By J.J. Smith. Town East Mall will open earlier and close later on each of the three days of Tax-Free Weekend, Aug, 20-22, to allow more time for shopping. According to a news release from the Mall, the hours will be 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; and 10 a.m. – 7 [...]
By J.J. Smith. The unemployment rate plus number of people filing for unemployment in June were the highest recorded statistics in Rockwall County since the turn of the century. According to a report recently released by the Texas Workforce Commission, Rockwall County reported a 7.9 percent unemployment rate, compared to 7.5 percent in May and [...]
By J.J. Smith. A video news story is now published on the Homepage of TheRockwallNews.com showing yesterday’s motorcade for Spc. Jerod Heath Osborne traveling on Hwy. 66 through Royse City and Fate on it’s way to Rest Haven Funeral Home, located just east of Rockwall. Look for the nine-minute video in the video news section [...]
The Dallas Morning News. The Army trained Spc. Jerod H. Osborne to save lives, and he did. In May, he was the only medic at the scene when a roadside bomb killed five civilians and critically wounded seven others. He received a Bronze Star for saving the lives of the injured civilians. On July 5, [...]
By J.J. Smith. Now that the Cities of Rowlett, Rockwall, Garland and, most recently, Heath have been allowing lakeside homeowners to build boat docks on their property, dozens of docks have been built all around Lake Ray Hubbard. About 75 percent of them have been built by one person, Sam Jones, General Manager of Texas [...]
By J.J. Smith. A young Rockwall man was just invited to meet Pres. Obama and his wife and enjoy a tour of Washington D.C. in April as a member of the U.S. Winter Olympics/Paralympics teams which participated in the 2010 Vancouver Canada Games earlier this year. Taylor Lipsett (seated first to the right of Michelle [...]
By J.J. Smith. Dallas-Ft. Worth area home foreclosure filings have soared to a new monthly record Foreclosure Listing Service Inc. said last week. Lenders posted 6,168 foreclosure notices for the April 6th auctions, which is only the second time the area has topped 6,000 in a month, said George Roddy, president of the Addison-based service. [...]
By J.J. Smith. A coyote has been seen twice during the past week in Heath running at night on Lafayette Dr. between Lake Ray Hubbard and Hwy. 740, near the north entrance of the Lafayette Landing neighborhood. Rockwall resident Roxana Smith said she saw the coyote running into the bushes and that her employer who [...]
(Reuters) – Walmart Stores Inc. will cut food prices and mount a new ad campaign over the next six weeks, a threat to other U.S. grocers that sent an industry shares index down more than 2 percent on Friday. A Morgan Stanley analyst first reported the world’s largest retailer’s plan, calling it a major setback [...]
By J.J. Smith. Free classified advertising is now available online at TheRockwallNews.com for residents of Rockwall County and surrounding areas after the fast-growing website received numerous requests for a local classifieds page. On the Classifieds page, advertisers can easily post their ads by themselves in much the same fashion as on Craigslist.com, after simply registering [...]
