(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 28, 2016) Editor’s Note: Each year around Valentine’s Day, Blue Ribbon News asks local couples how they met. Their stories are often sweet, funny and surprising. Sharing their tales of true love has become one of our favorite traditions – and one of our most wildly popular features. (And in case you’re […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 28, 2016) Rest Haven Funeral Home is collecting Valentine’s Day cards to send to military troops serving overseas as part of AdoptaPlatoon’s Valentine’s Day 2016 Campaign. The cards can be dropped off at Rest Haven’s Rockwall location through Wednesday, February 10th, and will be sent to a platoon deployed overseas from […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH/FATE, TX (Jan. 25, 2016) One of our most popular print editions – the Blue Ribbon News Valentine’s issue – is on its way to more than 18,000 homes and businesses throughout Rockwall and Heath this week. View it online now by clicking the cover image below. Submit your stories, announcements and events for publication […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 16, 2015) Instead of reveling in the typical Valentine’s celebrations filled with excesses of chocolates and stuffed animals, senior students at Rockwall Christian Academy delivered special greetings to the residents at nearby Rowlett Health & Rehabilitation Center. Over the past week, students in every grade spent their art class time cleverly hand-crafting […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 9, 2015) Each year around Valentine’s Day, Blue Ribbon News asks local couples how they met. Their stories are often sweet, funny and surprising. Sharing their tales of true love has become one of our favorite traditions – and one of our most wildly popular features. Jon and Lori Bailey The story […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (Dec. 21, 2014) Each year, Blue Ribbon News asks local couples how they met, and then we share their tales of true love in our special Valentine’s print edition. Their stories are often sweet, sometimes funny, and almost always surprising. Be part of one of our most wildly popular features by telling us, […]
ROCKWALL (February 19, 2014) Doris Cullins Elementary students and their fifth grade teacher, Gayle Kidd, deliver special Valentine’s messages to the senior residents at Arbor House Assisted Living. Submitted by Kristie Leavell, Doris Cullins Lake-Pointe Elementary. To share your good news and events, email . Please click here to LIKE our Facebook page, so we […]
(ROCKWALL ISD-February 27, 2013) Doris Cullins Lake Pointe Elementary School fifth graders visited the residents at Arbor House Assisted Living in February. The students made Valentines greetings and enjoyed delivering them and wishing them a Happy Valentine’s Day during their evening meal! Submitted by Kristie Leavell, Doris Cullins Lake-Pointe Elementary. To share your good news and […]
(February 11, 2013) When Ella Turner of Rockwall learned about The American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart, she knew exactly what she wanted to do – help kids with sick hearts in memory of her little sister, Colby. The Flower-Box announces its Share The Love 2013 beneficiary As floral designers, employers at The Flower-Box in Rockwall […]
With Valentine’s Day approaching, Blue Ribbon News asked local couples how they met. You won’t believe some of their stories… As promised, here’s the true love tale that brought Richard and I together: (January 31, 2013) A recent study posed this question to married people: If you could go back in time, would you remarry […]