ROCKWALL – Independence Day celebration fireworks, parades, watermelon-eating and seed-spitting contests, live bands and more are scheduled across Rockwall County this weekend at free events in Royse City, Rockwall, Rowlett and Fate. FRIDAY The celebrations begin Friday night at the sixth annual Royse City “4th Fest” at Royse City High School stadium, sponsored by the [...]

By Keith Thompson. HEATH – On the heels of another very successful season of Heath Hawk baseball, post-season awards and recognition have continued to come in for the talented Hawk duo of Jovan Hernandez (left) and Jake Thompson. The two, through outstanding hitting and pitching, carried the Hawks to the Region II finals for the [...]

WASHINGTON D.C. – The Reverend Dr. Joe C. Pool, pastor at First United Methodist Church of Rockwall, was the Guest Chaplain who delivered the opening prayer on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives June 22. Dr. Pool (pictured above left) is the pastor of  the home church of Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX), who [...]

ROCKWALL – The Red Hat Rockettes, hosted by members Ruth Peck and Marcia Gilbert, recently visited the garden at Helping Hands on Highway 66, south of Rockwall. Their afternoon included lunch, an auction and shopping  in non-profit critical assistance agency’s Boutique and Thrift Store. Members are (back row, left to right): Betty Moon, Leigh Plagens, [...]

ROCKWALL – Construction began last week on the new IN-N-OUT Burger location, in front of Costco, just east of Toyota of Rockwall. The burger chain expects to open its Rockwall location in December, 2011, or in early 2012. By J.J. Smith, Publisher

(The Dallas Morning News) ROWLETT – A Rowlett woman says that she contracted a potentially deadly blood infection while waiting overnight at a hospital for doctors to remove a fetus that had died. Because of what she calls negligent care, Mashell Darden says she receives dialysis three days a week, has had two strokes, brain [...]

MT. PLEASANT – A young Rockwall couple who were Mesquite ISD educators and their infant son were killed Saturday when their 2009 Hyundai slammed into the back of an 18-wheeler “freightliner” truck, stopped for traffic on I-30, west of Texarkana, north of Cookville. Texarkana Department of Public Safety officials said Leah Eason, 30, who had [...]

ROCKWALL — Anticipating a $15.7 million state funding cut over the next two years, the Rockwall ISD Board of Trustees passed a $101,171,531 general fund budget Thursday night, 5-0, at its board meeting and public hearing. Two board members were unable to attend. There were no comments from the public at the sparsely-attended, 30-minute meeting [...]

ROCKWALL – Rockwall Police and the F.B.I. are searching for this man who allegedly robbed Community Bank in Old Town Rockwall of an undetermined amount of money June 14 at approximately 11:07 am. According to Rockwall police, the suspect entered the bank and presented a teller with a note demanding money. No weapon was displayed [...]

ROWLETT – Drivers beware, Rowlett Rd. will be shut down most of this week and next for DART Blue Line rail construction, between essentially Lakeview Pkwy/US Highway 66 and Miller Rd. The main thoroughfare will be closed from 8 pm, June 21 (Tuesday) through 5 am, June 29 (Wednesday), from Miller Rd. to Main St. [...]