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Children's Health Needs Your Help to Celebrate Spooky Season

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Top Stories: ➊ – Rockwall police warn of phone scam (Monday), ➋ – Kaiden Allen found safe (Saturday), ➌ – Rockwall Rotary recognizes Student of Honor Will Covington from Amy Parks Heath Elementary (Thursday), ➍ – Fate DPS requests assistance in identifying a burglary of a motor vehicle suspect (Thursday), ➎ – Candidate for County Judge, John Beaman, shares budget plan and tax philosophy (Friday)

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Art lovers drawn to Rockwall Art League’s Show & Sale

Blue Ribbon News 10/20 2:28P Austin

ROCKWALL, TX – October 20, 2021 — The community enjoyed browsing lots of beautiful art from local artists during Rockwall Art League s 21st Annual Fine Art Show Sale at the...

Highland Meadows, Trinity Hospice team with community partners for food drive to fill Thanksgiving...

Blue Ribbon News 10/20 6:50A Editor

ROCKWALL, TX (Oct. 20, 2021) Highland Meadows Health Rehab, along with Trinity Hospice, are sponsoring a Community Food Drive benefiting Helping Hands. Food donations are...

Rockwall launches newly redesigned website

Blue Ribbon News 10/19 12:56P Editor

ROCKWALL, TX (Oct. 19, 2021) The City of Rockwall is happy to announce their newly redesigned website at Rockwall.com has gone live. The website launched Tuesday, and feedback...

Children's Health Needs Your Help to Celebrate Spooky Season

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 10/19 12:40A Alanna Quillen

Children s Health is helping patients celebrate spooky season in style and they need a little support from the community. The hospital is collecting new costumes, Halloween T-shirts and accessories...

Mobile food pantry returns to Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church Rockwall Oct. 19

Blue Ribbon News 10/18 11:50A Editor

ROCKWALL, TX (Oct. 18, 2021) Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church has a Catholic Charities Dallas mobile community food pantry every third Tuesday of the month from 9-11 a.m....

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Gallery Wall Tips

Style Duplicated 10/20 7:26A Paige

Turn on your JavaScript to view content Starting a gallery wall is really intimidating. I don t want to do any more math than I already have to with kid homework. I also didn t want it to be perfectly...

Workout in Style with Walmart

Tanya Foster 10/20 1:00A Tanya Foster

Happy Hump Day! We are already halfway through the week! With the holidays coming up, it is so important to stay active. Not just for our waistlines amidst all of the holiday food, but also to relieve...

Six Seasonal Fun Activities To Celebrate Fall With The Whole Family

In DFW and Beyond 10/19 3:23A indfwfamily

Fall is finally here! Grab your light sweaters and pack up the kids, we’re celebrating the return of the Fall season with some fun family activities. 1. Blase Family Farm Rockwell, Texas The Blase...

My Favorite Pumpkin Bread Recipe!

House of Hargrove 10/19 12:00A houseofhargrove@gmail.com

Thanks to Walmart+ for sponsoring this post. All opinions here are my own. This post contains affiliate links…if you purchase I may receive a small commission. Thank you. We love fall around here! The...

How to Style a Plaid Blouse

Tanya Foster 10/18 11:00A Tanya Foster

Good morning! How is everyone's week going so far? I cannot believe we're almost halfway through October. It's about that time to start holiday shopping...eek! I recommend shopping early this year,...

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2021 Iron Sommelier Preview

Texas Wine Lover 10/21 12:24A Jeff Cope

The Iron Sommelier event, now in its 14th anniversary, has always been a popular event showcasing Houston’s finest sommeliers as they compete for the title of Iron Sommelier benefiting The Periwinkle...

Soulman’s Bar-B-Que Teams Up with Carter BloodCare to Support Need for Blood During Nationwide...

Restaurant News 10/19 9:47A RestaurantNews.com

Announcing Blood Drives at All 18 Soulman s Locations throughout November Dallas, TX ( RestaurantNews.com ) For the second consecutive year, Soulman’s Bar-B-Que and Carter...

The Dickey Foundation Awards Grant to Rowlett Police Department’s SWAT Team

Restaurant News 10/18 2:51A RestaurantNews.com

The Dickey Foundation awards grant to help provide safety equipment to the Rowlett Police Departments SWAT team Grant will provide protective armor and gear Dallas, TX (...

2021 Lone Star International Wine Competition – Texas Results

Texas Wine Lover 10/14 12:37P Jeff Cope

The Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association hosted the 38th Annual Lone Star International Wine Competition (LSIWC) on October 6-7 in Grapevine, Texas. The competition is the oldest wine competition...

2022 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Results – Texas Wineries

Texas Wine Lover 10/12 2:09P Jeff Cope

The 13th Annual San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Wine Competition was held from October 4-6, 2021. The award-winning wines were selected by an impressive panel that judged over 900 entries. Over 300...

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STYLING MY FAVES FROM CABI FALL 2021

Style of Sam 10/19 8:44A Sam

It’s that time again…The cabi Fall Collection dropped and I m in love!! Additionally, I m honored to be a cabi Ambassador this season, so I am showing off my favorite pieces...

CARDIGAN AND GRAPHIC TEE PLUS MY FAVORITE CARDIGANS UNDER $100

The Middle Page 10/17 3:42A Cathy Williamson

CARDIGAN AND GRAPHIC TEE PLUS MY FAVORITE CARDIGANS UNDER $100 Oooops, I did it again! I completely messed up on my posting schedule this last week! I know you all probably don t care, but I feel like...

RIBBED KNIT DRESS

The Middle Page 10/13 3:02A Cathy Williamson

RIBBED KNIT DRESS Hello, my friends! I hope you all are doing well! I am sorry that I am off schedule this week but I have a great excuse. My son and daughter-in-law who live in Ohio came in on Friday...

SHOPBOP SALE

Style of Sam 10/13 1:00A Sam

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ON MY SOAPBOX ABOUT BREAST CANCER

The Middle Page 10/8 3:34A Cathy Williamson

ON MY SOAPBOX ABOUT BREAST CANCER Happy Friday! I hope you all have had a great week! I can t believe we ve passed the first week of October already! Dang, time is flying by! Since it s October, I...

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Astros’ Valdez goes 8, beats Red Sox 9-1 for 3-2 ALCS lead

Spectrum Local News Sports 10/21 12:45A Associated Press

Houston a win away from World Series.

Related: Schwarber, Red Sox slam Astros 12-3, lead ALCS 2-1 Spectrum Local News Sports

Jill Kramer: trailblazer of Texas Christian University volleyball

Spectrum Local News Sports 10/20 12:21A Robbie Fuelling

She was the first TCU volleyball player on scholarship during the Horned Frogs’ inaugural season in 1996

From Texas to Florida, Bear Alexander will travel anywhere to play his senior season

Spectrum Local News Sports 10/19 7:59A Robbie Fuelling

Bear may be the best Texas football player not playing in Texas.

Spurs, Mavs and Rockets back in action this week

Spectrum Local News Sports 10/19 6:52A Spectrum News Staff & Associated

Spurs get things started at home Wednesday.

‘It’s Cowboy land’: Meet the official Dallas Cowboys Spanish broadcaster

Spectrum Local News Sports 10/19 12:30A Michael Lozano

On a Sunday in Arlington, Texas, you can find Victor Villalba sitting in a press box, overseeing the brightest stars of the Dallas Cowboys.

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Health tech solutions win funding at United Way's new innovation challenge

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/19 12:31P Kevin Cummings

In total, $1 million in prizes was up for grabs.

Texas companies contest with conflicting state, federal vaccine orders

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/14 11:30A Kathryn Hardison

The fight over vaccine mandates is putting businesses in a tough situation. For now, the path forward for employers is very unclear. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Oct. 11 an...

Verily, part of Google parent, to open operations hub in DFW, could hire 115 in little more than...

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/14 7:58A Brian Womack

Verily expects to hire as many as 115 employees by the end of 2022 -- with the capacity to expand.

Judge bars United from putting unvaccinated workers on leave

Spectrum Local News Health 10/14 12:26A Associated Press

The restraining order expires Oct. 26.

It’s open enrollment season: Steps to protect your health

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/13 7:55A Dr. Mark Chassay

Open enrollment is here. This is the time for many Texans to decide what health insurance plan is best for themselves and their families. But it’s also a time to protect your...

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Op-ed: The Flood of Climate Disasters Has the Food System Reeling. It’s Time to Act.

Civil Eats 10/19 10:00P Twilight Greenaway

This article was produced in partnership with Edible Communities ; a version of this article appears in the Winter 2021-22 issues of local Edible magazines . If we had been told, a decade...

Growing Garlic- 5 Reasons Why You Should

The Making of a Home 10/19 7:30A Holly K. Ross

Is it possible to have a favorite herb? Maybe, but I haven t been able to choose one yet. BUT, Garlic is definitely one herb I won t ever be without. How to grow garlic and...

Fast Food and Grocery Giants Promise to Sell ‘Better’ Chicken—Is it Enough?

Civil Eats 10/13 10:00P Lisa Held

This summer, it seemed like things might be looking up for the more than 9 billion chickens that get fattened up quickly inside crowded barns before being processed into fried...

5 Reasons Rosemary Should Grow In Your Garden

The Making of a Home 10/12 3:03P Holly K. Ross

What s your favorite herb? This is probably the question I am asked most often. I couldn t pick a favorite herb- possibly a Top 10 list, but never a favorite. Rosemary is an...

Dividing Perennials- Now Is The Time

The Making of a Home 10/7 7:20A Holly K. Ross

Fall- the perfect time to divide perennials in the South. Fall is a great time of the year to thin out perennials that grew over the summer season. In the lives of perennials,...