WFAA-TV Video News. HEATH – Police have arrested a man who is accused of attempted kidnapping, after he allegedly slipped into a side door at Dorothy Smith Pullen Elementary, on Thursday.
Desi Smalley, 36, was caught in Arkansas this morning.
He’ll soon be on his way back to North Texas.
The incident has every school in the Rockwall district [...]

By J.J. Smith. Due to inclement weather, all Rockwall, Royse City and Garland ISD schools are closed today and all after-school activities have been either cancelled or postponed.
Many government offices have also either been closed or will open late.
All Rockwall County offices will  be closed all day. City of Rockwall offices will not open until [...]

By J.J. Smith. The superintendents of the Denison and Sherman Independent School Districts have filed a formal appeal against last week’s UIL realignment that requires the two Grayson County towns to participate in sports in Mt. Pleasant and Texarkana, which are over 100 miles away.
In a letter to the UIL Appeals Committee, Dr. Henry [...]

The Rockwall County Herald Banner. Rockwall Independent School District officials, faced with a budget deficit of almost $8 million for the current fiscal year, have their sights set on seeing a surplus — or balanced — budget for 2010-11.
Mike Singleton, the school district’s chief financial officer, presented a “Balancing the Budget” plan to school board [...]

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 [...]

By J.J. Smith. Most and perhaps none of Rockwall County’s public and private schools will be showing President Obama’s controversial live speech to school children in their classes Tuesday morning at 11 a.m (Central Time).
Rockwall ISD will provide ”optional access” at a designated location on each campus.
Royse City ISD and Heritage Christian Academy (HCA)will not.
The Fulton School’s administrators were meeting Friday morning and [...]

The Rockwall school district has a new aquatic center, a $17 million jewel that lured former Highland Park swim coach Mike Sorrells out of retirement.
Among other features, the center has a 50-meter competitive pool and a smaller one for swim lessons, athletic rehabilitation and therapy.
Click here to read this Dallas Morning News story.

By J.J. Smith. Our City of Rockwall has just been named as one of the “Family Circle 10 Best Towns” in America for families to live in by Family Circle magazine.
In the July edition, which will hit newstands this Tuesday, Rockwall joined nine other “family-friendly” towns with populations between 15,000 and 150,000 residents: Evans, GA, Sherwood OR, Indian Trail [...]

Rockwall ISD is reporting improvement in TAKS scores this year.
Click here to read this Dallas Morning News article.

By J.J. Smith. Thousands of Rockwall area students, family members and community residents wearing black T-shirts which read “The Power of One” attended Rockwall ISD’s “Rachel’s Challenge Rally” yesterday at Lake Pointe Church to celebrate how much just one person can make the world a better place by performing acts of kindness and compassion.  
At the event, more than 100,000 paper dolls, called [...]