Be grateful

As you are driving down Cameron Avenue and you see all the work going on, please be thankful that our water issues are, at long last, being addressed. Every city council for the past – what? – 75 years or more has kicked this can down the road and done nothing about it.

Showing some love makes you feel good

Let’s just get the bad news out of the way first: for a variety of reasons there will be no Fall Music Festival this year. Very sad, but there were just too many obstacles for us to overcome.

Lots of Milam County news and updates

Milam County small business grants Two weeks ago, the Commissioners Court approved a grant for up to $10,000 for any Milam County business located in and doing business in Milam County. In just two weeks we received over 70 applications!

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO... For once old man Jupe Pluve was kind to Rockdale and favored us with a bright clear day for the Aug. 8 second Monday Trades Day, the three previous events having been more or less drowned out by heavy downpours.

Mural town

On Aug. 28, nationally recognized mural artist, Sam Welty, will arrive in our fair city and begin two weeks of mural projects. The brainchild of this project is David Melton, chairman of Rockdale Earth Day, who wanted to create something that would beautify our town.

Finding things you didn’t know you loved

I am an opera lover but I know next to nothing about it. I just like listening to it. And I miss my friend Collie Parker who passed away not too long ago.

Alarming rise of COVID cases in county

We are seeing an alarming rise in the number of active COVID-19 cases in Milam County. Since Sunday, we have had 43 confirmed new cases, bringing our total active case count in Milam Count to 103.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO... Next Monday is Trades Day in Rockdale, and in addition to the usual premiums offered by the merchants the day will feature a championship baseball game between Thorndale and Gatesville.

Heaven will be so good

I just got back from a mission trip to Houston. The original goal was to go to Syria and share Jesus with a wartorn country. I wanted to jump out of airplanes, into the back of Jeeps with a backpack full of Bibles like a Christian Indiana Jones.

Talking to God comes from your heart

Today I want to look at the books of 1 and 2 Thessalonians together as a look into why these epistles were necessary and what they taught.