(ROCKWALL, TX – March 30, 2018) Joshua T. Burgess, 19, of Fate, TX, graduated from the United States Navy boot camp at the Navy’s only Recruit Training Command located in Great Lakes, Illinois on March 2, 2018. Fireman Burgess successfully completed 8 weeks of intensive basic and shipboard training at Great Lakes, Illinois as one of […]
(ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX – March 30) April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to bring awareness to the prevalence of child abuse in our community. Child abuse thrives in the dark, and continues only as long as it remains secret and hidden. By bringing awareness to the problem, Children’s Advocacy Centers in Dallas, […]
(HEATH, TX – March 30, 2018) For the seventh year in a row, The Black Hawk Robotics team qualified for the First Robotics Competition world championship. The Rockwall-Heath High School robotics team recently won the Rock City Regional and the Industrial Design Award in Little Rock, Arkansas. FIRST is a global organization created to inspire […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 28, 2018) April showers bring May flowers and, thanks to the efforts of a group of local butterfly enthusiasts, beautiful butterflies. Around 40 to 50 active volunteers with the group who call themselves the Butterfly Brigade have been hard at work transforming four areas in Rockwall into gorgeous butterfly gardens laden […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 28, 2018) In February 2018, the Rockwall ISD Culinary Arts Team earned first place at the regional competition, qualifying them for a spot at the state finals where they would defend their state title. And defend it, they did. The Rockwall ISD Culinary Arts Team are now back-to-back state champions. They will […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 28, 2018) The Lady Mustang Gymnastics capped off their successful season with level 4 and 5 teams both winning District Championships, resulting in undefeated seasons. The level 5 team broke the school’s team score record set in 2009 with a 114.85, vault team score set in 2011 with a 28.85, uneven […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 27, 2018) I wonder what song Jesus was singing in His heart while everyone else was singing, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord!” It’s a song of expectancy. They’d sung it before, but never to Him. They hoped He would be the One who would […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 27, 2018) Club Pilates, the nation’s largest premium Pilates franchise, opened its doors in Rockwall on Feb. 28 with a planned grand opening celebration on April 7-8. Located in the Dalton Corners retail center at 3301 North Goliad Street, Suite. 103, the new studio offers members full-body workouts that improve posture, […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH/FATE, TX (March 27, 2018) Here’s a digital look at our April print edition. Our print publication delivers monthly to more than 20,000 homes and businesses throughout Rockwall and Heath. Extra copies are available for pick up at the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce, the JER Chilton YMCA, the Rockwall County Library, and various local […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 23, 2018) There are those who will stand up for a good cause, and then there’s Aaron Gonzalez, a 32-year-old Austin, Texas native who will undertake a 400+ mile stand up paddle board journey in support of Rockwall-based nonprofit Patriot PAWS Service Dogs. Gonzalez will launch this intense adventure dubbed “Paddle […]