Valentine’s Day

Some interesting history of this day of love Everyone loves a good love story, but the history of Valentine’s Day is a bit different from the romanticized version of the holiday recognized today. While Feb.

LOOKING BACK 10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO

100 YEARS AGO the Reporter is in receipt of the following statement from Milam County’s County Superintendent of Schools, Mrs. K.K.

Why Milam County needs a fire marshal

Why do we need a Fire Marshal in Milam County? That is the top question I get when the subject of the Fire Marshal’s office comes up. The answer all comes down to the growth we are seeing and expect to continue in the next few years.

Tale of a tightwad from the 1914 Reporter

FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE Mom and a bunch of her friends had a visit here recently with Pearlie Mack who shared the following with mom. She cut it out of the newspaper in mom’s column in 1999, but it is really a repeat from a 1914 issue of The Reporter.

What a lot of history Mrs. Green has seen

As you will see on the f ront page, Tamara Hebert Powell is again continuing her grandmother's 42 years of celebrating Black History Month with The Reporter. I'm so happy that Tamara decided to continue her grandmother's legacy which she took over in 2021 after Suzy Sansom Piper's death.

LOOKING BACK 10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO

100 YEARS AGO… Coach Magee, of Rockdale High School, met with the other high school coaches of this county in Cameron last Saturday, at which meeting the annual county tournament in boys basketball was arranged.

City and school board elections coming

n May, we will all have the opportunity to get out and vote in our city and school board elections.

More church humor from Ashley Karl

Ashley McKee Karl keeps sending me jokes so I’m sharing them with you: A Minnesota couple decided to vacation to Florida during the winter. They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier.

We learn a lot from our canine friends

(An oldie but a goody from publisher emeritus Bill Cooke from 2008.) SPOILIN’ THE BROTH Story of the week concerns a thief in Paris who planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings and made it safely to his van.

LOOKING BACK 10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO… George Weber, 16-yearold boy, living five mile south of Thorndale, suffered a serious, if not fatal, injury on Sunday afternoon when a shotgun was accidentally discharged as he picked it up, the shot from both barrels striking him in the left shoulder and side,...