News
IMPACT (Influencing My Peers As a Catholic Teen) youth group of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Rockdale collected socks/soap in an Advent Giving Tree community service project.
Reporter Santa letter deadline set Friday for Dec. 19 paper
Deadline to turn in the traditional hand-written Santa letters to The Reporter is Friday.
The cleanup has begun in earnest at the Richie Thrasher property, 1300 and 1328 East Cameron (US 79), but it’s unclear how long the massive job will take, or how much it will cost.
By Mike Brown
Sports
“I’ve seen a lot of things and it’s been one heck of a ride” is what former Major League Baseball prospect Frank Ramirez Jr.
When the Rockdale Tigers’ 2019 season ended last month, RHS seniors weren’t the only ones who were saying good-bye to Friday night football.
By Wynton Thomason
Rockdale went into Thanksgiving break on a high note after 24-4 run in the second quarter led to a 73-39 victory over Milam County neighbor Milano last Tuesday in the old RHS Gymnasium.
Columns & Opinions
EDITORIAL
Acouple of Fridays ago, some Rockdale and county leaders just may have gotten a glimpse of what post-hospital emergency care may look like for our city and surroundings.
Obituaries
Services for Nelma “Maw” Blake, 88, of Milano will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale. Burial will follow at Milano Cemetery.
Helen Marie Jones, 84, of Austin, formerly of Rock-dale, died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, at her home in Austin.
Frank Ramirez Jr., 53 of Austin, formerly of Rock-dale, died Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, at St. David’s Hospital in Round Rock.
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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