“The Military View” column, by US Army Lt. Col. (ret.) Jerry Hogan. Many aspects of the military are confusing to people. Just the appearance of a person in uniform and what all of those “things” they have on their chest mean, is enough to make people wonder. They hear things about the military and sort [...]

By Jeff Mateer. DALLAS -  Tyler Street Christian Academy rolled over Heritage Christian Academy 53 to 6 this past Saturday at the Crusader’s field in Dallas.  Junior running back Josh Hunt led Tyler Street’s high powered attack, rushing for 138 yards, catching a pass for 47 yards, and scoring four touchdowns.   HCA’s only score came in [...]

A Heath resident who is a retired US Army officer, combat veteran and corporate executive with IBM and MCI who writes “The Military View” newspaper column for local newspapers and websites has just announced his candidacy for Rockwall County Judge in the March, 2010, Republican Primary election. US Army Lt. Col. (ret.) Jerry Hogan, who is [...]

Senior quarterback Kevin Rodgers threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and sophomore running back Darian Lawry rushed for two TDs as Rockwall-Heath shut down previously undefeated Greenville’s high-scoring attack, 38-12, Friday night at Rockwall ‘s Wilkerson-Sanders stadium. The District 10-4A match was never really in doubt. The Hawks (3-) led 17-0 at the end of the third quarter, [...]

ROYSE CITY – Rockwall’s Josh Broach rushed for 243 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Yellow Jackets to a 42-21 win over Royse City Friday night at Royse City stadium. Broach scored on runs of 5, 53 and 53 yards. All totaled, the Yellow Jackets (3-1) rushed for 364 yards, including a 13-yard scoring run by quarterback Adam Dingwell. Royse [...]

  By J.J. Smith. “American Idol” finalist and recording artist Jason Castro from Rockwall performed on the main stage and former first lady Laura Bush cut the ribbon to open the 123rd Texas State Fair yesterday at State Fair Park. The 2009 fair will run through Oct. 18, and features dozens of carnival rides and games on [...]

There’s only one way to say it. Medicare is cheap. The government doesn’t pay a lot to reimburse doctors and doctors don’t have to take Medicare patients. So why are you paying all that money into Medicare? That’s what a Rockwall man wants to know. Click here to read this CBS11-TV story.

HEATH – Six members of the Rockwall-Heath swim team were briefly hospitalized with no serious injuries yesterday morning when the school bus they were traveling in skidded off the road and crashed into a three-foot deep stock pond at FM 549 near FM 740 in Heath. A tire problem apparently caused the accident, according to Rockwall ISD spokesperson Sheri Fowler. [...]

MOUNT PLEASANT-Royse City’s Ryan Fedric raced 45 yards down the right sideline on the third play from scrimmage to give Royse City a brief 7-0 lead, but Landon Whitaker rushed for 227 yards and four scores as Mount Pleasant’s dominant running game overwhelmed the Bulldogs in a non-district affair Friday night, 36-17. It didn’t help that Royse City [...]

DALLAS – It was a night of mistakes for both teams but Rockwall-Heath’s Ryan Peterson caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from Kevin Rodgers in the second quarter and Trevor Pinkston kicked the PAT, plus a 33-yard field goal in the third quarter, as Rockwall-Heath (2-1) held on for a 10-6 win over Hillcrest (0-3) at Franklin Stadium Friday night. [...]