News
MILANO NEWS
Milano ISD’s Meet the Teacher event will be held Monday, Aug. 19, starting at 5 p.m. and running until 7 p.m.
By Marie Bakken
GAUSE NEWS
The school has received word that Treadstone Oil Co. has given $5,000 to Gause ISD. Many thanks for that!
Gause ISD students begin classes for the year Thursday.
By Wanda Lee
Sports
Rockdale and Cameron High School football players listened to a roster of speakers that included Milam County Judge Steve Young, Rep.
By Wynton Thomason
On Monday night, the RHS gymnasium was full of blue and gold for the annual Meet the Tigers social and cake auction hosted by the Rockdale Tiger Athletic Booster Club.
Rockdale’s 4-3 record was good enough to finish second in the consolation bracket at their first tournament of the season this past weekend in Franklin.
Columns & Opinions
Friday was truly a historic event for all of us in Milam County, as the first ever Rockdale-Cameron Football Extraordinaire was held.
By STEVE YOUNG
Lifestyle
GOING ‘HOME’—The Wolf Park flagpole, corner of Main and Milam, has a new home, or actually an old home depending on how you want to look at it.
Whether you’re in need of notebooks, rulers or running shoes, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding shoppers they can save money on those and other items during the state’s sales tax holiday o
Vacation Bible schools offer a variety of activities with a Christian message for students of all ages.
These are the programs in the area:
Obituaries
DANBURY—Funeral Services for William Ray Dees, 80, of Angleton will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at Community Baptist Church in Danbury with David Smith officiating.
CAMERON—Betty Caperton Bowman Franzl, 92, of Cameron died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, in a Cameron nursing and rehab center.
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.
Rockdale Reporter
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