4-H awards program Sunday

The Milam County 4-H Awards Program is held each year to celebrate the accomplishments of our Milam County 4-H members who have excelled in their specific field(s) of interest throughout the year.

Why beef is expensive

THE AG SIDE If you have walked into a grocery store in recent months, you have likely noticed the high price of beef. With beef prices at an all-time high, it is more and more difficult to continue to purchase on a regular basis. But what has caused these prices to go up?

Explosions are both exciting and scary

FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE My life these days is not very exciting. By choice. It was exiting in my 20s, 30s and 40s and that was enough excitement for me. I slowed down in my 50s and I like it that way. But let me tell you what exciting thing happened on Friday.

Minimum wage

COVID showed us who essential workers are and they should be paid more On Monday, we saluted the backbone of our nation — its workers. If we did not recognize their value before, COVID-19 offered an education in appreciation.

Preparing for growth in Milam County

Prior to this year, some previous Milam County elected of f icials refused to address nor recognize much less consider the growth that was already happening here in Milam County.

LOOKING BACK

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO Women of Milam County were planning on sending a county exhibit to the woman’s department of the Texas Exposition in Austin Oct. 1-6, according to Mrs. R.D. Parker, member of the general committee of the woman’s department. Mrs.

Rockdale’s population over 30,000?

If you read the front-page story from Rockdale Municipal Development District Economic Director Jim Gibson, I’ll bet you are as surprised as I am that he predicted Rockdale’s population will be over 30,000 by 2041.

Some county budget questions answered

As we have been moving through the budget town hall meetings, there are some parts of the process that I thought we could address so folks know some of what has been done. We focused on a set of goals as we prepared this year’s budget: 1.

Sandow Lakes Ranch update

Dear editor, My team and I are happy to provide you with another update and more about the Sandow Lakes Ranch (SLR) story. You already know about our Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Campus (AMLC), but that is just one piece of our development destiny.

Reader believes in second chances

Dear editor, Will they ever believe that I changed? That we can change? I am writing to you to express my strong belief that individuals with criminal records should not be automatically excluded from obtaining good jobs in promising careers.