ROCKWALL – The Rockwall County Committee On Aging delivered 37,618 “Meals On Wheels” to local senior citizens in 2011. According to Board Member Kristy Bailey, when school is in session during the week, Rockwall ISD’s Quest Academy kitchen keeps busy preparing meals for a cadre of volunteers to pick up and deliver on their various [...]

ROCKWALL – Long-time Heath resident and Rockwall area realtor Lance Holland passed away Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. According to his sister-in-law, Dana Cullins Macali, the new Rockwall Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, the 48-year-old co-owner of Regal Realtors passed away due to “complications from cancer.” Survivors include his wife, Saundra, and Heath [...]

ROCKWALL – LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear County Commissioners: Good afternoon.  I am writing you to ask you to revise an outdated policy at the Rockwall County Library.  My husband has had a library card for years, but I did not request one until a month ago.  When I went in, I was told I [...]

HEATH – 2009-2010 Pullen Elementary School PTA President Linda Price-Applewick passed away Sept. 12. Serving as the current Pullen PTA Historian, she was just 48 years old. According to her obituary posted by Rest Haven Funeral Home, she was a 1985 graduate of the University of Alabama and on their swim team. Her specialty was [...]

ROCKWALL – Eastbound traffic this weekend from Dallas across Lake Ray Hubbard through Rockwall will likely be a gigantic mess as Texas Department of Transportation crews install new George Bush Turnpike bridge beams across I-30. According to TXDOT, delays should be expected when the eastbound lanes of IH-30 are closed west of Zion Rd. beginning [...]

(By Andrea Chandler) ROYSE CITY – The Royse City Lions club recently installed new officers. Pictured, (click on photo to see entire photo) from the left, are Andrea Chandler, President; Kimberley Wheeler, Secretary; Melda Belk, treasurer; and Kathleen Tyre, Vice President. The club is planning a fundraising Charity Texas Hold’em Tournament Aug. 25 at Luigi’s [...]

HEATH – Road construction on the northern section of FM 740/Horizon Rd. will resume Aug. 21-Sept. 1 overnights, between 8 pm and 7 am. According to the Texas Department of Transportation, the expansion project has experienced construction delays because concrete cannot be poured above a determined temperature and still meet TXDOT standards. As a result, [...]

ROCKWALL – A well-known, 23-year Rockwall resident and board member of the Rockwall County Boys & Girls Club was found dead in her car July 15 in the Rockwall Plaza parking lot about 100 feet from 24-Hour Fitness and Office Depot. Claire Burks, 55, was declared dead at 3:01 pm by Rockwall County Justice of [...]

ROCKWALL – The shelves at Rockwall County Helping Hands food pantry  have been nearly empty during July. According to a news release from the non-profit critical assistance agency, it desperately needs the help of the community to continue serving area residents in crisis. Needed items for the food pantry include:  peanut butter, jelly, canned fruit, [...]

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, [...]