‘Hanging Tough’ Foundation honors pastor

On the last Sunday of Black History Month, Feb. 25—New Jerusalem Nondenominational Church Pastor Dr. Dennis L. Brooks Sr. received a surprise honor from a Houston foundation. Earlier, on Feb.

Annual MARC Run set for April 14

The 17th annual MARC Run, brought to you by The Bad To The Bone Riders of Rockdale, will be held Saturday, April 14, at The Ranch, 415 W. Hwy 79, in Rockdale, according to Charles Starr, spokesman. The annual ride benefi ts the Milam Adult Resource Center here in Rockdale.

MHS One Act Play advances to bi-district

MILANO NEWS Milano High School’s One Act Play cast and crew advanced from district contest to the bi-district level with their performance of scenes from “The Diviners” by Jim Leonard Jr. The contest was held March 8 at the Yoe High School Performing Arts Center in Cameron.

Young wins nomination

It’s Steve. After a campaign which lasted well over a year, the Milam County Republican Party has a nominee for county judge after the 2018 Primary ended Tuesday evening. Steve Young won the nomination with an 1,865-1,386 (57 to 43-percent) victory over Frank Summers.

TREE-MENDOUS

Rockdale has had some visitors on its streets and almost literally in the skies over the past several weeks. Oncor contractor crews are trimming tree limbs around lines.

Plea ends business theft case

CAMERON—The extended saga involving owners of a former Thorndale business came to an end Thursday in 20th District Court when Steven and Tammy Dorsett, aged 49 and 53, pleaded guilty to felony theft.

Scammer hits Rockdale ISD, ‘steals’ W-2s

Rockdale ISD employees are waiting for the full impact, and hoping for the best, this income tax season after an Internet “phisher” hit the jackpot.

Rockdale’s ‘Miracle Dog’ gets her home

In October she had been hit by a vehicle and was facing a lifetime crippled or likely being put down. But generous Rockdale came to the rescue and on Friday, “Ginger the Miracle Dog,” tail wagging and perfectly healthy, departed for a forever home in the country.

INCOMPETENT JURORS

—Milam Community Theater’s production of “12 Incompetent Jurors,” a parody of “12 Angry Men: is in rehearsal. It opens with a dinner theater at the Williams Civic Center in Cameron March 17. Doors open at 6 p.m, dinner at 6:30 p.m and curtain up at 7.

Rockdale man dies in crash

A 51-year-old Rockdale man died Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle collision just north of Rockdale on FM 1712. State Trooper Michael McHale said Christopher Hooks was pronounced dead at the scene, one-and-one-half miles north of Rockdale by Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Sam Berry.