Jan 14, 2025 · But these two commissioners went even further. Unknown to all but a small few, using a piece of copper sheeting and a punch tool, Jerry Wimpee spelled out on the sheet “LAUS DEO,” the Latin for “PRAISE BE TO GOD.”

Oct 10, 2024 · A 65-plus acre mixed-use development anchored by Swedish furniture company Ikea moved one step to fruition on Monday. When the Rockwall City Council on Monday narrowly approved a zoning change from commercial district to a planned development district for commercial district land uses.

1 day ago · First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Jan 10, 2025 · The chamber also introduced its 2025 executive committee: chairman Lesli Y. Johnson, Rest Haven Funeral Home; chairman-elect Jeremy Neill, Hanby Insurance; past chairman Shane Hollas, Maaco of Rockwall; treasurer Kayne Pierce, Happy State Bank; secretary: Kelli Delozier, HomeBank Texas; and president & CEO: Darby Nielsen, Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Center.

Nov 12, 2024 · Ikea, which is widely known for budget-friendly products, already has Metroplex stores in Frisco and Grand Prairie and a smaller location in Southlake.The Rockwall location will be a one-floor store measuring about 108,000 square feet – sizably smaller than the roughly 293,000 square feet of the existing Ikea in Frisco.

Dec 2, 2024 · Chewters Chocolates, a Canadian-based chocolate manufacturer known for its ChocXO brand – is set to make a sweet debut in the U.S. with its first American manufacturing facility in Rockwall.

Nov 12, 2024 · As intelligence director, Ratcliffe was criticized by Democrats for declassifying in the final days of the 2020 presidential election Russian intelligence alleging damaging information about Democrats during the 2016 race even though he acknowledged it might not be true.

4 days ago · First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Nov 5, 2024 · Proposition B – with a price tag of $787 million would have gone toward designing, constructing, renovating, improving, upgrading, updating, acquiring and equipping of school facilities; the purchase of land for new facilities; the purchase of new school buses and retrofitting buses with improved emergency, safety and security equipment; the purchase and retrofitting of vehicles to be used ...

Dec 12, 2024 · Following the parade, the festivities continued in the heart of downtown Rockwall, where families enjoyed a variety of free activities. Guests had the chance to indulge in delicious offerings from food trucks, browse local holiday vendors, and snap photos with Santa in front of the stunning 24-foot Christmas tree.