Due to the outbreak of Swine Flu in Texas, all high school and junior high athletic, academic and music competition between schools has been suspended across the state until May 11, the Texas UIL (University Interscholastic League) announced last night.
As a result, no baseball or softball games or regional track and field meets will be held this weekend or any other time [...]
Royse City ISD will proceed with its upcoming sports banquet, band concert and PTO meetings as scheduled, despite the Swine flu outbreak, since the Texas UIL has not cancelled school events within school districts.
The announcement was made yesterday by RCISD Superintendent Randy Hancock, in which he also clarified that no students will be taken outside of RCISD for any field [...]
Each of Fate’s nine city council candidates recently shared with the Herald-Banner their unique areas of emphasis in city service, and viewpoints on past and present situations.
All state they are running to serve the community and love living in Fate. Basic questions about trust, vision, and in some cases particular situations led to comments which [...]
District 10-4A champion Rockwall was originally scheduled to open post-season action tonight against McKinney North and runnerup Heath takes on McKinney in two best-of-three series for 2009 Class 4A bi-district softball championships.
The swine flu scare has changed all of that.
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No. 2 area-ranked Rockwall and No. 7-ranked Heath were scheduled to close out regular-season baseball tonight with the Jackets holding a 1-game lead over the Hawks for the District 10-4A championship.
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AP-American Community Newspapers Inc., which operates the Rowlett Lakeshore Times and other small newspapers in Dallas and three other major U.S. markets, has filed for bankruptcy protection, citing “an unprecedented and severe decline in advertising revenue.”
The company filed its Chapter 11 petition Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, becoming the sixth publisher of daily newspapers [...]
Audits in the City of Fate are behind, but the city has money with which to operate, said Fate city manager Vicki Mikel.
“First, let me say that the City does have money to operate with. The problem is that we are not 100 percent sure if the money sitting in the general fund belongs to [...]
Voters approved road bonds in Rockwall County in 2004 and 2008 — on Tuesday Rockwall County commissioners approved the first amount to be released: $10.5 million.
Voters rejected bonds in past years for the Rockwall County justice center, but the need for the courthouse did not disappear, commissioners determined in early 2008. They then authorized selling [...]
It was a way to give back to the senior class of 2009, of which their late daughter Meagan would have been a part, said Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Davis of Royse City.
That was how they and the Royse City High School student council decided they could help pay for the senior trip, by participating [...]
The Royse City Independent School District Board of Trustees met in a special meeting on April 22 to consider the possibility of adding on to the high school.
RCHS principal Jeff Webb noted that after two more classes pass through the high school, each class afterward will have more than 300 students.
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