All three Rockwall County boys basketball teams and Rockwall-Heath’s girls team lost last night in tournament action. The Area’s top-ranked boys team, Garland Lakeview Centennial (15-1), won again while Rowlett lost by one point. BOYS: Belton 53, Rockwall-Heath (10-7) 37 McAllen Memorial 68, Rockwall-Heath (10-8) 43 West Mesquite 50, Rockwall (8-9) 48 Plano 59, Royse [...]

Local high school boys basketball teams will complete their final non-district warm-up games this week in preparation for district action, beginning Dec. 31. Rockwall-Heath, currently with a record of 10-6, plays Belton in tournament play tonight at The Colony. The Hawks first district action will be Jan. 4 at Rockwall at 7:30 pm. Rockwall, 7-8, [...]

Local girls high school basketball teams opened up district play the weekend before Christmas but take a portion of this week off for tournament play before resuming district play this weekend. In District 10-4A, Rockwall (14-4 season) is currently in third place with a 2-1 record, just behind McKinney(10-6) and McKinney North (10-6) with 3-0 [...]

Two hundred ninety-four Rockwall area children, who previously did not have access to a computer outside of school, received early Christmas presents and now have one at home, thanks to a new Rockwall ISD free surplus computer giveaway program implemented just before Christmas. According to RISD Communications Director Sheri Fowler, one hundred computers were given [...]

Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for certification as a Primary Stroke Center. According to Marketing Manager Bobby Montgomery, the certification was earned after undergoing an on-site evaluation and demonstrating compliance with nationally developed standards for stroke care. “By achieving certification as a Primary Stroke Center, [...]

Changes in the taste and odor of drinking water may soon be noticeable across Rockwall County but it still will be safe to drink and use when water suppliers are allowed to conduct a free chlorine maintenance on the North Texas Municipal Water District Wylie water transmission system from Jan. 6  to Feb. 3. According [...]

(The Dallas Morning News) – Maybe it was holiday cheer. Or maybe it was the tears. Whatever the cause, it’s certainly not the way most repo cases go. Scott Kelley of Rockwall builds custom swimming pools for a living. At least he does when the economy is good. MORE

By J.J. Smith. The first City of Heath police chief and first paid peace officer to work in Heath passed away Dec. 14 at the Rockwall Nursing Center. John Wilburn “J.W.” Cullins, 95, worked in law enforcement for the majority of his life, as well as farming, ranching and raising cattle. His funeral will be [...]

By J. J. Smith. Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Rockwall) was one of 138 Republicans and 139 Democrats who voted “Aye” yesterday to help pass the highly-publicized H.R. 4853 bill, commonly known as the “Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act.” The bill extends the “Bush Tax Cuts” for two more years and extends unemployment [...]

(DallasNews.com) A former Dallas FBI agent was placed on two years’ probation today and fined $18,000 for employing illegal immigrants in a Schlotzky’s she once owned in Rockwall. Ann Cox, 49, of Rockwall, pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanor related to her employment of undocumented workers at the sandwich shop. According to court records, [...]