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Rockwall mayoral candidate debate set April 19

Rockwall mayoral candidate debate set April 19

ROCKWALL – A political debate between Rockwall’s three mayoral candidates, Glen Farris (left), David Sweet and Sam Buffington (no photo available), will be hosted by The Rockwall News, Tuesday, April 19, from 8-9 pm, at the Rockwall High School cafeteria. Buffington is a former three-term City Council Member. Farris and Sweet are currently two-term Council [...]

April 19 2011 | Posted in Government, Latest News | Read More »

7-story office tower to break ground this summer on hillside above Harbor

7-story office tower to break ground this summer on hillside above Harbor

ROCKWALL – After years of study by the Rockwall City Council to develop a plan for the hillside above The Harbor entertainment district known as PD-32, construction on a seven-story Class A corporate office tower will begin this summer just southeast of Culpepper’s Steak House, as the first phase of a multi-million-dollar project called “Harbor [...]

April 12 2011 | Posted in Business, Featured | Read More »

PD-32 ordinance passes city council on a 5-2 vote

PD-32 ordinance passes city council on a 5-2 vote

Rockwall Herald Banner. Years of planning and debate over what is most likely the highest valued real estate in Rockwall culminated in a 5-2 vote to move forward with PD-32, a planned development above The Harbor near the IH-30 intersection with Lake Ray Hubbard on Monday night. The issue had been delayed during the last [...]

September 13 2010 | Posted in Government, Latest News | Read More »

Road repairs won’t come soon enough for Rockwall neighborhood

WFAA-TV News. Few North Texans dread a rainy day more that the folks on Tubbs Road in Rockwall. Their part of the paved street becomes a murky mess because the potholes are so deep, they fill up with mud. Nicely paved with solid concrete, the “good” side of Tubbs Road couldn’t get much better. But [...]

September 13 2010 | Posted in Video News | Read More »

Sales tax revenues continue to increase in local cities

Sales tax revenues continue to increase in local cities

By J.J. Smith. Sales tax revenues increased again in June in Rockwall, Royse City, Heath, Fate and McClendon Chisholm, but decreased in Mobile City. Mobile City and Fate are both down for their fiscal years, compared to last year at this time. This means that many businesses are faring better this year than at the [...]

August 23 2010 | Posted in Government, Latest News | Read More »

City of Rockwall looking to break Guinness workout record

The mayor of Rockwall talks about the city and their hope to break the Guinness World Record for the most people working out simultaneously.

July 17 2010 | Posted in Video News | Read More »

Estimated 5,000 people attend first Rockwall lakeside concert

Estimated 5,000 people attend first Rockwall lakeside concert

By J.J. Smith. An estimated 5,000 people jammed into the The Harbor entertainment district last night to enjoy the sights and sounds of progressive Honky Tonk band “The King Bucks” at the City of Rockwall’s first free weekly Thursday night concert of their highly-popular “Concert by the Lake” series. Arranged by the City’s Parks & [...]

May 7 2010 | Posted in Entertainment, Featured | Read More »

Students on a mission send meals to Haiti

Students on a mission send meals to Haiti

NBC5-TV.Rockwall sends 1 million meals to Haiti. Students at Rockwall I.S.D. are making a difference in the lives of people affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti, with help from the rest of the community. “Its instilling good values in my children to pass on, it also is helping the community and the world,” said [...]

May 7 2010 | Posted in Education, Featured | Read More »

Royse City, Greenville High Schools out; McKinney, Wylie schools in, as UIL reshuffles District 10-4A

Royse City, Greenville High Schools out; McKinney, Wylie schools in, as UIL reshuffles District 10-4A

By J.J. Smith. Rockwall and Rockwall-Heath High Schools won’t be playing Royse City, Greenville, Carrollton R.L. Turner or Carrollton Newman Smith High schools in District 10-4A   for the next year in some sports and two years in football after the UIL replaced those schools Monday with Wylie, Wylie East, McKinney and McKinney North for [...]

February 5 2010 | Posted in Featured, Sports | Read More »

Rockwall schools, businesses, health care, law enforcement co-sponsoring Race to End Abuse 5K/Fitness Walk

Rockwall schools, businesses, health care, law enforcement co-sponsoring Race to End Abuse 5K/Fitness Walk

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 [...]

October 20 2009 | Posted in Community, Featured | Read More »