(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 19, 2017) Did you know that by the time most children attend kindergarten, they’ve watched 5,000 hours of television – enough time to earn a college degree? The average teen sends 3,000 texts per month –more than six texts per waking hour, according to the same Nielsen study. It’s easy for […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – Feb. 13, 2017) Amy-Parks Heath Elementary School student Elise Harding was recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Mathnasium of Rockwall-Heath, as part of the Mathnasium CEO Scholarship Program. Each month throughout the school year, 94.9 KLTY and Mathnasium feature a CEO who grants a scholarship to a local school-age child in grade […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 13, 2017) A new nonprofit is helping provide kid-approved food items to kids in need in Rockwall County, and it’s the brainchild of a local seven-year-old boy named Kaden Newton. When Kaden was just four years old, he told his parents he wanted to create a company to help feed the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 11, 2017) Editor’s Note: Each year at Valentine’s Day, Blue Ribbon News asks local couples how they met. Their stories are often sweet, funny and surprising. Sharing their tales of true love has become one of our favorite traditions – and one of our most wildly popular features. Shelley and Brian Berry […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 11, 2017) As the popular Beatles tune goes, “All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.” And love is exactly what Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall is bringing to both patients and staff members through its Pet Therapy program. During a two-hour time period twice a week, volunteer […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 9, 2017) The public is welcome as the Young Professionals of Rockwall host a March Social and Fundraiser from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 2 at the new Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, now open in Rockwall at 2861 Ridge Road, Suite 101. Join YPR as they help raise money for the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX Feb. 7, 2017) Women In Need invited folks to indulge their valentines with an evening of dinner, dancing and lots of chocolate at its Chocolate Indulgence 2017 event on Friday, Feb. 3, at the Hidden Creek Event Center in Heath (215 Chris Cuny Pkwy). A chocolate fountain and a variety of chocolate sweets […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 7, 2017) The Amy Parks-Heath Elementary School Starlight Singers presented their 18th Annual USO Dinner, Dance and Show this past weekend at Cain Middle School (6620 FM 549). This year’s show featured music from the Korean War, a focus of study for the 6th graders comprising the Starlight Singers. Members from […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 3, 2017) Traveling has always been something near and dear in the hearts of Bill and Jennifer Byer. In fact, Bill said he and Jennifer have a sort of love affair with the Himalayas – it’s where they first met, after all. “I was attempting to ride a bicycle from Lhasa, […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 2, 2017) The Rockwall Rotary Club recognized the Student of Honor from Ouida Springer Elementary School today during its luncheon program. Sixth grader Luis Rico was presented the award by Springer Principal Sara Reeves, who spoke to Luis’s tremendous work ethic, willingness to help others and leadership. “It was very easy […]