It’s time to vote again in Milam County

By now, most folks in Milam County have star ted seeing the signs, hearing the conversations and noticing the reminders posted at City Hall, the courthouse and online. That can only mean one thing — it’s time to vote again.

LOOKING BACK 10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO

100 YEARS AGO Rockdale pastors have designated next Sunday as “Go to Church” day in this city, and plans are being devised to secure for that day the largest church attendance of recent years.

Use of agricultural land in Milam County

Recently, during one of my regular office hours, a gentleman stopped by to talk about the new developments near Burlington, including the data center now under construction.

Valentine’s Day

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.

Community Market reopening soon

After reading my column last week about not being able to speak properly because of this mountain cedar, I got a call from Jo Pruett telling me to get some golden seal root and she promised it would help me. So I wanted to share that in case you are also suffering from the cedar.

Top four passages

Every day I wake up praying, sharing with Abba Father that I want to bring Him glory with this new day. Prayer is good but we have to put feet to those prayers, so how does this piety emerge in my life?

Question born of regret: ‘What have I done?’

“What have I done?” It is a question born of regret. It is a question heard in mourning. It is a question posed in the face of devastation and often in remorse. “What have I done?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor, I enjoy weekly The Reporter and all your columns, but this last week pastor Ken Ansell’s column, the basketball one, was about as good as seeing Mendoza score the winning touchdown. I hope he will publish a collection of his writing in book form. Talk about scoring a 3 pointer. He did!

Dear editor

Dear editor, On Tuesday, Feb. 3, Lisa Riggs served her last day as the Director of the Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.

Arrest the weather-predicting rodent

Well, it would seem that the Pennsylvania weather-predicting rodent saw his shadow on Monday which means six more weeks of winter weather, but I’m not convinced. My weather app shows that this week more normal daytime temperatures are coming, even though it’ll be cold overnight.