Prayers get strong support at county
Judge urges tolerance, respect for all faiths
Prayer was the topic for Milam County commissioners Monday as three court visitors—in emotional and sometimes intense presentations—urged the county to continue opening its meetings with spoken prayers. Full Story
Sheriff race tops donations, spending
Primaries may be pushed back again after Supreme Court tosses maps
Not surprisingly, the red-hot, three-candidate Republican Primary race for sheriff has generated the most donations and the most expenditures so far in the 2012 political season. Full Story
Sandow 4 part of Sierra Club lawsuit
Luminant’s Sandow Power Plant Unit 4 is one of four units statewide cited in a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club last week against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
The Sierra Club maintains a TCEQ permit amendment issued last month authorizes an increase of almost 1,000 pounds of particulate matter into the air from Sandow 4. Full Story
Jackson brings his special kind of magic back to Aggieland
Former Rockdale star coming home to help
COLLEGE STATION—When brand new Texas A& M head football coach Kevin Sumlin announced the majority of his first Aggie coaching staff last Friday, one name should be familiar to Aggie and Rockdale fans alike.
Larry Jackson will follow Sumlin from Houston to Texas A& M to oversee the strength and conditioning program, a job he held down at Houston for six years. Full Story
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Tigers 16th victory secures first winning season since 1997
Before the season began, Dusty Loewe made his charges take a tour of the old RHS gym and take in all the championship banners hanging from the rafters.
“ They know we haven’t had a winning season in a while,” Loewe said.
The chances for this contemporary group to join their storied forefathers gathered some steam Friday night. Full Story
Basketball is exciting again in Rockdale
When Dusty Loewe hired on for his second stint as Rockdale basketball coach in 2007, he immediately conjured up the sacred names of coaches past.
Duane Vincent, Gerald Adams, Dean Hollingsworth, Jerry Franklin, Ed Abernathy.
“Rockdale used to be pretty dang good in basketball,” he said at the time. “I want to be part of that.” Full Story
Milam jobless rate down just slightly
Texas’ unemployment lowest since July 2009
For t he second consecut ive month, unemployment numbers in Milam County are the lowest since April 2011 and are also down for the month, according to reports released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). A slight drop for the month seemed to be the trend around most of the area as well as across the state and nation. Full Story
Board prez: We can only grow as a team
“Wanna talk about ‘ME,’
Wanna talk about ‘I’ Wanna talk about ‘NUMBER ONE’ oh my, me, mine....
What I think, what I like, what I know, what I want what I see, I like talking about you, you, you, you usually, but occasionally, Full Story
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NEW OWNERS—As of Dec. 1, Winnie L Nursing & Rehabilitation in Cameron is under new ownership. Full Story
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The burn ban for Milam County has been lifted. However, burning is always prohibited in the county's municipalities.
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