(ROCKWALL, TX – March 16, 2016) With the final phase of the $8.6 million Capital Improvement Project (CIP) revitalizing Downtown Rockwall near completion, the city will host a large scale celebration on Saturday, April 16 to commemorate the enhancements brought to the historic downtown square. The three-year project includes significant improvements to the sidewalks and […]
Click on images below to enlarge and scroll through our photo gallery of images from Rockwall’s all-day Hometown Christmas Celebration, Parade and Tree Lighting! Photos by Blue Ribbon News. The Blue Ribbon News print edition is delivered free to more than 18,000 homes throughout Rockwall and Heath. To share your good news and events, email […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Dec. 3, 2015) Grace Hartman Elementary School staff and students surprised their PE Coach Collin Strahan, who is also the receivers Coach for the Jackets, with a victory parade. A few of the football players that are Hartman PALS paraded through the hallways giving high fives […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – October 21, 2015) Join the fun on Saturday, December 5 as all of your favorite community events are combined for a one day family celebration in Downtown Rockwall, beginning with the annual Kiwanis Christmas parade at 9 a.m., followed by photos with Santa & Mrs. Claus from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – October 19, 2015) Students in Mrs. Hammond’s class at Dobbs Elementary came to school dressed to impress on Monday disguised as their favorite idiom. The fifth graders have been studying figurative language and today, they brought their own idiom to show students and teachers how literal they are taking their learning. Submitted […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – September 17, 2015) Homecoming Week Info October 12 – October 17 Theme Days: Monday – America Day Tuesday – Tropical Day Wednesday – Costume Day** Thursday – Holiday Friday – Spirit Day – Wear Rockwall Spirit Wear **Costumes must be school appropriate and nothing that hides the face (make up / masks etc.) Homecoming […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – August 29, 2015) Friday morning, together with parents from five classes of kindergarteners along with the entire student body and all staff of Amy Parks Heath, we watched our newest Mariners march the halls of our great school in the Kindergarten Spirit Walk – a time honored tradition and rite of passage […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – July 5, 2015) The fourth annual Rockwall News 4th of July Parade , co-sponsored by the City of Rockwall, Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce, Rod Holland Real Estate and Rockwall Cryo Whole Body Cryotherapy, included floats from businesses and local organizations, scout troops, youth groups, and elected officials. Check out some of the photos shot by Blue […]
(HEATH, TX – July 5, 2015) It was pure red, white and blue Americana in the City of Heath as the community celebrated July 4 with the annual hometown parade and a new patriotic program in the park afterwards. Mayor Lorne Liechty presented the parade awards and honored attending veterans; U.S. Congressman John Ratcliffe led the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – June 29, 2015) The fourth annual Rockwall News 4th of July Parade will be held Saturday, July 4, beginning at 11 am, from the RISD football stadium/Aquatic Center parking lot to Dobbs Elementary School. The normally hour-long parade will leave the parking lot, head north on TL Townsend Dr. past the County […]