(NBC5-TV News) ROCKWALL – The new Rockwall County Courthouse says “In God We Trust” but that is a different story inside. MORE
History buffs fighting to save old building
ROCKWALL – In Rockwall County, there’s a fight to preserve a piece of history. The county has decided to sell the old Rockwall County Annex Building, leaving the fate of the 94-year-old building in the hands of the buyer. Rockwall Historian Sherri Fowler said the annex is valuable piece of property and that it’s been [...]
Tiny Rockwall County grows jobs by 98 percent
(CBSTV11 News) ROCKWALL – The smallest county in the State has become a job growth giant. Between 2000 and 2010, Rockwall County showed nearly 98 percent job growth. That’s good enough to rank number one in the country when it comes to job growth, we’ll run down this list, this is according to CNN Money [...]
CNN Money: Rockwall Co. first in nation in job growth over last 10 years
ROCKWALL – Rockwall County has experienced the most job growth in the nation over the last ten years, the editors of CNN Money magazine announced this past week. According to CNN Money, job growth between 2000-2010 increased 97.9 percent. Cities mentioned were Rockwall and Heath. Second was Loudoun County VA, “the Silicon Valley of the [...]
Outsourcing library taken off Commissioners meeting agenda after hundreds attend town hall meeting
ROCKWALL – After a standing room-only crowd of over 300 people packed County Judge Jerry Hogan’s Town Hall meeting last night at the Historic County Courthouse on the Square, and the majority made it clear they do not want the County library outsourced, the County’s chief administrator agreed to remove his outsourcing proposal from the [...]
Hogan will hold town hall meeting June 13 about library services outsourcing
ROCKWALL – Rockwall County Judge Jerry Hogan has announced that he will hold his next town hall meeting June 13 to discuss and answer questions about his proposal to outsource County library and custodial services in order to raise $458,000 for next year’s budget. It will begin at 7 pm on the third floor of [...]
County Judge Hogan introduces outsourcing of library, custodial services to save
ROCKWALL – On the heels of the Rockwall ISD school board’s decision two weeks ago to outsource transportation and custodial services to save over $1.1 million dollars for the 2011-2012 school year, Rockwall County Judge Jerry Hogan introduced the idea of outsourcing custodial and County library services to County Commissioners at their work-session May 31. [...]
County approves spending $499,500 for veterans memorial at new courthouse
ROCKWALL — Rockwall County Commissioners approved the expenditure of $499,500 for the new Veterans Memorial at the new Rockwall County Courthouse at last Tuesday’s meeting. After the maximum guaranteed cost was set at $516,479 by Manhattan Construction, the American Legion agreed to pay the remaining balance. The County had approved setting aside $500,000 for the [...]
New County Judge asks citizens to help develop County master plan
New Rockwall County Judge Jerry Hogan has just announced that the Rockwall County Commissioners Court is reversing how Rockwall County plans for the future. Rather than telling County residents what is going to happen, County Commissioners want citizens to help develop a five-year master plan for what they want Rockwall County to become by 2016, [...]
Judge wants to schedule night commissioners court meetings
(Rockwall Herald Banner) Jerry Hogan, who just completed his first month as county judge, has implemented audio streaming of Rockwall County Commissioners Court workshop meetings on a test basis and scheduled his first town hall meeting for Feb. 24. Next, Hogan wants to schedule a night meeting of commissioners court. Commissioners now meet at 9 [...]

