DA investigator has strong background

Jerry Muhamet, the current sergeant investigator for the Milam County District Attorney’s Office, has covered just about every aspect of law enforcement during his career so far.

Non-COVID

Obviously we all need to be mindful of the you-know-what and take precautions and be careful but you know what? There are other things going on in our community that have nothing to do with the virus and many of them are pretty neat.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thanks given for food donations The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Rockdale Christian Services would like to thank everyone in the Rockdale and surrounding communities who contributed to the food drive for the Rockdale Food Pantry this weekend.

American ingenuity, alive and well in Rockdale

We’ve all heard the term “American Ingenuity ” and seen many examples of it. As a country of immigrants from all over the world who weren’t happy with where they were so they sought something new and better and different, American ingenuity was a given.

Mike Brown: a hero in our midst for 46 years

Often we have those in our midst that provide unmatched service that over time we simply come to expect. Sometimes it takes an event, a wakeup call such as a retirement, to remind us of the importance of that something that is with us daily.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO... Rockdale’s population was 2,329, as announced in press dispatches from Washington. Local dealer received a big, $25,000 shipment of cars and trucks. When the editor drifted into the Ford Service Station he thought that he had suddenly located the Houston branch factory. Hon. O.L.

4-H Week

The Milam County Commissioners on Monday proclaimed Oct. 4-10 as National 4-H Week in the county. On hand for the announcement were (L-R) Sydney Vaculin; Gabriel Ramthun; Robert Miller; Micah Holcombe, Milam County extension agent; Luke Holcombe; James Holcombe; and Mackenzie Holcombe.

Church in COVID

This won’t make people happy (I’m used to it, not making people happy is an occupational hazard) but there is a truth that we all need to reconcile, and here it is: Church is never going to be the same.

CHURCH NEWS

San Gabriel Christian welcomes the Carrolls San Gabriel Christian Church welcomes Brother Dan Carroll as guest minister on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 11 a.m. Brother Carroll was a student pastor at the church in 1966 and met and married his wife, Gloria Story, there.

Lemony chicken noodle soup perfect for weather

I haven’t made this recipe yet but it sure sounds good for the kind of weather we’ve been having lately. It’s not really fall yet—and certainly not winter—but just cool enough to enjoy some chicken noodle soup. And the lemon in this recipe will give it a bright flavor.