Rockwall student honored for memory mastery in Mayoral proclamation

ROCKWALL, TX (April 8, 2014) During the April 7th City Council meeting, Rockwall Mayor David Sweet and Mayor Pro Tem David White proclaimed April 7th as Mary Claire Weible Memory Master Day, in honor of the student’s astonishing accomplishments and ability to memorize over 1200 facts in the optional home school program “Classical Conversations Memory Masters.” […]

Dodie’s Annual Crawfish Fest April 27 at The Harbor

Dodie’s Annual Crawfish Fest April 27 at The Harbor

ROCKWALL, TX (April 8, 2014) Dodie’s Cajun Diner will host its Annual Crawfish Fest at The Harbor on Lake Ray Hubbard in Rockwall from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 27th, featuring all-you-can-eat crawfish and live music by The Big Daddy Band. All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the JER Chilton YMCA at […]

Rock Wall Chapter of DAR initiates new members, welcomes guest speaker

ROCKWALL, TX (April 7, 2014) The Rock Wall Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) held a new member initiation ceremony on Saturday, April 5, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Heath. Eight new members were inducted: Becky Henderson, Sherri Nerren, Nancy Peirce, Beverly Williams, Rhea Aryani, Haille O’Connor, Nikki Van Wey, and […]

Amber Carrington to sing at Tri-County Choral Society Concert

(April 6, 2014) The Tri-County Choral Society will present its Spring Concert “Hot Pop and Cool Country” featuring locally grown talent Amber Carrington at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26 at the Royse City High School auditorium. Amber is an up and coming country music star who rose to fame on NBC’s “The Voice” as a […]

Springtime astronomy unveils timeless journey

ROCKWALL, TX (April 6, 2014) It’s not easy being people. From the middle school hallways where the first signs of social  friction between jocks, nerds, dweebs, debs and loads (my lexicon is probably dated) becomes apparent, to our rise into adulthood, we all struggle at different levels.  Eventually we deal with things like jobs and […]

Simple Spring: recalling the good old days

ROCKWALL, TX (April 11, 2014) Spring weather has hit and I’m lovin’ it. I’ve been cleaning up fallen limbs and straightening up the deck whileIreland, my first grader, plays with her dolls in the dirt. The pastures behind us awake with crows cawing while they mob an invading hawk—the sounds and sights of nature awaking from […]

Junk Prom, Flea Market Saturday at Centsible

Junk Prom, Flea Market Saturday at Centsible

ROCKWALL, TX (April 4, 2014) Centsible Thrift Store encourages everyone to dust off the forgotten glory of your old prom dress and play dress up for a good cause at the Rockwall County Helping Hands Junk Prom and Flea Market. The second annual shopping event will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 5 […]

Healing Conference at Heritage Christian Academy hosted by Order of St Luke at Transformation Anglican Church Rockwall

ROCKWALL, TX (April 4, 2014) The International Order of St. Luke the Physician at Transformation Anglican Church in Rockwall will host a healing conference on Friday and Saturday, May 9 and 10 at Heritage Christian Academy. The conference will be led by the Rev. Jack Sheffield, National Director of OSL.  Jack is a dynamic teacher […]