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DALLAS – No longer will Rockwall area teens 17 and under be able to visit NorthPark Center in Dallas after 6 pm without their parents or guardians because, effective yesterday, the mall now has a new Code of Conduct that disallows it. Loitering, yelling, screaming and the use of offensive language and gestures will no [...]
ROYSE CITY – A young Dallas man led Rockwall County Sheriff’s deputies, Dallas County Sheriff’s deputies and Dallas police on a 30-mile, late-night car chase on I-30 early Monday morning, beginning in Royse City and ending in Downtown Dallas. Jessie Eduardo Olivares, 19, refused to stop when a Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to pull him over at about 1 [...]
ROCKWALL – Although the City of Rockwall’s population growth has slowed, from among the fastest in the nation at about eight and a half percent in 2009 to just over four percent in 2011, the construction of new city streets and reconstruction and repair of roads continues to be among the city’s most pressing problems. [...]
ROCKWALL – One of the primary reasons that Family Circle magazine called Rockwall “One of the 10 Best Towns in America to Live In” in 2009 was because of the many parks Rockwall has to offer. The City currently offers at least 16 different parks, including Harry Myers Park – with its lake, trails, dog [...]
AUSTIN – A University of Texas student from Rockwall was hit by an Austin city bus yesterday shortly after Noon and miraculously got up and walked away from the accident without any injuries. Nick Engmann, 18, who graduated with honors last year from Rockwall-Heath High School, was participating in a campus tradition with dozens of [...]
HEATH – Julie Zurek has done a wonderful job serving as a Heath City Council member since she was first elected in 2000. She should be re-elected again in Place 4, for what she says will be her final two-year term. There are many good reasons why we endorse Zurek (shown above with her husband, [...]
(By Aaron Williams) HEATH -The Heath Hawks jump-started their quest for a state championship by opening the 2012 playoffs with an 11-1 trouncing of the Frisco Raccoons at the Hawk’s Nest last night. The series will resume tonight at Frisco at 7:30 pm. Frisco opened the scoring with a first inning run against Heath starter [...]
ROCKWALL – Numerous buildings in the six blocks surrounding Rockwall’s historic Downtown Square are old and need fire protection equipment installed inside each business location, including underground fire lines, main feeds, risers, branch lines and sprinklers. By passing Rockwall Bond Proposition 3, taxpayers would authorize the City to sell a bond – meaning borrow – [...]
ROCKWALL – Rape on college campuses is a huge national problem. One in five women is sexually assaulted in college, according to a study funded by the U.S. Justice Department. Still other young women become victims of dating violence and street crime. One way to reduce the chances that your college-age daughter will become a [...]
ROCKWALL – The Rockwall Lady Jackets District championship softball team stretched their wining streak to 15 games in a row last Friday and Saturday, blasting Frisco Centennial, 14-3 and 2-0, to win the best-of-three game series for the Class 4A Region II Bi-District Championship. In the first game, Ashton Atwell, Kennedy Harrison smashed home runs [...]
