HEATH – Crooked teeth? Broken teeth? Whom do you know who REALLY needs dental work done but can’t afford it? Because Dr. Robyn Abramczyk at the new Smile Ranch Family Dentistry in Heath has teamed up with TheRockwallNews.com to offer $5,000 worth of dental services for no charge to one lucky area resident. All you [...]

ROWLETT – The first baby born in 2012 at Lake Pointe Medical Center was Corey Bryland Blackshear, the third child of Shanitra Barton and Corey Blackshear of Garland. He was born Jan. 3, at 8:13 am, and weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. and was 20” long. Presenting a basket of goodies to the family on behalf [...]

(NBC5-TV News) WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday that Texas can’t enforce an abortion/sonogram law passed by the state legislature last summer while the measure is under appeal, the Texas Tribune reports. On Wednesday, the U.S. Fifth Circut Court of Appeals refused to allow the law to go into effect while it [...]

(Fox4 TV News) ROCKWALL – A family that recently moved to Rockwall from New York is still settling in. But they’ve already gotten to know the neighbors intimately thanks to their newest addition to the family. When Anthony Harper got in the car Saturday to take his pregnant stepdaughter Teresa Critton to the hospital he [...]

(By Kelsey McGonigle) DALLAS – Tom Thumb and the Muscular Dystrophy Association are teaming up for their annual “Send a Kid to Camp” in-store fundraising campaign, Aug. 1 through Sept. 5, to raise funds for MDA Summer Camp. According to Tom Thumb, customers can purchase “Send a Kid to Camp” mobiles with a contribution of [...]

ROCKWALL – A group of local women raising funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society called Ethan’s Army is hosting a family-fun day dubbed “Operation Beat Cancer,” July 31, 4:30-7:30 pm, at the Lofland Farms Community Center, 2400 Wagonwheel Dr. in Rockwall. The event will include a bounce house and water slide, face painting, raffle [...]

(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 [...]

ROCKWALL – A new healthcare assisted living community called “Autumn Leaves,” which cares exclusively for patients with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, broke ground May 17 behind Home Depot on Ralph Hall Pkwy. at Market Center. Pictured in the groundbreaking photo are: John Barbee, Vice President, Lake Superior Construction Mitchell Warren, President, The LaSalle [...]

HEATH – The City of Heath’s Department of Public Safety received a donation of $5,558 from CRC Insurance Services and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company last month to purchase three automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The check was presented to Heath officials April 5 at the City of Heath DPS headquarters. (Michael Parks of CRC Insurance presents [...]

ROCKWALL – For the past two years, Rockwall real estate broker Lance Holland (above), the co-owner of Regal Realtors, has been battling cancer. So have other well-known area residents, including Rockwall County Commissioner Dennis Bailey, former Fate Mayor David Hill and commercial real estate associate Jamie Chism Leonie – the wife of Assistant Attorney General [...]