When the nest is empty, there’s a loud quiet

“Hear that?” I asked my wife late one night. “What? I don’t hear anything,” she answered. “Exactly,” I said, noting there was no 11 p.m. tuba, electric bass, guitar or singing coming from the other side of the house. Later that night, there would be no one banging cabinet doors to fix a 2 a.m.

Looking back...

100 YEARS AGO Isolated from the outside world with destruction and devastation lying at the feet of the city in the bottoms of Brushy Creek, San Gabriel and Little Rivers, where the torrential storm broke forth shortly after midnight on Saturday morning, citizens of Rockdale executed an example of...

9/11 style commission

The lesson of presidential power is not learned from how it is exercised in the best of times but how it manifests in crisis. In crisis come mistakes and from mistakes hopefully come knowledge to improve future decisions.

Vote Best of Rockdale; visit all our murals

The worst part of becoming the editor last week is that my right-hand man, Shannon Whorton, is on a well-deserved vacation to the Grand Canyon this week. He’s the one who makes sure the paper looks nice and makes us all look good.

Possible big new county industry eyed

Ever since Alcoa left we have all talked about finding a replacement. Things got worse when Luminant left. Monday, we got some big, big news about a possible replacement.

Looking back...

100 YEARS AGO The Matinee Musical Club met at the home of Mrs. E.A. Camp. After the guests arrived they were refreshed with punch. The president then took up the regular procedure of the meeting. Then a most helpful and entertaining program was rendered.

Be a red letter person

I’m a Red Letter guy. I love the stuff that Jesus said. In John 5 He sees a guy in a crowd who is sitting in one of those scooters from Walmart and He asks him, “Would you like to get well?

RCS food pantry

Rockdale Christian Services operates a food pantry at 224 West Cameron Avenue, open the second and fourth Thursday and Friday of the each month from 10 a.m. to noon.

Heavenly Treasures

Rockdale Christian Services “Heavenly Treasures” thrift store, 233 North Main, serves the needy with gently used clothing and household items at prices from 25 cents to $5. Hours are 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Friday.

God creates time; cast away your ‘trash’

In the summer of 1986, municipal workers of Philadelphia went on strike. During that hot summer, the trash got higher and higher. Orange rinds, drink bottles, old newspapers. Junk mail, aluminum foil, chicken bones. Old shoes, dead batteries. Coffee grinds, half-eaten hot dogs, tin cans.