(ROCKWALL, TX — March 23, 2018) Students of Lynda Lyon Elementary School recently welcomed a lesson in storytelling from a very special guest: the daughter of legendary Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach and renowned children’s author, Michelle Staubach Grimes. Grimes presented her newly released second children’s book titled “Pidge Takes the Stage,” the sequel to […]
Walk the red carpet with lone star legends (ROCKWALL, TX—January 18, 2018) The Rockwall County Republican Party invites all area Republicans to Reagan Day on March 3, 2018 at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, located on the Southern Methodist University campus. This year’s guest speaker will be former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. The […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — June 28, 2017) National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) recently announced more than 3,200 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. One of those recipients is Jamie Hall, a Rockwall High School 2017 graduate, who was named a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist in the fall of 2016. Jamie’s scholarship […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – April 26, 2017) Rockwall and Dallas are the backdrop for local author Carter Hopkins’s first novel, The Lincoln Prophecy. Published in June 2016, the thriller follows Southern Methodist University professor Michael Riley as he witnesses a murder near a Rockwall winery and soon finds himself in the middle of a national cybersecurity […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – October 20, 2015) On Friday, October 16th Cain Middle School students had the amazing opportunity to attend TEDxKids at SMU. Cain students were able to listen to speakers of all ages, be inspired by big ideas, and engage in conversation with students from all over the Dallas area. Topics included reusable ocean […]
(ROCKWALL ISD – December 4, 2012) Students from Cain Middle School and Amy-Parks Heath Elementary School were recently invited to participate in SMU’s TEDxKids event in Dallas. Last Friday, SMU brought in speakers from around the country to present new, engaging ideas to the next generation of leaders. The speakers talked about leadership skills, connecting […]
Mixed-use development near Mockingbird Station, SMU welcomes first residents and is nearly half leased (Dallas) May 8, 2012 – The BLVD, a mixed-use development at SMU Boulevard and Greenville Avenue, welcomed its first residents on May 1. More than half of this development was pre-leased prior to opening, further underscoring the high desirability of a […]
The public is welcome as the First United Methodist Church of Rockwall Wesley Arts Lecture Series presents Dr. J. Matthew Wilson, editor of From Pews to Polling Places: Faith and Politics in the American Religious Mosaic, at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 17. Dr. Wilson, Associate Professor of Political Science at SMU, will address the impact of […]
Yours truly has been invited to participate in an SMU grad school panel presentation about how journalists are facing the new era of online news reporting, blogging and Twitter. “BREAKING! The Broken News” will begin at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28 at the Owens Art Center, Room 1030. Guest panelists include Nelson Clyde, publisher of The Tyler […]
(Rockwall) Friends of the Library will host the fall Lunch Basket in the Rockwall County Library Community Room at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11 with a program presented by MusicFest featuring “Music Viva”. This will be an enjoyable medley of violin music performed by Vito Guitilla, a junior at SMU, who has been a member of […]