HEATH – The City of Heath’s Department of Public Safety received a donation of $5,558 from CRC Insurance Services and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company last month to purchase three automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The check was presented to Heath officials April 5 at the City of Heath DPS headquarters. (Michael Parks of CRC Insurance presents [...]

The City of Heath continued its tradition of welcoming community members home from active military duty at the December 21 City Council meeting. U.S. Coast Guard Reservist Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark “Andrew” Poindexter II, (middle right in above photo) who is a Heath public safety officer, was recognized by Mayor John Ratcliffe and the [...]

By J.J. Smith. The Heath City Council extended the City’s teen curfew ordinance for at least three more years at their Council meeting last Tuesday. Approved by a 3-2 margin, the ordinance prohibits minors under 17 years old from being in a public place on weekdays between 12:01 am and 6 am, and between 1:01 [...]

Rockwall Herald Banner. The City of Heath is again moving forward with plans to build a water tower on city-owned property behind The Fulton School. Mayor John Ratcliffe said Tuesday night during a regular meeting of the Heath City Council that school officials had been given 90 days to explore alternate sites for the elevated [...]

By J.J. Smith. The City of Heath has just announced that it is a recipient of more than $1 million in funding over four years to be used for infrastructure improvements that will make it safer for Heath children to walk or bike to school. The federal funding is awarded through the Texas Transportation Commission [...]

The Rockwall County Herald Banner. Action by the Heath City Council has cleared the way for the construction of a 17,000-square-foot pet care facility. The city council approved an ordinance Tuesday night that established a planned development zoning district in the Cobblestone Farms Phase 2 addition, on the northwest corner of Horizon Road and Hope [...]

By J.J. Smith. Nov. 14 was proclaimed “Margo Nielsen Day” by City of Heath Mayor John Ratcliffe in recognition of  her 20 years of service to Rockwall County residents as Executive Director of Rockwall Helping Hands during a community appreciation evening hosted Nov. 14 at Heath Salon and Spa. The event was a finale to [...]

By Kim Dobbs. Johnny Solis had many career choices as a young man, but a desire to serve others led him to the City of Heath. “I was going to college and running my own landscape company when I enrolled in the police academy in 1988,” said Solis. “I kept up with my college and my [...]

BY J.J. SMITH A program manager for L-3 Communications in Greenville, who is the president of the Antigua Bay Homeowners Association in Heath, has announced he is running for the newly-created Heath City Council Place 6 position. Voters will elect the new city council member May 9. Also running for the position are Heath residents [...]