ROCKWALL – The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for Rockwall County until 7 pm tonight. The tornado watch extends across the entire DFW area, from Paris in the northeast to Abilene in the northwest to Killeen in the southwest to Bryan-College Station in the southeast. A tornado watch means that tornadoes and [...]
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 – Rest Haven Funeral Home and Memorial Park will host its 39th annual Memorial Day patriotic tribute and celebration for the area residents Monday, May 27, under the big tent at Rest Haven’s Celebration Park at 2500 State Highway 66 East. Beginning at 10 am with a patriotic tribute to veterans, the free, family-oriented [...]
GARLAND – The public is invited to attend a Barbeques Galore grill-out fundraising event to help raise funds to provide Patriot PAWS service dogs to disabled military veterans, May 17, Noon- 2pm, at the 2nd Annual Grand Hall Grill Out at 3838 W. Miller Rd. in Garland. Patriot PAWS is based in Rockwall and trains [...]
LOS ANGELES – Rockwall’s 19-year-old Amber Carrington is now one of the final 12 contestants on NBC-TV’s The Voice singing competition after voting results were announced live on the show last night by host Carson Daly. After her phenomenal, live performance of the Rihanna hit “Stay,” Monday night, Amber and other Team Adam member Judith [...]
FOXNEWS.com (By national electronics talk show host Kim Komando) Did you take the plunge on your first smartphone recently? Congratulations! You’re holding a lot of power and possibilities in your fingertips. Of course, that can be a little overwhelming, too. There are well over 700,000 apps in both the Apple App Store and Google Play. [...]
ROCKWALL – Family and friends of Hanna Clark, the 15-year-old Rockwall High School freshman volleyball player who died April 25, have created a memorial website in her name to offer college scholarships to volleyball players at www.RememberHanna.com. Called the Hanna “Poleface” Clark Memorial Scholarship, the website reads: “For athletes who encompass Hanna’s passion and dedication [...]
FT. BENNING GA – Rockwall-Heath High School 2010 graduate Aaron Gladney graduated from basic paratrooper training April 12 at the U. S. Army Airborne School in Ft. Benning GA – “Jump School” – operated by the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 507th Infantry, U.S. Army Infantry School. The course is three weeks long and consists of three [...]
ROCKWALL – Hundreds of candles were lit, dozens of balloons were launched, prayers were offered and music filled the air last night at Harry Myers Park amphitheater as about 200 grieving students, family members and adults attended a candlelight vigil to express their sadness and pay their respects after the unexpected death Thursday night of [...]
ROCKWALL – Funeral services have been scheduled for 15-year-old Rockwall High School freshman and volleyball team member Hanna Clark for Tuesday, April 30, at 1 pm, in the auditorium of Lake Pointe Church, with Pastor Steve Stroope officiating. Interment will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Monday evening at Rest [...]
