City officials deliver meals to homebound elderly during Community Champions Week

City officials deliver meals to homebound elderly during Community Champions Week

(ROCKWALL, TX — March 24, 2017) City officials from the communities of Rockwall, Heath, Royse City and Fate delivered hot meals to the homebound elderly in the county on Tuesday, March 21, as part of the Meals on Wheels March for Meals Community Champions Week. Among the community “champions” packing and delivering meals on Tuesday […]

Carry the Load founder gives rousing speech at Annual First Responders Luncheon

Carry the Load founder gives rousing speech at Annual First Responders Luncheon

(ROCKWALL, TX – March 23, 2017) The Rockwall Chamber of Commerce welcomed Carry the Load Founder Clint Bruce as keynote speaker for its Annual First Responders Luncheon on Wednesday, presented by Baylor Scott and White Medical Center – Lake Pointe and Southwest Kia Rockwall. Bruce delivered a powerful message on what defines a hero to […]

Bluebonnets bloom in Rockwall neighborhood

Bluebonnets bloom in Rockwall neighborhood

(ROCKWALL, TX – March 20, 2017) With the first day of Spring upon us, Rockwall residents are enjoying a field of bluebonnets in bloom near Phelps Lake, where Friends of Raymond Cameron Lake Park (now Friends of the Lakes of Squabble Creek) – a grassroots organization of neighbors who want to help preserve the natural […]

Toyota Raffle Drawing April 14

Limited tickets available for April 14 drawing (ROCKWALL, TX – March 13, 2017) Toyota of Rockwall and The Genesis Center of Kaufman County have teamed up to put one lucky raffle winner in the driver’s seat of a completely restored 1994 Toyota Supra Twin Turbo. This sports car – the same model that was made […]

Inaugural Public Art Project to begin in Rockwall

Inaugural Public Art Project to begin in Rockwall

Acclaimed Dallas artist to paint mural downtown (ROCKWALL, TX – March 7, 2017) As you drive by 110 South Goliad Street in the next few days, take a good look at the side of the building—what’s now a traditional collection of bricks and mortar will soon be the site of Rockwall’s first Art in Public […]

Rockwall ISD celebrates groundbreaking of new Dobbs Elementary

Rockwall ISD celebrates groundbreaking of new Dobbs Elementary

(ROCKWALL, TX – March 10, 2017) The oldest elementary school in Rockwall broke ground this morning on its new school building opening to students in the fall of 2018. Teachers and students of Dobbs Elementary joined city officials and Rockwall ISD board members for a special ceremony celebrating the groundbreaking of the new Dobbs Elementary […]

Local family raffles Yeti cooler to benefit boy who underwent brain surgery

Local family raffles Yeti cooler to benefit boy who underwent brain surgery

(ROCKWALL, TX — March 9, 2017) When the Hunton family of Rockwall learned that their son’s friend and classmate, 9-year-old Simran Martell, had a brain tumor and would need to undergo brain surgery, they decided to raffle off their Yeti Tundra 65 Cooler to raise money for the Martells. Simran lost his older sister Luna […]

Rockwall city council votes to keep ‘Positive Thoughts’ sign

Rockwall city council votes to keep ‘Positive Thoughts’ sign

(ROCKWALL, TX – March 7, 2017) The Rockwall city council voted unanimously for a variance to keep the iconic “Positive Thoughts from Dewayne Cain” sign during last night’s council meeting. Dewayne Cain, president of Rest Haven Funeral Home, told the council that even after several mishaps during the construction of the new First Baptist Church […]

First Responders Luncheon to feature former Navy Seal, Carry the Load founder

First Responders Luncheon to feature former Navy Seal, Carry the Load founder

Presented by Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce Sponsored by Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Lake Pointe and Southwest Kia – Rockwall (ROCKWALL, TX – March 2, 2017) The Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to bring our Rockwall County First Responders Luncheon to the Thomas H. Nalls Fire Station #2, 920 Rockwall Parkway, […]