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Attorney Keith Wheeler appointed Judge for County Court at Law #1

Blue Ribbon News 12/17 7:21A Melanie M

Rockwall County, TX (December 17, 2025) At a special meeting of the Rockwall County Commissioners Court held on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, Attorney Keith Wheeler was...

Ring in the New Year at Dodie’s Cajun Diner at The Harbor

Blue Ribbon News 12/17 6:38A Melanie M

Rockwall, TX (December 17, 2025) – Dodie’s Cajun Diner at The Harbor, Rockwall’s lakeside destination for authentic Cajun flavor, invites guests to celebrate New Year’s Eve...

Catalyst Christmas: J.E.R. Chilton YMCA delivers holiday hope and essentials to Rockwall neighbors...

Blue Ribbon News 12/17 4:20A Melanie M

Rockwall, TX (December 17, 2025) On Saturday, December 13 an incredibly special event came together at Rockwall’s J.E.R. Chilton YMCA – serving families right here in the...

David Schoen announces run for Rockwall City Council, Place 6

Blue Ribbon News 12/16 4:01A Editor

ROCKWALL, TX (Dec. 16, 2025) David Schoen, a lifelong Texan, has announced his candidacy for Place 6 on the Rockwall City Council. He and his wife, Mary, moved to Rockwall in...

Merry Christmas, Rockwall County

Blue Ribbon News 12/15 4:32A Melanie M

Rockwall, TX (December 15, 2025) On the festive evening of Friday, December 12, 2025, the Rockwall County Commissioners Court, along with cheerful residents and friends, came...

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BOOK REVIEW: CERTAIN SENSIBILITIES by Sondra Rice Newman

Rockwall BubbleLife iReporter 12/16 8:00P KAREN SIDDALL

Certain Sensibilities by Sondra Rice Newman Touching and tender May-December romance. Certain Sensibilities is a contemporary womens fiction novel by Sondra Rice Newman that tells the unique and...

BOOK REVIEW: THE GREENLEAF MURDERS (HISTORIC HOMES MYSTERY, #1) by R.J. Koreto

Rockwall BubbleLife iReporter 12/10 7:00P KAREN SIDDALL

The Greenleaf Murders Historic Homes Mystery, #1 by R.J. Koreto Was it the passion for the old family home that led to murder? The Greenleaf Murders is the first book in R.J. Koretos new cozy...

BOOK REVIEW: SNOWFALL by Jennifer Patricia O'Keeffe

Rockwall BubbleLife iReporter 12/10 7:00P KAREN SIDDALL

Snowfall by Jennifer Patricia OKeeffe Has an anxiety-ridden librarian met her perfect match during a snowstorm? Snowfall by Jennifer Patricia OKeeffe is a fun romance novella about an anxious...

BOOK REVIEW: THE STARLIGHT MINT SURPRISE MURDER (CHRISTMAS COOKIES) by Marla A. White

Rockwall BubbleLife iReporter 12/8 9:00P KAREN SIDDALL

The Starlight Mint Surprise Murder Christmas Cookies by Marla A. White Mels attempt at starting over leads to an attempt on her life! After an on-the-job injury leaves Emmeline Mel ORourke unable...

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World-Class Wine Competition Expands Horizons: Texas International Wine Competition (TXIWC) Partners...

Texas Wine Lover 12/10 6:50A Jeff Cope

Press Release The Texas International Wine Competition (TXIWC) invites amateur winemakers to compete alongside established vintners for top awards in one of North America s...

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Cute Holiday Style + The Best Sales!?

The Sister Studio 12/12 2:51A Jennifer Reed

TGIF, my friends!! We are one week out from Christmas break, and I can t wait!! I found some REALLY great items this week, including this $10 cozy pullover , affordable holiday party outfit ideas,...

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Dolphins benching Tua Tagovailoa for rookie and former Texas QB Quinn Ewers, AP source says

Spectrum Local News Sports 12/17 4:20A Mike D'Alonzo, Associated Press

Ewers, drafted 231st by Miami, was the former QB for the University of Texas Longhorns.

Stars and hype on the rise as the NCAA volleyball tournament reaches the Final Four

Spectrum Local News Sports 12/17 2:36A Associated Press

The championship tournament semifinals are Thursday, with Texas A&M facing Pittsburgh and Wisconsin against Kentucky.

Playoff team No. 4 Texas Tech signs coordinators, GM to new contracts through 2028

Spectrum Local News Sports 12/17 2:17A Associated Press

Those new contracts for the assistants come two weeks after McGuire got an extension through the 2032 season and a significant pay raise.

No. 9 TCU's Olivia Miles and Marta Suarez only 2nd DI teammates with triple-doubles in same game

Spectrum Local News Sports 12/17 1:47A Associated Press

The graduate transfers in their first season with the undefeated Horned Frogs pulled that off in a 109-54 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday.

Cooper Flagg becomes youngest player to score 42 points but laments Mavericks' overtime loss to...

Spectrum Local News Sports 12/16 2:09A Associated Press

Flagg topped the previous mark of 37 set by LeBron James on Dec. 13, 2003 — in a 140-133 loss to the Utah Jazz on Monday night.

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Dallas Area ZIP Code Ranked Top 5 in the U.S.

VIP Realty 12/10 2:58A rs@viprealtyinfo.com (VIP Realty

Dallas Area ZIP Code Ranked Top 5 in the U.S. In late 2025, a national relocation-tracking service named Lavon’s 75166 ZIP code the No. 5 hottest ZIP code in the entire United...

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Colossal Foundation doubles funding to $100 million for de-extinction mission

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 12/17 1:00A Noor Adatia

The Dallas company working to bring back the woolly mammoth just doubled its nonprofit funding to $100 million. Find out which other extinct species are on the revival list...

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NASA eyes 3I/ATLAS with alien-hunting Clipper spacecraft as comet approaches Earth

Live Science 12/18 9:30A Brandon Specktor

A NASA spacecraft designed to hunt for signs of extraterrestrial life has turned its lens toward comet 3I/ATLAS — but not for the reason you might think. The spacecraft just...

Undersea lava rubble acts as a 'sponge' for carbon dioxide, study finds

Live Science 12/18 9:04A Skyler Ware

Ancient lava rubble on the seafloor can store huge amounts of carbon dioxide like a giant "sponge," a new study finds. Cores collected from beneath the southern Atlantic Ocean...

Mysterious, irradiated 'scar' in our galaxy points to 2 stars that almost hit the sun

Live Science 12/18 7:05A Sharmila Kuthunur

Roughly 4.5 million years ago, the sun passed remarkably close to two intensely bright stars whose radiation flooded nearby space — and the encounter left a ghostly scar that...

It matters what time of day you get cancer treatment, study suggests

Live Science 12/18 6:53A Clarissa Brincat

A new study suggests that giving immunochemotherapy earlier in the day helps patients with an advanced type of lung cancer live longer. Previous studies suggested that the...

Oldest known evidence of father-daughter incest found in 3,700-year-old bones in Italy

Live Science 12/18 3:25A Kristina Killgrove

An excavation in Italy has unearthed the oldest and first known evidence of father-daughter incest in the archaeological record, a new genetic study reveals. The team found...

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