More grant money for Milam County

We have worked hard to bring more grant money to Milam County. In fact, in 2021 Milam County was awarded an all time record of over $40 million in grant money. Most of this was for infrastructure work, such as roads, bridges, sewer and water.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO… Foundation on the new Rockdale High School building was being completed and the contract called for turnkey job by Aug. 1. C.H. Page & Bro. of Austin were the architects. J.J. Wattinger of Austin was the contractor. J.B. McFarland of Dallas was the building superintendent, while O.G.

Serving

(Editor’s note: Belinda Hillhouse, who has served as a west side city council member for the past three years, but who is not running for reelection, sent this as a letter to the editor.

Losing The Reporter’s Linotype history

We’ve been having fun watching Dwayne Jones taking apart a lot of our no-longer-used printing equipment and some other things we wanted to get rid of. The most fun was watching him take apart our very old Model 31 Linotype machine.

Big improvement in emergency services

Most people know that the ambulance service in Milam County is provided by AMR and funded in part by a subsidy from the Milam County Coalition, which consists of the county, the City of Rockdale and the City of Cameron.

Looking back...

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO… The Reporter was pleased to announce that a number of Rockdale’s influential and public-spirited women had undertaken the organization of a Parent-Teacher Association, and that Mrs. M.N.

The beat goes on

(Reporter readers will again be treated to a series of Black History stories with a focus on Rockdale’s Black History from Tamara Hebert Powell. Here is former editor, Mike Brown’s, editorial from 2020 introducing Tamara and his tribute to her late grandmother, Mrs. Susie Sansom Piper.—K.W.C.

Hospital District makes correction on taxes

Dear editor, The Rockdale Hospital District uses the money collected from Hospital District taxes to help support the Rockdale HealthPoint Clinic.

As welcome as an egg-sucking dog

Texans have a way with words. Here are some typical Texas sayings you may have heard or said yourself. If something is acceptable, Texans say “It’s better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

Central Texas Council of Government helps county

The Central Texas Council of Government (CTCOG) is a misnomer as the agency is really not a governmental agency. The CTCOG is more like a governmental assistance group, formed by law almost 70 years ago to help local government provide so many of the needed community services.