HEATH – Heath Mayor John Ratcliffe announced today that he will not seek re-election after his fourth term ends in May. Mayor Ratcliffe was first elected Mayor of Heath in May 2004, winning nearly 70 percent of the vote in a three-way contested race. Ratcliffe was re-elected without opposition in 2006, 2008 and 2010. The [...]

ROCKWALL – US Senate candidates Ted Cruz and Craig James, plus Republican Party of Texas Chairman Steve Munisteri, will be the featured speakers at the Rockwall Co. Republican Party’s annual Reagan Day Dinner, Feb. 18, at 6 pm, at the Hilton Bella Harbor Hotel. Syndicated radio talk show host and conservative political commentator Mike Gallagher [...]

GARLAND- Republican US Senate candidate Tom Leppert, former Mayor of Dallas, will be the guest speaker at the Lake Ray Hubbard Pachyderm Club luncheon meeting Jan. 25, 11:30 am – 1 pm, at Texas Land & Cattle Steakhouse, I-30 & Bass Pro Dr. The public is invited to attend and ask questions. The cost is [...]

A huge number of major Internet websites are expected to go offline tomorrow to stage a blackout to protest the SOPA and PIPA web censorship bills now in Congress. According to a non-profit group leading the blackout, Fight For The Future, the Senate will vote next week on forever altering the free and open internet [...]

By Rockwall County Judge Jerry Hogan. He can be reached at jerryhogan@sbcglobal.net or 214-394-4033. Rockwall County at year end 2011: I think I can say without much opposition that people are generally fed up with how our government operates and how our politicians are mired in self-serving ways of inattention to the needs of our [...]

ROCKWALL – The public is invited to a chili dinner to meet the new officers of the Rockwall Co. Republican Women Jan. 9 at 6:30 pm at the Harry Myers Community Center. Officers are from left: Ann Easterwood – VP of Finance Ann Hettinger – VP of Legislation Judy Dickson – VP of Programs Vicki [...]

ROCKWALL – Former NASA astronaut and US Air Force pilot Col. Tom Henricks told an overflow crowd of 100 men, women and teens at the Rockwall Co. Men’s Club breakfast Saturday that not enough people are applying to become NASA’s next generation of astronauts and now is the time to apply to go to Mars. [...]

ROCKWALL – Twenty-three candidates have thus far filed at the County Elections Office to run for political offices in the March 6, 2012, primary elections. More are expected to file and announce their campaigns shortly. The first day to file was Nov. 16 and the filing deadline is Dec. 15. Most were on hand Saturday [...]

ROCKWALL – After limited discussion, the Rockwall City Council voted 5-2 last night in front of a packed City Hall crowd of about 100 people to approve the resolution prepared by City Attorney Pete Eckert to terminate the open-ended contract of former City Manager Julie Couch. The Council voted 5-2 at its last meeting Nov. [...]

ROCKWALL – Julie Couch started her career with the City of Rockwall in 1979 as an administrative assistant. She was appointed city manager in 1993. Now she is gone. Friday was her last day. The Rockwall City Council voted 5-2 late last Monday night to terminate her contract and have city attorney Pete Eckert prepare [...]