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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 [...]
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 [...]
ROCKWALL – Three local authors, Mary DeMuth, Anne Mateer and Leslie Wilson, will sign books at Bella’s House in Downtown Rockwall, Saturday, May 5, from 2-4 pm. DeMuth will have copies of her latest releases, The Muir House, a novel set partially in Rockwall, and Beautiful Battle. Mateer will have her book, Wings of a [...]
ROCKWALL – Danny Noah, the Area Director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), will be the guest speaker at the sixth annual Rockwall County Mayors Prayer Breakfast May 3 at 8 am. The public is invited to attend the free event which commemorates the National Day of Prayer. Local mayors David Sweet (Rockwall), John Ratcliffe [...]
ROCKWALL – Over $70,000 has already been pledged to fight cancer at the 2012 American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Rockwall County being held tonight from 7 pm to 6:30 am at Cain Middle School, 6620 Fm 3097 – at the intersection of Horizon Rd and SH549. The public is invited to join hundreds [...]
ROCKWALL - Fate Mayor Bill Broderick and Heath Council Member Julie Zurek showed their support for the “Mayors for Meals Day” March 21 as part of the Rockwall County Committee on Aging’s (RCCOA) “March For Meals” campaign. This is the 40th anniversary year of the Meals on Wheels program, initiated in 1972 when US President Richard [...]
ROCKWALL – Which older American in Rockwall County deserves a recognition award for making a difference in the community? The Rockwall County Committee on Aging (RCCOA) is seeking nominations as it prepares for the 2012 “Older Americans Day” celebration May 4 at 1 pm at the Rockwall County Library, 1215 Yellow jacket Ln. in Rockwall. [...]
(By Paul Britt, former Rockwall Police officer, current warrant officer in Forney & owner of Britt’s Training Systems) ROCKWALL – The elderly are our greatest treasure. They are what have made this country great after World War II. They stepped up and saved the world. They were hardworking, trusting, giving and self-reliant to an extreme [...]
ROCKWALL – Lake Pointe Church will host an all-church and community food drive at its Rockwall, Mesquite, Garland and Forney campus locations the weekend of April 14-15. According to an email from a church spokesperson, each campus will send food donations to local food pantries. The goal is to collect enough food to fill four [...]
ROCKWALL – Rockwall County Helping Hands non-profit assistance agency kicked off its 2012 Annual Campaign April 1 to raise funds to help local families and individuals who are struggling financially to make ends meet. According to Executive Director Margo Nielsen, there are thousands of families and individuals across Rockwall County who currently need and will [...]
