Open letter to the City of Fate residents from Mayor David Billings

Open letter to the City of Fate residents from Mayor David Billings

Fate, TX (January 3, 2025) – Happy New Year! We are blessed to live in an extraordinary city, and I am honored to serve you as Mayor. Our steadfast commitment to a conservative approach to city governance has been the cornerstone of our success. By focusing on fiscal responsibility, limited government, and empowering local decision-making, […]

Preparing for bitter cold temperatures, Atmos Energy offers safety tips

Preparing for bitter cold temperatures, Atmos Energy offers safety tips

Garland, Texas (January 3, 2025) – As the forecast calls for extreme winter weather to arrive in the coming days, Atmos Energy is closely monitoring the weather and staging its employees across the system. Colder weather may impact the amount of natural gas you use. Using energy wisely and making a few household changes may […]

Rockwall Kiwanis to pack the 50,000th Food for Kids bag This January

Rockwall Kiwanis to pack the 50,000th Food for Kids bag This January

Rockwall, TX (January 2, 2025) – This January marks an incredible milestone for the Rockwall Kiwanis Food for Kids program—our 50,000th food bag packed! Over the years, this initiative has provided essential weekend meals for children in need throughout Rockwall County, ensuring no child goes hungry when school meals aren’t available. This achievement would not […]

Caregiver Resources: Legal issues for caregivers

Caregiver Resources: Legal issues for caregivers

Rockwall, TX (January 2, 2025) – Navigating the legal system can be daunting, let alone doing it on behalf of a loved one. The need to advocate for someone can happen overnight and we are often unprepared. Or, it can be the case where someone’s health is declining slowly, and you never know the right […]

Rockwall ISD opens community nomination period for naming of Middle School #4

Rockwall ISD opens community nomination period for naming of Middle School #4

Rockwall, TX (January 1, 2025) – The Rockwall ISD Board of Trustees’ Facility Naming Committee is now accepting nominations for the naming of Middle School #4 located at 4700 Gettysburg Boulevard, Fate, TX 75032. The new school is scheduled to open in August 2025. The nomination form is available here or at www.rockwallisd.com on the […]

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: A Local Woman in Combat

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: A Local Woman in Combat

Rockwall, TX (December 30, 2024) – Prior to becoming County Judge in 2011, I wrote a weekly article for this newspaper titled “The Military View”. These articles focused on local men and women from our area who were serving in one of our armed forces. Most of the articles discussed these individuals and what was […]

Rockwall County residents are invited to a Call for Prayer

Rockwall County residents are invited to a Call for Prayer

Rockwall, TX (December 30, 2024) – A countywide Call for Prayer will be held on Wednesday, January 1st, 2025 at 11:00am following the 10:00am swearing-in ceremony for newly elected and newly re-elected Rockwall County officials and deputy sheriffs at the Rockwall County Historic Courthouse (101 E. Rusk St) in downtown Rockwall.  Local religious officiants will […]

Celebration of Life: Services for longtime Rockwall resident Judith Minth Jan 3

Celebration of Life: Services for longtime Rockwall resident Judith Minth Jan 3

Rockwall, TX (December 30, 2024) – Judith Ann Minth, age 83, of Rockwall, Texas, passed away on November 28, 2024. Judy was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 20,1941. Parents Leslie and Julia Horvath and brother John Leslie Horvath preceded her in death. Judy is survived by her loving husband of sixty years, Ron Minth; […]

Leadership Rockwall Class of 2025 partners with Patriot PAWS to enhance accessibility and training facilities

Leadership Rockwall Class of 2025 partners with Patriot PAWS to enhance accessibility and training facilities

Rockwall, TX (December 30, 2024) – Leadership Rockwall Class of 2025 is proud to announce an exciting partnership with Patriot PAWS, a local nonprofit dedicated to training and providing service dogs for disabled American veterans. This collaboration will focus on creating a sensory garden and an accessible pathway to improve the training area for service […]

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