(ROCKWALL, TX – June 22, 2020) Fourteen new child advocates for Lone Star CASA were sworn over the past two weeks by Judge Brett Hall. Lone Star CASA (Court appointed Special Advocate) trains volunteers to advocate for children in foster care in Kaufman and Rockwall counties. Volunteers complete 30+ hours of training and must be […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – June 22, 2020) Meet Trina! She is the sweetest girl and absolutely loves her humans! Trina was dog-friendly in the shelter but seems anxious around little dogs. She loves going on walks and is working on her leash manners. Trina is housebroken, and not at all destructive. She is heartworm positive, but the cost of her […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – June 22, 2020) For nearly a decade, Rockwall resident Jessica Metts suffered from terrible migraines. She tried a number of treatments to get rid of them, from Botox to acupuncturists to every type of preventative medicine you can imagine. She even underwent surgery during a clinical trial at the Reed Migraine […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – June 22, 2020) My usual Saturday morning phone call to my elderly parents opened with a question I’d never before asked them: “Do you have plenty of toilet paper?” Isolated in the early months of COVID-19, they depended solely on my time-challenged sister’s weekly visit and grocery run. My father answered and eased […]
From the Rockwall Police Department: (ROCKWALL, TX – June 19, 2020) During the overnight hours of June 18, 2020, Z’s Catfish Cafe, located at 127 Kenway Drive in Rockwall was damaged when an unknown vehicle drove into the front of the business. The suspect vehicle then backed out of the location and fled the scene. […]
From the Rockwall County Office of Emergency Management (ROCKWALL, TX – June 18, 2020) We have received 11 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Texas DSHS. Three cases are in Rockwall. Two cases are in Royse City. Five cases are in Fate. One case is in Heath. One person is less than 20 years old. […]
From the Rockwall County Office of Emergency Management (ROCKWALL, TX – June 17, 2020) We have received three additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Texas DSHS. Two cases are in Rockwall, and one is in Fate. One person is in their 20’s. One person is in their 60’s. One person is in their 70’s. DSHS […]
One of 1,000+ future leaders that assembled for the prestigious program spent week at University of Texas learning about government ROCKWALL, TX – The American Legion, Department of Texas, today announced that Oscar Chavira III of Rockwall High School has graduated from the American Legion Texas Boys State. Oscar was a County Delegate and on […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – June 15, 2020) The City of Rockwall’s Fourth of July parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 4 at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium. The route will go north on Townsend, left on Boydston, right on Fannin, and will conclude with a right turn on Rusk ending at Dobbs Elementary. Those interested in entering […]
UPDATE (June 2 “The decision has been made to postpone the Downtown Daycation event set for July 3 in historic downtown Rockwall. Although shops and restaurants will be open for business, the cornhole tournament, lawn games, food trucks and related activities will be rescheduled. The Downtown Rockwall Association looks forward to hosting this event in […]