By J.J. Smith. Incumbent Rockwall County Commissioners Lorie Grinnan and David Magness were re-elected, newcomer Shelli Miller defeated Rockwall Mayor Pro Tem David Sweet in the Rockwall County Clerk’s race and Paul Wilson was elected Republican Party Chairman according to the official results of yesterday’s Republican primary election.
Grinnan beat Fred Lively with 68.5 to 31.5 [...]
Rockwall County Herald-Banner. Plano intern architect Dan Fletcher’s entry — Symbolic Journey — was a design jury’s top choice in the Rockwall County Veterans Memorial design contest.
The winning entry was revealed Monday night during a Rockwall County Commissioners Court workshop. The meeting was attended by about 50 people, mostly veterans.
County commissioners, design jury representatives and [...]
Rockwall County Herald-Banner. Rockwall County commissioners heard a bond rating comment Wednesday that some felt was worth repeating.
“It’s pretty significant to note that there are only 11 counties out of 254 in Texas that are rated higher than Rockwall County,” Marti Shew, assistant vice president of First Southwest, said during a commissioners court work session.
Every [...]
Rockwall County Herald Banner. Rockwall County commissioners soon will consider approving a design for a veterans memorial that will be built on the site of the planned Rockwall County Courthouse.
Commissioner Lorie Grinnan, who is heading up the design project, said a date has not been set to present the design entries to commissioners.
Grinnan said members [...]
Royse City Herald Banner. Rockwall County ranked second nationally in a CNNMoney.com list of the nation’s Top 25 counties for job growth between 2000 and 2008.
Rockwall County earned the ranking with an 84.9 percent increase in job growth over the eight-year period, according to CNNMoney.com.
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By J.J. Smith. Rockwall County Judge candidate Jerry Hogan today blasted last Thursday’s 4-1 decision by County Commissioners to increase the cost of the proposed new County courthouse from $30 million to 37.2 million as “totally irresponsible” and as “a total disaster in terms of fiscal conservatism.”
He said the decision again displayed “the arrogance of the Commissioners Court” by [...]
The Rockwall County Herald Banner. A decision by Rockwall County commissioners Wednesday will lead to using $6.2 million in reserve funds to help pay the $37.2 million construction cost for the Rockwall County Courthouse.
The decision was a major step because the architect now can produce documents the contractor needs for the construction bid process.
But it [...]
The Rockwall County Herald Banner. Rockwall County didn’t get funding last week for three of its major road projects, but Commissioner David Magness is confident the money will be there soon.
“That’s the way the process works,” Magness said Friday, Nov. 20, a day after Rockwall County officials learned of the Texas Transportation Commission’s funding decisions. [...]
Rockwall County’s population increased by another 1,950 people and 2.5 percent in 2008, according to a new report by the North Central Texas Council of Governments.
The county population increased from an estimated 76,000 at the beginning of 2008 to 77,950 at the beginning of 2009 – an increase of 2.57 percent.
The City of Fate increased by [...]
By J.J. Smith. Family violence, child abuse and dating abuse numbers have all skyrocketed dramatically over the past few years across Rockwall County and Texas.
Now Heritage Christian Academy, Walmart, Rockwall ISD, Rockwall County DA Kenda Culpepper plus over a dozen more businesses, media, health care and law enforcement organizations are teaming up to raise awareness [...]
