Looking back...

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO Preparations are about complete for the big revival meeting at the Methodist Church. Rev. A.A. Tharp, pastor of the above church stated that the meeting would begin next Sunday morning, May 31.

Commissioners Court meeting summary

JUDGE’S COMMENTS BILL WHITMIRE Milam County Judge Monday morning, we held the Commissioners Court meeting, and several items of interest were on the agenda. First was the swearing in of David Yarbrough as the new Justice of the Peace for Precinct 4.

Vacation started out tense, ended relaxed

Igot back from vacation, and I had a wonderfully restful time, however it didn’t start out that way. I got a call on Sunday morning that no one wants to get. It was Rita Gamerio from Moon Brew Coffee Co.

RISD Budget

RISD explains how the Legislature affects the 2025-2026 budget Rockdale ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the district’s 2025–26 budget at Wednesday night’s meeting, which includes updated compensation plans for staff and reflects recent changes in state education funding following the...

There are other forces at work

The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy novel written by English author and Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. It is one of the best-selling books, with over 150 million copies sold. Kenneth F.

‘God’s got this!’

“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” (Philippians 4:13) Ilike the story about the little kid digging through the pile of horse manure because “there must be a pony in there somewhere.

Downtown is inviting, walkable

Anyone who grew up in Rockdale remembers a bustling downtown. I got my first three-piece suit from Hodges Man Shop just in time for the Rockdale Junior High eighth-grade promoti0n. As children, we’d walk down to Freddy Pounders Texaco station to buy a cold bottle of soda.

How are abatement offers decided?

Last week there was a single tax abatement on the agenda for a company called T1 Energy out at the new industrial development at SLR (former Alcoa property). T1 will build a solar cell factory.

Juneteenth

Juneteenth (also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Juneteenth Independence Day and Black Independence Day) takes place on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery throughout the United States.

Living in joy, and leaving behind anxiety

Iwas hanging out in the driveway the other day catching some sun and two little boys who are neighbors came walking down the street. One was pushing a scooter and the other a bicycle. Both of these young men had nothing on but athletic shorts — no shirt, no shoes.