There needs to be a hall of fame for fathers

TEXAS TYPE KEN ESTEN COOKE My father got to return to Denton, where he met his bride of 61 years and where he received his journalism degree for a third milestone.

Big job: 800 miles of unpaved roads

JUDGE’S COMMENTS Have you ever complained about your county commissioner? My road needs grading. My road has potholes. Why don’t they come out and fix my roads? The number one reason is money. We have almost 1,000 miles of roads to maintain in the county.

Looking back...

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO.... The date for the United States to go “bone dry,” as The Reporter put it, was set at Jan. 16, 1920. Prohibition was set to become part of the U. S. Constitution. Rockdale’s Dr. I. P Sessions received a “distinguished service under fire” award from the U. S.

40% waste

EDITORIAL The Rockdale City Council does not have a difficult task as it deals with how to fix Rockdale’s water problems. The Rockdale City Council has an impossible task as it deals with how to fix Rockdale’s water problems.

Did he want to take the ‘no phone’ challenge?

OUTLAW INLAW Iasked the 15, soon to be 16-year-old, in the house if he would take the smartphone challenge. Really it was more forceful than asking. I begged. The challenge is to go without a smartphone for an entire 365 days in order to win $100,000.

Milam’s people are its best assets

JUDGE’S COMMENTS Iappreciate The Rockdale Reporter for giving me the opportunity to address the issues our county faces in the paper. The Reporter has been in business since 1873 and has been owned by the Cooke family since 1911.

Through The Reporter Files

Looking back... 100 YEARS AGO.... The devastating flu pandemic had reached The Rockdale Reporter. Publisher John Esten Cooke came down with the flu and wrote that he was taking “a vacation.” Cooke asked for the public’s help as the newspaper continued publication without its publisher-editor.

Responsibility drives Christians lives

He told me to tell you that The Apostle Paul told a younger pastor named Timothy that in the Gospel days (2019) there will be times of difficulty because people will be: narcissistic, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless,...

What a ride

EDITORIAL Talk about a rollercoaster ride that puts Six Flags to shame. In about five days we’ve gone from “Bitmain is abandoning its Rockdale project” to “they’re hooking their supercomputers up in about a month and will be mining two months after that.” So what should we make of it all?

At synagogue, a strategy for squirrels

SPOILIN’ THE BROTH Well, we have a new year three weeks in progress and it seems a fitting time to share some religious humor. You can thank Reporter reader Griff Singer of Austin, a retired journalism professor and great friend of our family, for this first item.