Rockwall County Helping Hands gears up for School Supplies Drive

ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX (May 31, 2014) While the temperatures climb and we head into the lazy days of summer, Rockwall County Helping Hands is busy making plans to help kids in struggling families get a good start into the new school year. Beginning June 1, Rockwall County Helping Hands and its Community Circle are undertaking […]

City of Rockwall honors Crowley for 30 years of service

ROCKWALL, TX (May 31, 2014) The City of Rockwall honored City Manager Rick Crowley with a resolution presented by Mayor David Sweet on May 19th, a day declared “Rick Crowley Happy 30th Anniversary Day.”  It was a surprise ceremony forCrowley during the City Council meeting.  Rick’s wife, Lauren, and their daughters, Rachel and Kayla, also […]

Rockwall Jackets Spring Swarm Food Drive is victory for Helping Hands food pantry

ROCKWALL, TX (May 31, 2014) Jacket football players helped collect more than 3,000 canned food donations and more than $1,500 in the recent Rockwall High School Spring Swarm Football Game Food Drive. The donations will help fill the shelves at the Rockwall County Helping Hands food pantry. The football players also went door-to-door collecting canned […]

Limited tickets for Rockwall Country Fair June 14

ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX (May 31, 2014) Join the fun at the first Rockwall Country Fair presented by the Rockwall Soroptimist with the support of the Rockwall Economic Development  Corporation, Rockwall Ford, and Lake Pointe Medical Center from 4 to 11 p.m. Saturday, June 14 on 16 acres in the Rockwall Technology Park, 2610 Observation Trail, 75032. […]

FreedomFest June 29 at Harbor

ROCKWALL, TX (May 19, 2014) Don’t miss FreedomFest 2014 at the Rockwall Harbor, 4 to 10 p.m. Sunday, June 29 at The Harbor in Rockwall. There will be live music performances, fun and festive vendors, ‘Uncle Sam’ on stilts, a kids creation station and fireworks. Stay tuned as more details are revealed or visit TheHarborRockwall.com […]

YMCA Angel Camp takes the ‘dis’ out of disability

ROCKWALL, TX (May 28, 2014) Registration is underway through June 9 for Angel Camp, a state licensed day camp for North Texas area children with special needs, presented annually by the JER Chilton YMCA at Rockwall. Designed for youth ages 5 to 18, the summer program allows kids with differing physical and intellectual handicaps the […]

Rockwall-Heath Mighty Hawk Band to present concert for first responders

ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (May 27, 2014)  The Rockwall Heath High School Mighty Hawk Band  invites all first responders to attend their Spring Concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 29 at the Rockwall-Heath High School Performing Arts Center. The RHHS Band has helped to commission the writing of a piece of music, “Tribute: Those Who Serve,” by […]

Electric violinist Mark Wood performs with Utley Orchestra

ROCKWALL, TX (May 27, 2014) International recording artist and Emmy award winning composer Mark Wood, an original member of the multiplatinum selling Trans-Siberian Orchestra and creator of the revolutionary Viper electric violin, recently brought his groundbreaking music education program Electrify Your Strings! (EYS) to Utley Middle School. Mark performed with the students on his handcrafted 7-string fretted […]