Hazardous collection scheduled for Saturday
THORNDALE—The Central Texas Council of Governments will host a hazardous waste collection from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, at 501 East US 79 in Thorndale.
The collection is open to residents of Milam, Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills and San Saba counties.
Proof of residence will be required.
In addition to many kinds of household waste, tires will be accepted with fees ranging from $1 for up to 15-inches (rims extra) to $20 for over 24-inches.
Place of Hope annual dinner ahead Saturday
Place of Hope’s Seventh Annual Hope Night, featuring a dinner, silent and live auction and fund raiser is set for 6 p.m. Saturday at the KC Hall.
Advance tickets, priced at $25 each, may be purchased from Kathleen Brannam or Jo Ann Browning.
Blood drawing slated Sunday at St. Paul’s
THORNDALE—Scott & White Healthcare will conduct a blood drawing from 8 a.m. to 12-noon Sunday, April 15, at St. Paul Lutheran Church and School.
All blood donors during April will receive a free special edition blood donor T-shirt. Sizes small through 3XL are available.
Photo ID will be required to donate.
To donate call Stacy Irwin or Shirley Becker, 512-269-7953.
Rockdale Tax Office re-opening April 17th
The Rockdale Substation of the Milam County Tax Office, which has been closed for training, will reopen in the One-Stop Center on April 17.
Tax Collector Sherry Mueck noted the facility will only be open three days a week, 8 a.m. to 12-noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays.
“All title paperwork must be turned in to the Rockdale office prior to 3:30 p.m.,” she said.
The Cameron location will resume its regular hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday with all title paperwork to be turned in at that office prior to 4:30 p.m.
One dead, one injured near 79 Brazos bridge
One person was killed and one hurt in a head-on collision on US 79 just inside Milam County near the Brazos River Bridge Tuesday morning.
According to the DPS, 76-year-old Reynaldo Amaya-Charo of Austin was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Bryan.
The other driver, Jody Wood, 38, of Leander was also taken to St. Joseph’s.
Emergency crews from Milam and Robertson County, including the Gause VFD, responded to the 11:11 a.m. accident.
La Escuelita cookoff scheduled April 21st
The 15th annual La Escuelita Spring Cookoff is set for April 21 at the La Escuelita grounds, east of Rockdale on US 79.
Cookoff begins at 8 a.m. with cash prizes in brisket, chicken and pork categories. Entry fee is $15 for each category.
Horseshoe and washer tourneys start at noon.
For more information contact Thelma Montelongo at 512-430-0236 or Julie Smith at 512-760-5927.
County okays defense team for DA in suit
CAMERON—Milam County commissioners, meeting in regular session Monday, agreed that Prosecutor Bill Torrey will be defended by Milam’s legal firm in federal district court.
After an executive session commissioners okayed Torrey’s defense by the Allison, Bass & Magee law firm of Austin.
Torrey was one of 10 persons sued by former inmate John L. Roberson over a 2016 incident in the Milam County Jail that the plaintiff claims left him permanently disabled.
The suit also names Milam County, as an entity, as a defendant.
Other defendants include the sheriff, chief deputy, jail officials past and present and a doctor who was identified as the physician to inmates.
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