By J.J. Smith. Former Heath High School football star running back Kendial Lawrence scored his fourth touchdown of the year on a 31-yard run for the University of Missouri last Saturday as the 15th ranked Tigers won their tenth and final regular season game of the year at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, blasting rival [...]

By J.J. Smith. Who will be named the “Rockwall County Person of the Year” for 2010 by TheRockwallNews.com? Nominations are now open and the public is invited to submit names and short paragraphs explaining why their nominee should be chosen. Photographs or videos of nominees would also be appreciated. The first two nominations received, thus [...]

By J.J. Smith. Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks says investigators have a new lead and are making progress in their investigation into the murder last summer of 29-year-old Royse City resident Heather Pope. “We just had a new lead in the case,” Sheriff Meeks said last week. “I can’t say any more than that right [...]

By J.J. Smith. The City of Rockwall’s 27th annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony will be Dec. 2 at 7 pm in front of City Hall, 385 S. Goliad St. Sponsored by the City’s Parks & Recreation Department, area residents are invited to come and enjoy an evening featuring live music, free cookies and a  visit [...]

By J.J. Smith. Royse City will host it’s annual Bells on Main Street Holiday Festivities & Parade Dec. 11, from 4-7 pm, featuring visits with Santa, Christmas tree lighting and a lighted parade. The theme for this year’s parade and children’s poster contest will be “An Old Fashioned Christmas.” Story-time with Mrs. Santa Claus, from [...]

By J.J. Smith. The City of Heath presents its annual Holiday in the Park Dec. 3, at 7 pm, at the Heath Towne Center Park Pavillion, located behind City Hall at 200 Laurence Drive. The event includes the lighting of the Christmas tree, children’s choirs from Amy Parks-Heath and Dorothy Smith Pullen Elementary Schools, free wassail [...]

By J.J. Smith. Rockwall County lost more than 130 jobs between September and October, as the local unemployment rate rose slightly last month to 7.4 percent. The numbers were still below the record unemployment figures of 7.7 percent posted for October 2009, according to a report from the Texas Workforce Commission. Rockwall County reported a [...]

By J.J. Smith. The Thanksgiving holiday is over and Rockwall/Rowlett area high school boys and girls basketball teams will be back in action again this week. ROCKWALL Boys (2-1):  Dec. 2-4 – at Royse City TNT Tournament – teams and times to be announced (tba). Girls (4-3):  tonight vs. Carrollton Creekview – 7:30 pm. Girls:  [...]

The 41st annual Rockwall Christmas Parade will begin Dec. 4 at 9 am in the Old Town Rockwall area. Produced by the Kiwanis Club of Rockwall County, the 2010 parade theme is “Our Favorite Christmas Song.” Floats will be entered by the Rockwall Old Town Shoppes and Rockwall Main Street. This year’s parade will begin [...]

(Rockwall/Rowlett/Heath Neighbors Go) – Six days after celebrating his Rockwall youth football team’s Dallas Select League Super Bowl championship with his father, 9-year-old Michael Robinson, who was known for protecting his brothers and teammates alike, was dead. The game for the 1A title in Frisco with his Rockwall Youth Sports Association team, it turned out, [...]