The Gifted and Talented Program Nomination Process for Grades 1-11 is Now Underway at Rockdale ISD

Nominations for the 2024-2025 Gifted and Talented program will be accepted through the beginning of January. Please reach out to your child’s campus if you would like to nominate your child for testing.

DID YOU KNOW?

Gifts were exchanged in the Roman ceremonies of Saturnalia, the festivities of solstice, the origin of our Christmas celebrations. We know the exchanging of gifts best from the three magi mentioned in the Bible.

CHURCH NEWS

Meadowbrook Baptist Church will have services at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 24. This service will also be broadcast live on KRXT 98.5 and on their Facebook and You-Tube pages. Sunday evening, their annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service is at 6. This will also be broadcast live.

The following 20 cases were presented to the GRAND JURY and indicted as True Bills with no “No Bills” on December 14, 2023.

  BYRON DEWAYNE EVERAGE, 50, of Rockdale, State Jail Felony, Evading Arrest with Priors   DENNIS KEITH JOHNSON, 57, of Rockdale, 3rd Degree Felony, Prohibited Substance in Correctional Facility   MALLORY ALLISON DELEON, 18, of Rockdale, 3rd Degree Felony, Possession of Controlled Substance Less...

Milam County’s economy by the numbers

The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently released the 2022 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures for Milam County. This data lets us see how Milam County’s economy performed in 2022. There are two ways to look at GDP — in current dollars or adjusted for inflation.

Republican primary candidates announced

Final filings for the 2024 county Republican Primary elections were released this week by Milam County Clerk Jodi Morgan. The primary voting date is March 5, 2024. Contested races include Tax Assessor Collector which has three candidates Melissa Fritz, Frank Summers and Stephanie Charanza.

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA

Miss Tiny Tot, Summer Martin, center, and her brother Jonah Martin Jr. and baby sister Stormi Martin enjoyed visiting with Santa on Saturday morning at the Patterson Civic Center. Stormi doesn’t quite know what to think about the bearded man (some say it was Elbert Page) but she didn’t cry.

RECOGNITION

Rockdale High School football players and coaches were honored at Monday night’s city council meeting for winning the 2023 Battle of the Bell at the suggestion of council members Esmeralda Ruelas-Olivares and Scott Starnes.

Spectacular!

The MARC float was the biggest in Saturday night’s parade and the winner of Best Decorated Overall Award. The float carried 50 people including MARC consumers and board members and even had a heater for the participants.

QUICK LOOK

The Rockdale Chamber of Commerce’s “Light up Rockdale” decorating contest for both businesses and residential is going on now. Call the Chamber at 512-446-2030 to list your business or home address for consideration. Judging w ill be on Sunday evening, Dec. 17, so make sure you have your lights on.