ROCKWALL – Airport Road is about to be improved from a bumpy, asphalt, two-lane roadway to a smooth four-lane concrete street from John King Blvd. to FM 3549. According to a news release from the City of Rockwall, the reconstruction project is scheduled to begin by May 31. Construction is scheduled to be completed within [...]

ROCKWALL – Heath Mayor, attorney and former area Anti-Terrorism Director John Ratcliffe will be the guest speaker at the 37th annual outdoor Memorial Day commemoration at Rest Haven Memorial Park, beginning at 10 am. Local Christian youth band, “More Than A Remedy,” will entertain the crowd with several patriotic songs. Rowlett High School student Alex [...]

By Keith Thompson. (Stephen McClung photo) WAXAHACHIE – Coach Greg Harvey of Rockwall-Heath has a luxury that few coaches in high school ever get to experience. Many will get the opportunity, at some point in their careers, to coach one of those special types of players: the kind who do it all and garner all [...]

MT. PLEASANT TX – A Rockwall man was murdered and his charred remains were found last weekend in the trunk of a badly-burned 2009 Toyota in a heavily-wooded, secluded area in southern Franklin County, southwest of Mt. Pleasant in East TX. Sean Andrew Lam, 41, who was last seen Friday night, May 20, leaving the [...]

(WFAA-TV News) ROCKWALL – Homeowners down on their luck and behind in their homeowners association dues continue to be threatened with foreclosure, which is legal in Texas. While state lawmakers debate proposed reforms in the law, one local state senator with HOA-industry ties says he thinks some laws should stay just as they are. There [...]

By Keith Thompson. HEATH –  The Waxahachie Indians cruised into the Hawk’s Nest at Heath High School Thursday evening riding a 14-game unbeaten streak and looking to add the Hawks to their victory list. Instead, they limped out of Heath for the return ride home completely bruised and battered by the two Hawk All-Americans, Jake [...]

ROCKWALL – About 70 Rockwall City Council members, City staff, Rockwall Economic Development Corporation staff, Chamber of Commerce members and more celebrated the groundbreaking of a seven-story office tower May 25 to be built on the 74-acre hillside known as PD-32 above The Harbor District in Rockwall. The tower will be just the beginning of [...]

HEATH – Outgoing City of Heath Councilmembers Karen Lewis and Steve McKimmey were honored during their final Council meeting May 18, after serving the community for a combined 18 years. Both chose not to run for office in the May 14 election. Councilmember Lewis had served for 12 years and McKimmey for six. Heath Council [...]

AUSTIN – Texas House-Senate lawmaker budget negotiators voted 9-1 yesterday for a two-year state budget that would cut Rockwall and Royse City ISD state funding, as well as overall Texas school funding, by 8 percent. Cuts are less than were feared as a result of last minute accounting maneuvers. Rockwall ISD administrators had feared cuts [...]