One arrest, one sought in shooting

SHERIFF’S REPORT Cameron Police and the Bell County Sheriff’s Department have arrest one suspect in connection with the shooting of a Cameron man on Sept. 13. Atorios Marquis “Li’l Man” Williams, 21, was wanted in connection with the shooting of 28-year-old Keelon Williams of Calvert. K.

10 years

EDITORIAL It was exactly 10 years ago—Oct. 2, 2008, to be exact—when the “other shoe” dropped. That’s when Alcoa announced it was closing the remaining three potlines at Rockdale Operations.

Are smartphones making our teens dumb?

OUTLAW INLAW Cell phones are the single best and worst invention in my lifetime. When I’m trying to research a story or call a source or when I’m trying to find my family at the store, I often wonder how I survived without this little gadget for the first 25 years of my life.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO.... It was all war news. Leroy Pickens, the first Milam County soldier to be wounded in France, sent his mother on Rockdale Rural Route 3, a grim souvenir, a piece of metal from a German airplane stained with the blood of an enemy officer “who was shot with a rifle at very close range.

THEY REALLY SAID THAT?

“The best thing about being an Olympic chamption? They have to wait four years before they get a chance to beat you.” —Usain Bolt

No doubt at all

Lift up your eyes “If a man die, shall he live again?” That haunting question comes to us more and more. Let me share with you a true story. It was without doubt the most trying moment of the young minister’s life.

BIBLE VERSE

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. —Psalms 145:18 (KJV)

Just hang in there; people do change

He told me to tell you that Ihave a friend and he’s a really bad dude. If you Googled his name a lot of bad stuff will come up on your computer screen, I know because I did it and I was surprised at all the things I didn’t know my friend had done.

iTigers part of Music Fest

RISD REPORT Rockdale ISD’s iTigers ACE program is excited with what the program is doing and how our students are being impacted. Having the after school program on all four campuses gives a safe and secure place for many of our students, which they would not have otherwise.

Early out Friday in Milano ISD

MISD REPORT On Friday, we have an early out as teachers have the afternoon set aside to hold parent teacher conferences. They are here to work with you in partnership to ensure your children receive a great education. FOOTBALL—This week our varsity football team has a bye week.