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Nine draw sentences in 20th District Court

News Staff
Thu, 10/04/2018 - 00:00
CAMERON—Nine persons were sentenced in recent 20th District Court action, according to Prosecutor Bill Torrey, who listed case dispositions as follows: • Michael Rangel, 30, Rockdale, pleading “true” to a motion to revoke probation on possession of controlled substance (4-400 grams), six-year...

Fair tickets on sale at area businesses

News Staff
Thu, 10/04/2018 - 00:00
Season tickets for the fast approaching Rockdale Fair are now on sale at more than a dozen area businesses, most of them on Rockdale. The tickets, which admit the bearer to every event of the Fair, including the nightly dances and the Oct. 13 pageants, are priced as follows: • Adult, $25.

MASONRY MOMENTUM

News Staff
Thu, 10/04/2018 - 00:00
MASONRY MOMENTUM—There’s a lot more happening at the construction site of Rockdale’s new jail. Brickwork is well underway with walls growing higher and stronger on a daily basis in the 300 block of East Cameron (US 79). The 9,800-square-foot structure is expected to be complete by March 2019.

Fall garage sale to begin Thursday

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Thu, 10/04/2018 - 00:00
MILANO NEWS The Milano Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary’s fall garage sale is set for this weekend at the fire station, 305 E Avenue C. The fire station sale is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

GAUSE NEWS

News Staff
Thu, 10/04/2018 - 00:00
Our family members attended the St. Joseph Catholic School’s homecoming football game in Bryan Friday. Grandson Jaxon Hayles is a member of the team. Next thing we know we will be attending granddaughter Addy’s school activities. Mary and Jim Lee of Houston spent the weekend with us.

Lights, camera, Rockdale

News Staff
Thu, 09/27/2018 - 00:00
The movies are coming to Rockdale. Henry Reynolds, owner of Gameplan Studios in Austin, and a U.S Army and Merchant Marine veteran, said Rockdale is the perfect place to expand his film production company. “I spent three quarters of a million dollars buying property in Rock-dale,” he said.

‘Melodie Run’ set Saturday

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Thu, 09/27/2018 - 00:00
QUICK LOOK CALDWELL—The first Sunflower/Melodie Hope Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund 5K Run/Walk and Kids 1-Mile Fun Run/ Walk is set for Saturday, at Caldwell’s Davidson Creek Park. It’s in honor of the late Melodie Jones, 2015 Milano High School graduate, who died in a US 79 accident.

It’s good!

News Staff
Thu, 09/27/2018 - 00:00
Dead center in the uprights, in fact, as the largest of three press box modules was installed Saturday afternoon at the new Tiger Field. The other two modules went in Monday and the new $5-million facility is ready for an open house from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday.

Reporter adds Thomason, Paschall

News Staff
Thu, 09/27/2018 - 00:00
Two new employees have recently joined the staff at The Rockdale Reporter. Wynton Thomason was welcomed to the newsroom in July and Cassidy Paschall was welcomed to the ad sales staff in September. SPORTS—Thomason was raised in Rockdale and graduated from Milano High School.

Entertainers listed for downtown Music Fest

News Staff
Thu, 09/27/2018 - 00:00
Live music for almost 14 straight hours is on tap downtown Oct. 6 when the Rockdale Downtown Association hosts the first annual Rockdale Fall Music Festival in and around Wolf Park.