Big improvement in emergency services

Most people know that the ambulance service in Milam County is provided by AMR and funded in part by a subsidy from the Milam County Coalition, which consists of the county, the City of Rockdale and the City of Cameron.

Looking back...

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO… The Reporter was pleased to announce that a number of Rockdale’s influential and public-spirited women had undertaken the organization of a Parent-Teacher Association, and that Mrs. M.N.

The beat goes on

(Reporter readers will again be treated to a series of Black History stories with a focus on Rockdale’s Black History from Tamara Hebert Powell. Here is former editor, Mike Brown’s, editorial from 2020 introducing Tamara and his tribute to her late grandmother, Mrs. Susie Sansom Piper.—K.W.C.

Hospital District makes correction on taxes

Dear editor, The Rockdale Hospital District uses the money collected from Hospital District taxes to help support the Rockdale HealthPoint Clinic.

As welcome as an egg-sucking dog

Texans have a way with words. Here are some typical Texas sayings you may have heard or said yourself. If something is acceptable, Texans say “It’s better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

Central Texas Council of Government helps county

The Central Texas Council of Government (CTCOG) is a misnomer as the agency is really not a governmental agency. The CTCOG is more like a governmental assistance group, formed by law almost 70 years ago to help local government provide so many of the needed community services.

Looking back...

100 YEARS AGO… The biggest motion picture ever brought to Rockdale was scheduled to appear at the Maxie Theater. It was “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” a million-dollar master-picture by the Metro Pictures Corp. “Reporter ads get the grapes,” said Manager Frank Young of Scarbrough & Hicks Co.

MLK

Each year on the third Monday of January we observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and reflect on the work that still needs to be done for racial equality. This January 17, make the holiday more than just a day off and take time to reflect and take action on civil rights issues across the globe.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Milam CPS Board thanks citizens Dear editor, I want to thank the many wonderful citizens who participated in the Christmas sponsorship for our Milam County children in foster care and kinship care. Each year, we have more children who have been removed due to dangerous family situations.

Going to cooking university vicariously

My nephew, Kevin, recently started cooking school at Escoffier School of Culinary Arts in Austin and I have to say I’m a little jealous. We have a family text thread and he’s been taking photos of what he’s learning to do and sending them to us.