Columns & Opinions

Caldwell native coaches in Super Bowl this Sunday

News Staff

Thu, 01/30/2020 - 00:00

While many Reporter readers will be glued to their television this Sunday for Super Bowl LIV, a former Caldwell High School football player will be on the other side of that television.

Thorndale squads sweep Thrall for the sixth straight season

News Staff

Thu, 01/30/2020 - 00:00

If Thorndale basketball teams want a victory, they better call Thrall. For the fourth straight season, the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs swept their longtime rival after both Thorndale squads won Tuesday evening in Milam County.

District champs recognized

News Staff

Thu, 01/30/2020 - 00:00

That sales tax

News Staff

Thu, 01/23/2020 - 00:00

EDITORIAL Where are we on the lingering matter of how to fund the new CHI S t. Joseph’s/ HealthPoint Clinic which has now been open for almost three months? The answer is: About where we’ve been for pretty close to 10 months now.

Spring: When the earth laughs in Úowers

News Staff

Thu, 01/23/2020 - 00:00

FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE Now that the holiday season is over I am ready for spring. I n the afternoons right now it already feels like spring to me. And now that I have a new yard to plant things in am looking forward to digging in the dirt.

Medical care progressing in Milam County

News Staff

Thu, 01/23/2020 - 00:00

JUDGE’S COMMENTS t was just over a year ago that Little River Healthcare closed its doors in Milam County. W e lost two small hospitals, emergency rooms and clinics in the county. Rockdale was hit the worst as Little River ran the hospital and the clinic.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

News Staff

Thu, 01/23/2020 - 00:00

100 YEARS AGO..... The Tracy-Maysfield Oil Company organized. I t owned 1,8 00 acres surrounding those two communities and also in the Cameron area. The company’s treasurer was County Judge W . G. Gillis.

Happy 40th

News Staff

Thu, 01/16/2020 - 00:00

EDITORIAL This holiday season represented the 40th anniversary so ingrained in our life as a community many of us may have to pause for a beat to realize it hasn’t always been here.

Escape into books to avoid bad news

News Staff

Thu, 01/16/2020 - 00:00

FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE So many scary things are going on these days. It makes me antsy. This whole business with Iran scares me because I have so many friends with kids in the service. All those fires in Australia and California. And so many people without homes.

Visit these Milam County Museums

News Staff

Thu, 01/16/2020 - 00:00

JUDGE’S COMMENTS One of the true gems of Milam County is our Milam County Historical Museum. The museum is located in downtown Cameron and consists of the original museum and the “Old Town Cameron” museum. Both are cram packed with the wonderful history of the county.