ROCKWALL – Rockwall County Precinct 3 Commissioner Dennis Bailey told The Rockwall News Wednesday that his recent surgery for carcinoid cancer was a “huge success.” The surgery took place last November at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas. According to the Commissioner, he was diagnosed in 2009 and told by doctors that it was inoperable. Carcinoid [...]
ROCKWALL – City Council member Michelle Smith announced yesterday in an email that she will not seek a second term when municipal elections take place this May. She wrote that she has decided instead to accept a position as Associate State Director for Concerned Women for America of Texas because her heart and passion are [...]
A group of conservatives is launching their own social networking site called Tea Party Community after enduring what they call years of censorship and liberal bullying on Facebook. The Tea Party Community is expected to officially launch on Saturday – but co-founder’s of the social networking site say it has already drawn nearly 50,000 members. [...]
(Meagan James photo) ROCKWALL – Fourteen newly-elected and re-elected Rockwall County officials were sworn in Jan. 1 at the Rockwall County Historical Courthouse, including four from the newly-created offices of Justice of the Peace and Constable. Over 100 people were on hand to watch the ceremony. Administering the oaths of office were 5th District Court [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. – Rockwall’s own U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, 89, became the oldest person to ever serve in the U.S. House of Representatives on Christmas Day, surpassing the record of North Carolina Rep. Charles Manly Stedman, who died in office in 1930 at age 89 years, 7 months and 25 days. Hall, who turns 90 [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Ralph Hall (TX-04) voted “No” against the fiscal cliff crisis deal late last night, citing the lack of spending cuts and the resulting increase in the debt by $4 trillion over the next ten years as his reason for doing so. The bill passed the House by a vote of 257 [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Seventeen term, 89-year-old Congressman Ralph M. Hall (TX-04) became the oldest member in U.S. House of Representatives’ recorded history to speak on the floor and cast a vote Nov. 27th, surpassing the previous record held by Rep. Charles Stedman (D-NC). Following Hall’s 18,549th vote cast on the House Floor, Rep. Lamar Smith [...]
By Rockwall County Judge Jerry Hogan. In 2008, after the voters had twice voted not to build a new Courthouse, the Commissioners Court, by a vote of 3-2, elected to fund Tax Notes, which did not require the approval of the voters, to proceed with the design and building of the new $37.2 million Courthouse. [...]
ROCKWALL – After months of investigations and discussions, the County Courthouse flagpole issue has finally been resolved, resulting in Commissioner Jerry Wimpee writing the letter of apology shown below to those who were offended by his actions and paying the full amount of $3,315 to have a new flag pole installed in place of the [...]
ROCKWALL – With the exception of Barack Obama’s election yesterday, Republican voters in Rockwall County should be very happy this morning. They had their way in every other local, area and statewide election. In Rockwall Co. 35,850 (73.84 percent) of 48,550 registered voters turned out to cast their ballots. Of those who voted, 17,799 cast [...]
