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Busy with His business

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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 00:00

Greg Laurie is a pastor and evangelist out of California. I saw he is preaching a new sermon series: End Times, Living Like Jesus Will Return Any Moment. Things To Do Before The End Of The World. I don’t know anything about the sermon but that is some title, and it makes you think!

God can take all comers

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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 00:00

Growing up in Temple in the 60s and 70s, there was a place downtown that some of my friends and I so enjoyed haunting. It was called The Pastime—Temple’s only pool hall. Only once did I skip school (I think in my sophomore year) to go and play pool.

CHURCH NEWS

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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 00:00

Main Street Youth meets every Wednesday Main Street Youth, located at Street Ministries, 225 N. Main St., meets every Wednesday night from 6-7:30 p.m. The youth eat at 6 p.m., have a lesson from 6:307:30. Youth also meet every second and fourth Sunday from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Disturbance on Coulter Street

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Sat, 05/11/2024 - 12:06

PRESS RELEASE May 11, 2024 At 7:26 AM the Rockdale Police Department received a disturbance call from a residence in the 600 block Coulter Street, Rockdale, Texas.

Historic McVoy building bites dust

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Thu, 05/09/2024 - 00:00

Rockdale lost a piece of history in the early hours of Sunday morning when the roof of the long-vacant old McVoy Grocery & Feed building collapsed, likely because of recent heavy rains. The roof collapse exposed the façade of the building and a huge crack on the Milam Street (south) wall.

The front facade of the McVoy’s building was still standing after the roof collapsed early Sunday morning, but the Rockdale VFD determined it needed to come down over fears that it might fall onto Main Street.

The front facade of the McVoy’s

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Thu, 05/09/2024 - 00:00

Rockdale’s Comprehensive Plan ready for public input

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Thu, 05/09/2024 - 00:00

The City of Rockdale and the Rockdale Municipal Development District (RMDD) have been working with Freese & Nichols Consultants on a new Comprehensive Plan. This document will plan Rockdale’s future desired state to the year 2050.

Yard of the month

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Thu, 05/09/2024 - 00:00

The home of Becky Bourtzos at 611 North Avenue was awarded Yard of the Month for May by Rockdale Earth Day. David Melton, chairman of Rockdale Earth Day said, “Becky’s yard has multiple flower beds with annuals, perennials, rocks, yard art, hanging baskets and pots and a bird bath.

LET THERE BE LIGHT

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Thu, 05/09/2024 - 00:00

The Sam Welty mural on the downtown Rockdale MDD building is finally lit up after Texas Electrical Services installed solar lighting.

QUICK LOOK

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Thu, 05/09/2024 - 00:00

Rockdale’s Girl Scout Troop 12345 and Thorndale’s Troop 34000 will hold a joint meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, at Murray Street Church of Christ. For more information about Girl Scouts, contact Community Recruitment Specialist, Wanda Jean Freeze, at wandajean. freeze@gsctx.