Columns & Opinions

Looking back...

News Staff
Thu, 08/22/2019 - 00:00
Through The Reporter Files 100 YEARS AGO.... In the wake of problems with Rockdale’s water supply and “general sanitary conditions,” the State Health Department was sending investigators to town.

New 4-H year beginning on September 1st

Micah Holcombe
Thu, 08/22/2019 - 00:00
COMMENTS FROM MICAH The 4-H Club is learning by doing and is available to all boys and girls kindergarten through 12th grades, from urban, suburban and rural areas. First, an adult leader brings together youth that have common interests. Second, the youth choose one or more projects.

Complacency is the enemy of the church

Ken Ansell
Thu, 08/22/2019 - 00:00
He told me to tell you that Everyday I have to remember what Jesus taught us in Luke 10:42, which is there is “one thing necessary.” Everyday I have to remember that I have to choose this “good portion.” Jesus is the one thing and Jesus is the good portion.

ER prospects

News Staff
Thu, 08/15/2019 - 00:00
EDITORIAL Rockdale needs some kind of emergency room-trauma care-urgency care facility. That much is obvious. Our town lost its facility in December when Little River-Rockdale Hospital closed and, of course, the emergency room went with it.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

News Staff
Thu, 08/15/2019 - 00:00
Board should address hospital bankruptcy Dear editor: I see in The Reporter there will be a public hearing this week on proposals made by the hospital district in their effort to get a healthcare facility up and operating in Rockdale following Little River Healthcare’s bankruptcy.

Growing up in Rockdale ‘like Mayberry’

Rev. Jim Muston
Thu, 08/15/2019 - 00:00
GUEST COLUMN Editor’s note: Rev. Jim Muston has been pastor of Cordova Baptist Church in Cordova, Tennessee for almost 27 years. He grew up in Rockdale across from the current junior-high and graduated RHS in 1972, Class of 1972. He is the son of the late Lee and Nannie Muston.

County unity boosted by Friday event

STEVE YOUNG
Thu, 08/15/2019 - 00:00
Friday was truly a historic event for all of us in Milam County, as the first ever Rockdale-Cameron Football Extraordinaire was held. The KC Hall was packed with a standing room only crowd to honor the two best Class 3A Division 1 football programs in Texas.

Looking back...

News Staff
Thu, 08/15/2019 - 00:00
10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO.... A resident of the Liberty community was shot to death of the streets of Lexington. A deputy sheriff turned himself in to the town constable as a result of the shooting.

Christmas Cottage set November 8th

News Staff
Thu, 08/15/2019 - 00:00
Christmas Cottage provides you an opportunity to shop for holiday gifts and decorations, get new ideas and enjoy a great lunch. Nov. 8 will be the date for the 2019 for the Christmas Cottage and Craft Fair at Bea’s Kitchen on the courthouse square in Cameron.

Just got real

News Staff
Thu, 08/08/2019 - 00:00
The choices faced by Rockdale residents in getting a new health care facility—a first-rate clinic affiliated with St. Joseph’s in Bryan—just got real. On Monday the Rockdale Hospital Board proposed a 16.9-cent property tax to fund the new clinic.