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 29, 2017) A total of 15 military families – a third of them from Rockwall County – will come together for a free weekend of excitement, re-connection and healing at beautiful Pine Cove in Tyler, TX during the Salute the Kids Fall Family Camp on Oct. 13-15. Salute the Kids is […]

Megyesi family honored as Angels in Adoption

Megyesi family honored as Angels in Adoption

(FATE, TX — September 27, 2017) Lorne and Tonya Megyesi’s five-and-a-half-year journey that led to their adoption of two Haitian children earned for them a trip to Washington, D.C. for recognition as U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe’s Angels in Adoption. He selected the Fate couple as 2017 Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s Angels in Adoption. They […]

A Look Into Rockwall County History: Jane Gorden Bounds and The Success

A Look Into Rockwall County History: Jane Gorden Bounds and The Success

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 27, 2017) “Dedicated to the best interests of Rockwall.” It was the slogan emblazoned beneath the masthead of one of Rockwall’s most treasured newspaper publications, and it was the motto by which Jane Gorden Bounds lived her life. The Rockwall Texas Success newspaper was first established at 114 N. San Jacinto […]

GATHER: connecting moms in neighborhoods across the community

GATHER: connecting moms in neighborhoods across the community

(ROCKWALL, TX — September 25, 2017) Local moms are getting the chance to connect with each other through an exciting new opportunity starting in neighborhoods across the community known as Gather. Gather is a neighborhood community of moms meeting regularly in their homes to encourage and support each other to be more intentional with their […]

Free ‘BioBlitz’ event hosted by Rockwall County Open Space Alliance

Free ‘BioBlitz’ event hosted by Rockwall County Open Space Alliance

(ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 22, 2017) Are your children curious about all the different birds, plants, bugs and animals they find while playing outside? Do you enjoy bird watching, native plants and wildlife watching? Would your students benefit from a hands-on species identification project and learning from an Urban Biologist and Master Naturalists?  The Rockwall […]