Sports
It was two home runs from junior Ryleigh Eanes that put RHS past Thrall 10-5 in their first official game of the season on Thursday at Lady Tiger Field.
Just as the Tigers were closing the gap in the second quarter, Rogers erased Rockdale’s 7-2 run to take a 37-26 lead going into halftime.
It wasn’t even a minute into Rockdale’s match with rival Cameron when RHS junior Fernando Gonzales gave his team a 1-0 lead on Friday evening at Tiger Stadium.
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EDITORIAL
Our standard definition for the word “volunteer” remains the one favored by the late Rockdale Mayor Bill Avrett.
FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE
DOG PARK OPENING MOVED TO SATURDAY MORNING AT 10 A.M.
By Kyle Cooke
Lifestyle
Feb. 17—Ken Cooke, Kerri Coffield. Feb. 18—David Svrcek.
Anniversaries
Feb. 14—Ward and Kathryne Roddam.
—Rockdale Band Booster held their annual Spaghetti Supper fund raiser Monday evening in the junior-high commons.
They came from as far as Austin to Rockdale’s Cliff’s Tavern Saturday for a benefit to assist Mike Morris of Lexington with medical bills. Morris is a lymphoma patient.
Obituaries
Ruth M. Johnson Boney, the 10th child of 10 children, was born to James Johnson and Lillie Miller Johnson on Sept. 22, 1922, in Rockdale.
Gabriel “Gene” Garza, 61, of Rockdale died Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, at Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia.
W.E. “Gene” Northcott, 92 of Thorndale died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, at Renaissance Villa in Rockdale.
Photo Galleries
Five inches of rain overnight Thursday triggered flooding in Rockdale's "low places" including Meadow Drive. Numerous streets were closed.
Rockdale Volunteer Fire Department on the scene of a blaze at Logs to Lumber, a woodworking shop just after 3 p.m. Thursday. The shop is located on US 79 just east of the US 77 underpass.
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