High property valuations increase city county revenues

CAPHUOQÉAs e{pected on Ponda Pilam Count| Commissioners approved a ’42 million udjet and :6-cent ta rate for the 2020 fiscal |ear. Commissioners zere aele to neep the ta rate the same as last |ear even zith salar and maintenance and operations increases due to increased home valuations.

One dies in north Milam wreck

One person is dead after a mamor tzo-vehicle crash last Whursda| eveninj. We{as Department of Su lic Vafet| troopers/ Pilam Count| deputies/ and Pinerva Iire Department responded at 5=7 p.m./ Whursda to a mamor tzo-vehicle crash alon X.V. : in the Pinerva area.

Lee Green.Salgado headline Rockdale Fair,Oct.17

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BUSINESS OF THE MONTH

Platinum Motors/The Tint and Detail Shop, 2200 West Cameron Ave., has been named Business of the Month for September by the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center.

NEWS BRIEFS

Substitute teacher training is this week A mandatory training for all new RISD substitute teachers will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday, at the Rockdale ISD Conference Room (520 W. Davilla). Training will include processes for the automated substitute service system Rockdale ISD has implemented.

CONSTITUTION WEEK

At the County Commissioner’s Court on Monday, a resolution was passed declaring the week of Sept. 12-17 Constitution Week. (Front row, L-R) Judge Steve Young presented the declaration to DAR members Leslie Watkins, Alma Lue Wenzel and Donna Diver.

MILAM COUNTY JAIL LOG

Here is the Milam County Jail Log for Sept. 3-9. Jail logs list all persons charged with offenses through the county j ail docket. Charges may change during the process. Persons are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law.

Police make four felony arrests

POLICE REPORT Rockdale police made four felony arrests last week including one murder charge. (See store, page 1A.) Police arrested Tyrone Radale Shepard, 42, of Hearne, 1:10 a.m. on Tuesday, on two felonies of controlled substance after an unauthorized use of motor vehicle stop.

MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT CALLS

Calls for the Milam County Sheriff’s Department during the past week included: Sept.

FIRE CALLS

Fire calls dispatched from the Rockdale Police Department during the past week were listed as follows: 2:11 a.m., Thursday, car on fire at US 79 East of CR 446 in Thorndale. Thorndale VFD. • 4:47 p.m., Thursday, grass fire, 8480 US 79 in Thorndale. Thorndale VFD. 1:08 p.m.