(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – Sept. 20, 2017) Junior team members from the Rockwall Racing cycling team recently completed the 2017 race season at the 2017 Texas State Road Race Championships at Fort Hood in Copperas Cove. Two of the youngest team members brought home the gold, as Jack Makohon of Heath won the Junior Boys under […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 9, 2017) Rockwall Crossing Orthodontics treated hundreds of families to free Steel City Pops during a Back to School Bash Aug. 28 and 29. Our Blue Ribbon News Team popped in for a sweet treat, live broadcast, and tour of the practice, which is located one block south of the Rockwall […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 9, 2017) Blue Ribbon News Rockwall Live Team reporter Julie Anne White visited the award-winning Rockwall School of Music Sept. 6 for a live Facebook broadcast. She not only learned a few chords on the ukulele, but she discovered that the school now offers the Musical Ladder System – an exclusive, nationally […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — September 7, 2017) Rockwall High School Robotics Team 1296 – Full Metal Jackets in collaboration with the Rockwall Breakfast Rotary Club, distribute American Flags throughout the Rockwall and Fate communities on patriotic holidays to show support for the US Military. Team members donate their time to the worthy cause and earn community […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 3, 2017) In Texas elementary schools, multiplication is being introduced towards the end of 2nd grade. For parents with kids who are struggling with their multiplication facts, fear not: Mathnasium of Rockwall-Heath can help. MULTIPLICATION CLINICS Beginning Sept. 25, Mathnasium will offer an eight-week Multiplication Clinic designed to help young mathematicians develop […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — August 30, 2017) For Linda Lyon, the namesake of Rockwall ISD’s brand new Linda Lyon Elementary School which opens to students this fall, being a teacher was something she knew she was meant to do ever since she was a little girl. “I used to line my dolls up and write with […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — August 29, 2017) Lynn Ross has a very clear answer for anyone who questions just how important Phantom, Gracie and Fizzy are to her life. “They’re my everything,” the 75-year-old Royse City woman answered recently. “They’re the only reason I wake up in the morning.” Phantom, Gracie and Fizzy are dogs that […]
Art Show coming to new venue Oct. 27-29 (ROCKWALL, TX – Aug. 27, 2017) The Rockwall Art League has announced a Call to Artists as it prepares for 17th Annual Fine Art Show & Sale, scheduled for Oct. 27-29 at the Rockwall Golf & Athletic Club at The Shores, 2600 Champions Drive. With a spectacular […]
(ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX – Aug. 24, 2017) The grand opening of the Rockwall County Fitness Trail was celebrated Saturday morning with speeches, a ribbon cutting and an opportunity for participants to take an inaugural walk on the inner loop of the quarter-mile trail. Precinct 2 County Commissioner Lee Gilbert, who has led the effort to create […]
Blue Ribbon News Editor / Senior Reporter Austin Wells caught up with Dr. John “JJ” Villarreal to hear his thoughts on his highly-successful first 14 months as Superintendent for the Rockwall Independent School District, and what more he hopes to accomplish for the district’s youth in the upcoming 2017-2018 school year. What are some of […]