ROCKWALL – Rest Haven Funeral Home and Memorial Park will host its 39th annual Memorial Day patriotic tribute and celebration for the area residents Monday, May 27, under the big tent at Rest Haven’s Celebration Park at 2500 State Highway 66 East. Beginning at 10 am with a patriotic tribute to veterans, the free, family-oriented [...]
ROCKWALL – Celebrating the City of Rockwall’s 159th birthday, popular Texas Country music stars, the Casey Donahew Band, will headline the Rockwall Founder’s Day Celebration Saturday, May 18, from 10 am – 9 pm, at the Downtown Square. The concert begins at 7:30 pm, preceded by entertainment from Django Walker at 5:30 pm, Texas Flood [...]
LOS ANGELES – Rockwall’s 19-year-old Amber Carrington is now one of the final 12 contestants on NBC-TV’s The Voice singing competition after voting results were announced live on the show last night by host Carson Daly. After her phenomenal, live performance of the Rihanna hit “Stay,” Monday night, Amber and other Team Adam member Judith [...]
ROCKWALL – Family members and friends celebrated 17-term Congressman Ralph Hall’s 90th birthday May 3 at the Rockwall Golf & Athletic Club in The Shores subdivision, the first of several birthday parties planned for the oldest-serving U.S. House member in history. (Shown in photo is Rep. Hall with his grand-daughter Amanda) He earned that distinction, [...]
ROCKWALL – Another season of free Thursday night concerts by the lake, sponsored by the City of Rockwall and presented by Rockwall Ford & Rockwall Dodge, will kick off May 9, 7:30 – 9 pm, when the Texas Soul & Blues Josh Weathers Band from Ft. Worth appears at The Harbor dining and entertainment district. [...]
FT. BENNING GA – Rockwall-Heath High School 2010 graduate Aaron Gladney graduated from basic paratrooper training April 12 at the U. S. Army Airborne School in Ft. Benning GA – “Jump School” – operated by the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 507th Infantry, U.S. Army Infantry School. The course is three weeks long and consists of three [...]
LOS ANGELES (Photos by Rachel Young) – Rockwall country-pop singing sensation Amber Carrington moved one step closer to winning the talent competition on NBC-TV’s “The Voice” last night with her stunning winning performance of “I’m With You” by Avril Lavigne. Team Adam captain and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine chose 19-year-old Amber as the winner [...]
Early voting begins today for school board elections in Rockwall and Royse City ISDs and city elections in Fate and Rowlett. Election day is May 11. Only previously registered voters can vote and must show a form of ID before they vote. The polling places will be open from 8 am – 5 pm, [...]
ROCKWALL – Hundreds of candles were lit, dozens of balloons were launched, prayers were offered and music filled the air last night at Harry Myers Park amphitheater as about 200 grieving students, family members and adults attended a candlelight vigil to express their sadness and pay their respects after the unexpected death Thursday night of [...]
ROCKWALL (By Mary Thacker) – “Friendship isn’t about whom you have known the longest…it’s about who came and never left your side,” states an anonymous author. This is true of breast-cancer survivor Carolyn Keane (right) and her good friend, Kerri Bergerhouse. The two women met about 20 years ago at First United Methodist Church of [...]
