News
THANKS, DPS—Department of Public Safety Area 6A06 recently donated a new, handmade picnic table to American Legion Carlyle Post 358.
A 15-year-old juvenile female, reported missing from her grandparents home in Milam County, has been found safe, according to the Milam County Sheriff’s Department.
Here is the Milam County Jail Log for June 4-10.
Jail logs list all persons charged with offenses through the county jail docket.
Charges may change during the process.
Sports
ADelta County game warden received a call on April 7 stating five men were using two cast nets to catch game fish at the Cooper Lake Spillway.
Rockdale Girls Softball League play ended Wednesday with five Rockdale teams from three divisions advancing to district play.
Four Rockdale Little League baseball teams are headed to district competition, after having competed in the Rockdale Youth Baseball League for the last three months.
Columns & Opinions
COMMENTS FROM MICAH
Milam County 4-H will host a 4-H food challenge on June 22 at the Market Day at the Yards.
By Micah Holcombe
The Gospel changes us and the Good News of Jesus Christ never becomes remedial.
Lifestyle
After the 2018 Rockdale Homecoming drew a crowd generously estimated at 80, organizers were looking for a new approach that would boost attendance for 2019.
Obituaries
CONROE—Wilson Eugene (W.E.) Owens, a sixth generation Texan, was born Aug. 19, 1928, in Tanglewood.
LEXINGTON—Melissa Wells, 34, of College Station died Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at her home in College Station.
Mary Alice King, 73, of Milano died Saturday, June 8, 2019 at Baylor Scott & White Hospital in Temple.
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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