WASHINGTON D.C. – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recommends that all U.S. citizens become prepared for natural disasters such as the f5 tornado that devastated Moore OK yesterday. In addition to being informed and making a plan, FEMA recommends on their “Ready” campaign website that everyone have a 72-hour disaster supplies kit, which is [...]
(Dallas Morning News story/Sam Ballew photo) UNIVERSITY PARK — Rockwall got a complete game from senior right-hander Cason Adams in a 2-1 victory over Plano on Saturday in the decisive Game 3 of the Class 5A regional quarterfinal at Highland Park’s Scotland Yard. Plano forced a deciding game with a five-run rally in the bottom of [...]
MOORE OK (Left Photo: Paul Hellstern/AP photo) – If you’d like to donate to help survivors after the f4, two-mile wide tornado that devastated Moore yesterday, you can text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation, call 800-REDCROSS or visit www.redcross.org, according to a statement released by the American Red Cross. Food and supplies [...]
ROCKWALL – Want to have fun playing sand volleyball to help raise funds for a good cause? Hundreds of volleyball players are expected to participate in the 9th annual Jessica Frances Shaw Memorial Volleyball Tournament June 1 on the sand courts at the new Oasis Beach & Tennis Club at 5757 State Highway 205. Last [...]
ROCKWALL – Classic-rock band Sound House will play at this week’s free Thursday night “Concert By The Lake,” sponsored by the City of Rockwall and presented by Rockwall Ford & Rockwall Dodge, from 7:30 – 9 pm, at The Harbor dining and entertainment district. Next week’s band will be the Journey Tribute band Escape, May [...]
ROCKWALL – A Rockwall County grand jury indicted former Hunt County Constable Anthony Dewayne Lewis for the offenses of Murder and Aggravated Assault With A Deadly Weapon Wednesday as a suspect in the Feb. 16 shootings of his former girlfriend, Rockwall resident Jessica Aguilar, and her male companion, Francisco DeLaCruz. Aguilar, 33, the Rockwall mother [...]
CHICAGO – In 2011, nearly half of high school students 16 and older reported texting while driving in a large national survey. The study “Texting While Driving and Other Risky Motor Vehicle Behaviors Among High School Students,” is in the June 2013 issue of “Pediatrics” and was published online yesterday. Researchers surveyed more than 15,000 [...]
ROCKWALL – Marketing director Jon Bailey and salesman Jim White (left photo) easily won Place 4 and Place 5 seats on the Rockwall ISD Board of Trustees yesterday. Bailey easily defeated retired teacher Bill Watts with 1,250 to 474 votes. White had more votes (953) than his opponents combined, former teacher Shana Young (439) and [...]
ROCKWALL – One of the state’s most outspoken opponents of the highly controversial CSCOPE online curriculum being used by Rockwall ISD teachers and about 75 percent of the state’s school districts has accused RISD Board President Doug Hamilton of lying about CSCOPE in a recent interview in TheRockwallNews.com. In an article entitled, “Rockwall School Board [...]
ROCKWALL – Three-term Texas Land Commissioner and retired U.S. Marine Reserve officer, Jerry Patterson, a newly-announced candidate for Texas Lieutenant Governor will be the featured speaker at the Rockwall County Republican Men’s Club breakfast meeting this Saturday morning at 8 am at the Harry Myers Park Community Center, 815 E. Washington St. The general public is [...]
