Columns & Opinions

Wt the Rockdale City Council hired 25-year U.S. Army veteran Chris Whittaker as city manager in December, 2014, some wry observer—looking at Whittaker’s logistics efforts in war-devastated Iraq—joked that probably Rockdale was the perfect place for him.

100 YEARS AGO.... Rockdale volunteer firefighters didn’t have to hunt for an early morning fire call. It was the home of Fire Chief J. P. Perry. “I never realized until this morning how good it felt to hear that fire truck drive up,” Perry told The Reporter.

There is no question that Milam County is growing. If you live in any of the cities of the County, you know there is a housing shortage. If you live in the country, you know that houses are cropping up all around. That is because new people are moving to the County as fast as they can get here.