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ROCKWALL – Over 180 members and guests gathered at the Allure Restaurant at Chandler’s Landing for the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce 2011 Awards and Member Appreciation Banquet Jan. 12. (See photo captions...

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A huge number of major Internet websites are expected to go offline tomorrow to stage a blackout to protest the SOPA and PIPA web censorship bills now in Congress. According to a non-profit...

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ROWLETT – The first baby born in 2012 at Lake Pointe Medical Center was Corey Bryland Blackshear, the third child of Shanitra Barton and Corey Blackshear of Garland. He was born Jan. 3, at...

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ROCKWALL – The Rockwall County Committee On Aging delivered 37,618 “Meals On Wheels” to local senior citizens in 2011. According to Board Member Kristy Bailey, when school is in session during the week,...

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ROCKWALL – The public is invited to a chili dinner to meet the new officers of the Rockwall Co. Republican Women Jan. 9 at 6:30 pm at the Harry Myers Community Center. Officers...

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Rockwall Committee On Aging thanks restaurants, donors for holiday Meals On Wheels »

Rockwall Committee On Aging thanks restaurants, donors for holiday Meals On Wheels ROCKWALL – The Rockwall County Committee On Aging delivered 37,618 “Meals On Wheels” to local senior citizens in 2011. According to Board Member Kristy Bailey, when school is...

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Rockwall Chamber announces new 2012 Board officers, members »

Rockwall Chamber announces new 2012 Board officers, members

ROCKWALL -  The Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors recently announced its new officers for...

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Public invited to hear US Senate candidate Tom Leppert at Jan. 25 luncheon »

Public invited to hear US Senate candidate Tom Leppert at Jan. 25 luncheon

GARLAND- Republican US Senate candidate Tom Leppert, former Mayor of Dallas, will be the guest speaker at...

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Overturned truck disrupts Garland-Dallas commute »

Overturned truck disrupts Garland-Dallas commute

GARLAND (WBAP 24/7 NEWS) – Five hours after an 18-wheeler went out of control and overturned on...

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Heath dentist offering $5,000 of dental work for no charge to one lucky person »

Heath dentist offering $5,000 of dental work for no charge to one lucky person

HEATH – Crooked teeth? Broken teeth? Whom do you know who REALLY needs dental work done but...

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2011 Year In Review: Stories about coyote, massage parlor selling sex most-viewed »

2011 Year In Review: Stories about coyote, massage parlor selling sex most-viewed

ROCKWALL – A simple story about a coyote seen in a Heath neighborhood surprisingly heads the list...

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County Judge Jerry Hogan: 2011 year-end report »

County Judge Jerry Hogan: 2011 year-end report

By Rockwall County Judge Jerry Hogan. He can be reached at jerryhogan@sbcglobal.net or 214-394-4033. Rockwall County at...

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  5. Overturned truck disrupts Garland-Dallas commute
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Rockwall jury sentences Swartz to 15 years for abusing his 77-year-old grandmother »

ROCKWALL – A Rockwall County jury convicted a Rockwall ex-con who beat up his 77-year-old grandmother of a third degree enhanced felony offense of Injury to an Elderly Person Dec. 7 and sentenced him to fifteen years in the Texas State penitentiary. Jeffrey Shane Swartz, 36, who had moved in with his grandmother in Rockwall...

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Rockwall jury sentences Swartz to 15 years for abusing his 77-year-old grandmother

Long-time Rockwall realtor Lance Holland passes away after long cancer battle »

ROCKWALL – Long-time Heath resident and Rockwall area realtor Lance Holland passed away Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. According to his sister-in-law, Dana Cullins Macali, the new Rockwall Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, the 48-year-old co-owner of Regal Realtors passed away due to “complications from cancer.” Survivors include his wife, Saundra, and Heath...

October 28 2011 / No comment / Read More »
Long-time Rockwall realtor Lance Holland passes away after long cancer battle

Royse City ISD Superintendent Randy Hancock announces retirement »

ROYSE CITY – Royse City ISD Superintendent Randy Hancock announced this week that he will retire from his position this June. He informed school board members at their meeting Monday night. Tuesday morning he told staff members, and then he made a public announcement at the Royse City Chamber of Commerce luncheon the same day....

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Royse City ISD Superintendent Randy Hancock announces retirement

Heath dentist offering $5,000 of dental work for no charge to one lucky person »

HEATH – Crooked teeth? Broken teeth? Whom do you know who REALLY needs dental work done but can’t afford it? Because Dr. Robyn Abramczyk at the new Smile Ranch Family Dentistry in Heath has teamed up with TheRockwallNews.com to offer $5,000 worth of dental services for no charge to one lucky area resident. All you...

January 12 2012 / No comment / Read More »
Heath dentist offering $5,000 of dental work for no charge to one lucky person

Rockwall mother asks County Library to change “outdated” policy »

ROCKWALL – LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear County Commissioners: Good afternoon.  I am writing you to ask you to revise an outdated policy at the Rockwall County Library.  My husband has had a library card for years, but I did not request one until a month ago.  When I went in, I was told I...

September 28 2011 / 1 comment / Read More »
Rockwall mother asks County Library to change “outdated” policy

Sports

Heath loses playoff heartbreaker in last minute to Sherman, 28-25

Heath loses playoff heartbreaker in last minute to Sherman, 28-25 »

DENTON – Senior Heath quarterback Cody Court scored on a two-yard run with 1:25 left on the clock to give the Hawks a 25-20 lead, but the Hawks’ vaunted defense...

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Heath Hawks cruise past Kimball, 38-6, in Area playoff game »

Heath Hawks cruise past Kimball, 38-6, in Area playoff game

GARLAND – Shyon Motlagh caught the first of his two touchdown receptions, Amaris Fields scored on a surprise 65-yard reverse run and...

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Freshman RB leads Rockwall-Heath past Kimball »

Freshman RB leads Rockwall-Heath past Kimball

(ESPN-DFW) GARLAND, Texas – After seeing Rico Henderson’s work ethic during summer workouts, Rockwall-Heath head coach Mickey Moss decided the freshman could...

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Entertainment

Rockwall Christmas tree lighting, parade this week »

Rockwall Christmas tree lighting, parade this week

ROCKWALL – The Christmas season kicks off this week in Rockwall with the City’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony Dec. 1 at...

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Rockwall MusicFest presents Welcome to Holidays event Dec. 6 »

Rockwall MusicFest presents Welcome to Holidays event Dec. 6

ROCKWALL – Rockwall MusicFest will present a community celebration of Christmas fund-raising event called “Welcome To The Holidays,” Dec. 6, at 7...

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See the Christmas lights at 1520 Meadows Cir. in The Shores

See the Christmas lights at 1520 Meadows Cir. in The Shores »

ROCKWALL – A dazzling display of Christmas lights can be seen in The Shores subdivision at 1520 Meadows Circle. Here’s the Google map: http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hl=en&tab=wl...

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