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QUICK LOOK

News Staff
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 00:00
Rockdale area senior citizens, Wednesday morning, Oct. 16, is your day as the annual Senior Expo comes to the KC Hall. Hours for the free event are 8 a.m. to 12-noon. About 50 senior-oriented organizations and businesses will provide information and handouts.
Pageants kick off 44th Fair

Pageants kick off 44th Fair

Pageants kick off 44th Fair

News Staff
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 00:00
As usual the reigning Miss Texas will officiate at the Rockdale Fair’s Children’s Pageant and Queen Contest, set for Saturday at the RHS Auditorium.
Nine hurt as hayride rolls

Nine hurt as hayride rolls

Nine hurt as hayride rolls

News Staff
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 00:00
Nine persons, seven of them children, were injured Saturday afternoon when a trailer being used as a kids’ hayride for the Fall Music Festival flipped onto its side in downtown Rockdale. Rockdale Police Lt.
First Distinguished Alumni honors set for Friday at RHS

First Distinguished Alumni honors set for Friday at RHS

First Distinguished Alumni honors set for Friday at RHS

News Staff
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 00:00
The first five honorees in the Rockdale ISD’s new Distinguished Alumni Program will be inducted in a Friday ceremony at Rockdale High School, then introduced at halftime of the Rockdale-Lago Vista football game at Tiger Stadium. The ceremony, in the RHS Auditorium, is set for 6 p.m.
All hail

All hail

All hail

News Staff
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 00:00
One of the four RHS seniors in the back row will be crowned homecoming queen at Friday’s game against Lago Vista.

Students escape injury in bus crash

News Staff
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 00:00
Forty-two students on a Milano ISD school bus escaped serious injury last Tuesday when it was struck by another vehicle. State Trooper Broderick Sims said the collision occurred at 3:40 p.m. Oct. 1 at the US 79-CR 338 intersection.

8 draw court sentences

News Staff
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 00:00
CAMERON—Eight cases were disposed of in 20th District Court last week, according to Prosecutor Bill Torrey, who listed case dispositions as follows: • Rodney Joe Bunton, 57, Dallas, three year prison term after pleading “true” to a motion to revoke probation on an assault causes bodily injury...

Senior Citizen town hall

News Staff
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 00:00
A town hall on senior citizen issues is set for 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday at the Rockdale Senior Citizen Center, 765 Green. It’s one of a series sponsored by the Area Agency on Aging of Central Texas.
Milam suicide follows shooting in Bell County

Milam suicide follows shooting in Bell County

Milam suicide follows shooting in Bell County

News Staff
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 00:00
Milam County Sheriff Chris White said a 34-year-old Georgetown man took his own life Friday during a standoff with the sheriff’s department and DPS in the 17,700 block of FM 486 south of Pettibone. White said Jason Earl Merritt shot himself in the head at 4:34 p.m.