Judge: County tax revenue down $1.7M

CAMERON—Milam County has its certification of 2018 preliminary values and it’s not good news, according to County Judge Dave Barkemeyer. Barkemeyer said, even at the same 70-cent county tax rate, revenues look to be down about $1.7 million.

First Friday, film to honor music week

QUICK LOOK National Music Week is Sunday through May 13 and Rockdale’s Matinee Musical Club has a couple of events for the public this weekend, including a free movie at the historic Kay Theatre. The music club is sponsoring a showing of the classic “Mary Poppins” at 2 p.m. Sunday.

It’s ‘pick em’ time Saturday

Voters in the City of Rockdale and Rockdale ISD will decide contested races Saturday while for the second time in a year’s time span, Thorn-dale ISD residents have the fate of a multi-million dollar bond issue in their hands.

Fatal wreck in Milano on Monday

A 36-year-old Needham, Alabama, man became the Rockdale area’s third highway fatality in just under two months before dawn on Monday. According to the Department of Public Safety, Douglas Brooks was pronounced dead at the scene, US 79 in front of Milano Cefco, after the 3:30 a.m. accident.

Volunteers more than ‘O-Kay’

It sat vacant much longer than it was used. But in 2004 a group of volunteers and supporters teamed up to begin the task of turning Rockdale’s Kay Theatre into a showpiece. They were honored Sunday with a ceremony and plaque unveilings that turned back the clock 70 years.

Former treasurer assessed probation

CAMERON—Milam County’s former treasurer, who resigned last September after a sheriff’s department investigation into a situation involving a fund in her office, received a fi ve-year deferred adjudication probation sentence Tuesday in 20th District Court.

Eight cases in 20th District Court

CAMERON—Eight persons came before the bench last week in 20th District Court, according to Prosecutor Bill Torrey. who listed case dispositions as follows: • Leotis Quincy Miller, 53, Cameron, 10-year prison term after pleading guilty to burglary of habitation.

NEWSBRIEFS

National Day of Prayer May 3 at Murray Street The Rockdale Ministerial Alliance will host a National Day of Prayer Service from 12-noon to 1 p.m. May 3 at Murray Street Church of Christ. Pastors Dr. Dennis Brooks, Royal Johnson and Matt Higginbotham will be on the program.

One arrest, one sought after parking lot help

POLICE REPORT Police went to the assistance of a person suffering from a diabetic episode last Tuesday in a parking lot along Cameron Avenue (US 79) and, as a result, one arrest has been made and one person is being sought on drug charges. Lt.

Cameron sets run, music Saturday

CAMERON—It’s a huge weekend Friday and Saturday in Cameron’s Ledbetter Park surrounding the 2018 Cameron Fun Fest and Barbecue Shootout.