MARC open house set for Tuesday night

An open house at MARC (Milam Adult Resource Center) will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, along with a Rockdale Chamber of Commerce meet and greet. Refreshments will be served. MARC serves Milam County adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

SAD NEWS

Darian “Hump” Jackson, 12, lost his two-year battle with encephalitis, a brain infection. Hump is the son of Andrias “Shug” Jackson and the brother of Rockdale Tiger No. 10 De’Andre Stephens and Raelynn Jackson who is a Taylor Duck track star.

Promotions

Milam County Sheriff Mike Clore announced two promotions at the Milam County Sheriff’s Office. John Torres (second from the left) has been promoted to Jail Administrator and Jeremy Knaus (second from right) has been promoted to Jail Captian.

Rockdale’s International Day of Peace Celebration

International Day of Peace is Thursday, Sept. 21, and Rockdale is gett i ng i nto t he spi r it of it with “A Night of Peace” celebration at Wolf Park at 7:30 p.m., spons ored by Rockdale Earth Day.

RADIOTHON

United Way of South Milam County held their annual radiothon on Thursday, Sept. 7.

First, we’re not going to panic

Someone recently said to me – “All this stuff at the Alcoa land is going to kill Rockdale.” I have been here a little over two years and I have seen Rockdale be a little town with a lot of grit. If I have learned anything, Rockdale is going to be hard to kill and we won’t go down without a fight.

Graham returns to her roots Saturday

Brooke Graham, along with family members Ben and Macy Graham, will be the featured artists on Friday, Sept. 15, at Frog Joy Farms in Chriesman and there’s a “small world” story to go with the concert. Last year Brooke sat in on a pickers circle at Front Street Burgers in Chriesman.

Council approves funds for sesquicentennial July 4 drone show

At Monday night’s city council meeting Public Works Director Jerald Brunson gave a yearly update on everything his department has accomplished over the past fiscal year from the limb clean up from winter storm Mara, new street signs around the schools, roads that have been sipped and chip sealed,...

QUICK LOOK

The fourth annual Apache Pass Cook Off & Car Show is this Friday and Saturday. One day passes are available for $15 and two-day passes for $25. There will be live music by Kenny Orts as well as both retail and food vendors.

Five felony arrests made by Rockdale PD, one accident reported

Rockdale Police Officers made f ive felony arrests during the past seven days including: • Crystal Carol Easley, 46, Rockdale, was arrested on Thursday for a Milam County warrant for probation violation possession of a controlled substance (1 to 4 gram).