(Rockwall County) The 4th Annual “Go the Distance” Christian Corneau Memorial Run will be Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Rockwall County Family YMCA, located at 1210 N. Goliad St. in Rockwall. The event honors Christian Corneau, a Rockwall student who passed away in 2006. Proceeds benefit the Partners Campaign, the YMCA’s financial assistance fund that […]
The District X Fall Convention of the Texas Retired Teachers Association was held Oct. 17 in Dallas at the Highland Springs Retirement Community. The annual meeting included many reports, the election of officers and the address by the keynote speaker, Herbert Norris, TRTA President. The Rockwall Area Retired Teachers Association was represented by Becky Cecil, Ginny […]
The Rockwall Ministerial Alliance will meet at noon Wednesday, Oct. 26 at Rockwall Free Methodist Church at the corner of Dalton Road and Highway 205. The Alliance is introducing a new format this month. Community pastors are asked to come sit “At the Table” with them to share their stories of call and ministry insights. This […]
[TheRockwallNews.com] In-N-Out Burger will open at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 20 at 1106 E. Interstate 30, in front of Costco. After months of waiting, many Rockwall County residents who have been so excited about the opening will soon be able to fill their mouths with IN-N-OUT’s famous, 100 percent […]
(Lake Ray Hubbard) Christmas in November at The Harbor is a wonderful way to kick-start the season and catch that magical feeling that brings out the best in all of us – especially since Santa has promised to make The Harbor in Rockwall one of his first stops of the season! Experience it Wednesday, Nov. […]
The Rockwall County Helping Hands, located at 950 Williams St. in Rockwall, will host its annual Fall Holiday Market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 22. The holiday sales event is presented by Centsible, and is dubbed “where fall and Christmas collide.” Shoppers can also take advantage of the fact that this is Tax Free Day at the […]
For any of our Blue Ribbon News readers who are schnauzer fans, here’s a warning: It’s not going to be easy to resist a face like Hobo’s. He’s everything you’d want in a schnauzer: Handsome, outgoing and intelligent. Mr. Perfect is now available for adoption through the Rockwall Animal Adoption Center. You can find out […]
(Rockwall) Members of Rockwall-Heath High School Center Stage group, under the direction of theatre arts teacher, Kristen Dodgen, presented a re-enactment of the rock wall discovery by pioneers, Terry Utley Wade, B. F. Boydstun and William Stevenson, at the Brown Bag lecture on Friday, Oct. 14. Seniors, Jackson Currie, Christian Sanders, and Jason Payne portrayed […]
(Rockwall County) In 1866, just one year after the Civil War, J.A. Hartman erected a windmill over a 45-foot, hand-dug well to provide water to the cotton gin which would bear his name. Among the first such contraptions to be installed in Rockwall County, the Hartman Mill’s steel tower was erected on oak pilings to […]
(Rockwall County) Early registration is underway through Monday, Oct. 31 for youth basketball and cheer at the Rockwall County Family YMCA. Those who cheered for the YMCA youth football season are eligible to cheer for basketball for free. Age divisions are as follows: Small Fry Basketball (2-3-4 age group); Youth Basketball (5/6 coed age group); Youth Basketball (7/8 […]