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 [...]

(WFAA-TV News) DALLAS — One day after a dramatic water rescue on Lake Ray Hubbard, there is concern about whether some boat ramps along the shore are too easily mistaken for roads. Shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday Ngac Do, 20, and her cousin, Nhi Tran, 21, became trapped in their sinking Honda Civic after Do drove [...]

(CBS11-TV News) GARLAND – A Rockwall County Sheriff’s deputy is being called a hero for saving the lives of two women who were trapped inside a sinking car at Lake Ray Hubbard. Deputy Keven Rowen was patrolling Robertson Park at the border of the Rockwall and Dallas County lines on Saturday when he spotted a [...]

(FOX4-TV News) ROCKWALL – Rockwall County deputy Keven Rowan rescued two women after their Honda Civic ended up in Lake Ray Hubbard early Saturday morning. Twenty-year-old Ngoc Do and 21-year-old Nhi Hoang Tran say they were heading home after an evening out when they got lost. Ngoc Do was driving. She says she was on [...]

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 [...]

ROCKWALL -  The Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors recently announced its new officers for 2012, plus the names of six new Board members. They were elected at the Board’s Dec. 15 meeting.  Cindy Tayem, Area Manager – Customer Operations, Oncor, will serve as the 2012 Board Chair, succeeding past-chair Cheryl Dunlop, Human [...]

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 [...]

GARLAND (WBAP 24/7 NEWS) – Five hours after an 18-wheeler went out of control and overturned on westbound I-30 in Garland, the freeway was still shut down. Investigators believe the driver, who was hauling 18,000 pounds of medical equipment from Memphis to Fort Worth, struck the steel guardrail on the right shoulder of I-30 near [...]

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 [...]

ROCKWALL – A simple story about a coyote seen in a Heath neighborhood surprisingly heads the list of the 10 most-viewed news stories on TheRockwallNews.com in 2011. The “Coyote seen in Heath neighborhood” story was published April 1 and viewed 5,401 times, beating “Local massage parlor discovered on website selling illegal sex services,” which was [...]