Rockwall, TX (October 3, 2025) – Rockwall local, Rhyan Cannon has made it to the final rounds in Colossal’s Face of Halloween competition! The nationwide campaign raises funds and awareness for Starlight Children’s Foundation, whose mission is to make hospitals a little less scary for kids experiencing hospitalizations. The organization delivers happiness to seriously ill kids […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Oct. 27, 2022) Horror films are not my genre, though, in my youth, I relished the Friday night “Chiller” feature on TV. Old movies like “Dracula,” “Frankenstein,” and “The Wolf Man” were part of my coming-of-age repertoire. One night many full moons ago, all alone in the house, I stayed up late to […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Oct. 25, 2022) What better way to celebrate spooky season than with a Hocus Pocus party? For the latest episode of The Rose Table, I served a witchy menu inspired by the Sanderson Sisters in my dining room lit up with their signature green magic. For dinner, I served my Apple Season Salad, […]
ATHENS, TX (Oct. 13, 2022) – Families are in for a treat Thursday, Oct. 27 at the annual “Halloween at the Hatchery” event hosted by the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC). The annual event provides a safe place to go trick-or-treating while raising money for three local beneficiaries, The Rainbow Room, East Texas Crisis Center and the Athens High […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Oct. 8, 2021) Highland Meadows Health and Rehab will host a community TRUNK OR TREAT event from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29 at its facility, 1870 S. John King Blvd. in Rockwall. Bring the kiddos for safe trick-or-treating fun, hosted by the Highland Meadows family and other community sponsors. If you […]
ROCKWALL, TX – October 29, 2020 — If you’ve been on Facebook, you’ve probably heard of Skully the Skeleton. Skully is a local undead model who makes his home in Fate, TX. Every year starting in October, he invites his bony friends to the yard to have a rattling good time as he quests to […]
ROCKWALL, TX – October 28, 2020 — The community enjoyed some beautiful fall weather at the Fall 2020 Aspasians Marketplace on Oct. 17, featuring seasonal goodies and treats from over 100 vendors. After having to cancel their Spring Marketplace, the Aspasians came back full swing to the Wilkerson-Sanders Memorial Stadium parking lot. The show was […]
ROCKWALL, TX – October 12, 2020 — Local WWII veteran Herman Billnitzer is in for quite the treat this Halloween when he celebrates his 100th birthday. The community is invited to join a birthday train of 100 cars driving past Herman’s house on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 10:30 a.m. Rally areas will be in the […]
ROYSE CITY, TX – Oct. 9, 2020 – The Royse City Chamber of Commerce is hosting a family friendly, social distancing Halloween-themed scavenger hunt around Royse City, and you are invited to join a team and play for fun – or to win the grand prize! The hunt will take place from 1 to 4 […]
ROCKWALL, TX – October 8, 2020 — We sat on the floor hugging our knees to our chest for protection, wide-eyed at the scene before us. Several people with the same ghastly appearance stumbled forward— not in living color but in half-dead black and white. That was my first encounter with zombies, when Mom allowed […]