Holiday closings

Here are closings for Thanksgiving: • Area schools are out all week (Nov. 23-27). • City Hall and the City Library will be closed both Thursday and Friday. The library will also be closed Saturday. • Thursday garbage pickup will be made Friday and Friday pickup Saturday.

Man dies in blaze

A Rockdale resident died in a fire Monday morning at the Pecan Grove RV Park at 1422 East Cameron Ave. Police responded to a call shortly before 6 a.m. Anthony Azzarello, 49, died in the fi r e .

12 new COVID-19 cases add to totals

In COVID-19 testing Friday found positive results for 12 Milam County residents. THE NUMBERS—COVID-19 cases this week have been measured Wednesday to Monday due to holiday deadlines. • Cumulative cases – 621, up 16 from 605. • Active cases (PCR test) — 36, which is down 3 from last week’s 39.

Caring about health care

For months now, County Judge Steve Young has been doing all he can think to do to get urgent care back into Milam County since it lost its two hospitals in 2018.

Students spark up at competition

Things were fizzling over in Perry & Perry Construction’s Serving Welder Across Texas Building in Rockdale on Nov. 17. That is because there were 196 students of welding from 19 school districts in Texas competiting for awards in the Tiger Tough Welding Competition for high school students.

ORGANIZATIONS

Al-Anon in-person meetings canceled The Rockdale Just for Today Al-Anon meetings have been discontinued until further notice due to COVID-19 restrictions. For further information or support call Carolyn S. at 512-273-2484.

POLICE REPORT

Police arrested a 14-year-0ld Rockdale resident on two felony charges the past Wednesday. The teen was charged with assault causing bodily injury to a family member and assault on a public servant.

FIRE CALLS

• Thursday, 11:52 a.m., the Rockdale Volunteer Fire Department along with the Milam County Sheriff’s Office and AMR responded to a one-vehicle accident on U.S. 79 near the turn to CR 306. • Saturday, 10:41 p.m., the Thorndale Volunteer Fire Department responded to the 400 block of East U.S.

GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS

• Crispin Gonzales, Jr., 29, Rockdale, 3rd degree felony, bail jumping – fail to appear. • Rene Prez, 38, Rockdale, 2nd degree felony, aggravated assault – serious bodily injury. • Terrance Earl Smith, 24, Houston, state jail felony, theft $2,500 - $30k.

NEWSBRIEFS

School board canvasses General Election results The Rockdale ISD School Board canvassed the results of the Nov. 3, 2020 General Election for the board of trustees at the Nov. 16 meeting.