FEMA disaster claims made easy for county

Just one week ago we were dealing with an historic freeze in Milam County. We experienced record cold temperatures of almost 300 hours below freezing. Obviously when the pipes began to thaw we all realized we had a lot of property damage.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO... There was 100 percent attendance at the meeting of the Rockdale Truck Growers & Marketing Association, held in the executive office at the Chamber of Commerce.

The big chill

Once again Rockdale showed that we can get through tough times together if we help each other out. There was so much good going on during the bad parts of this unusually cold weather. How about Lee Lee Parsley giving away all of his firewood so people could stay warm without electricity?

Cold weather tests Texans who aren’t used to it

Our house is in a small line of houses whose electricity is all connected. We suffer outages fairly regularly due to transformers blowing out and sometimes limbs falling since we are right up next to the woods. So naturally it happened during last week’s snowy weather.

Historic grant awarded to county for renovations

Last Friday we learned that Milam County had been awarded the single largest grant in its history! The total grant amount is 4.7 million dollars and it will be used to renovate the former Little River hospital building in Cameron for county administrative purposes.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO... In order to supply reliable information to several oil operating firms who had become actively interested in the Rockdale-Tracy oil field, also in the Rockdale-Minerva field, and in the Rockdale field which includes all area south of San Gabriel River and west and south of town,...

Shout hallelujah!

I taught on the power of praise yesterday. (I’m writing this Monday morning.) Praising God is part of our worship. Psalm 147:1 tells us, “Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.”

The pasta dish everyone is talking about

Chances are you’ve probably heard about he TikTok pasta by now. It’s a recipe that has gone viral on that social networking system. If you’ve been cooking for as long as I have you, too, can probably look at a recipe and tell if you’re going to like it or not.

MVFD chili supper rescheduled for Saturday

After being postponed a week due to the icy weather, the Milano Volunteer Fire Department chili supper has been rescheduled. It will be drive-through only at the fire station.

Mural town

Over the years, there has been interest in adding art murals to some of our downtown and community walls. Various individuals and entities have explored this idea, and in 2021, it looks like it is going to happen.