Fire chief has devoted career to fighting fires, enforcing laws

Herbie Vaughan’s career in firefighting and law enforcement began like so many others’ careers—he needed a job. He was fairly fresh out of Aldine High School in Houston and wanted to go to work. His first choice was law enforcement. “I wanted to become a police officer,” he said.

Public hearing on water quality July 12 at City Hall

Rockdale will hold a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. July 12 for residents to address the annual 2020 drinking water quality report that was mailed out to water utility customers in June prior to the EPA mandated deadline of July 1.

Natural history

A statue of an extinct saber-toothed cat is in front of the Texas Memorial Museum on the University of Texas campus. The museum will be featured in next week’s Reporter as a good way to spend part of a day trip at the state’s capital. Reporter/David Money

CHURCH NEWS

Church of Christ hosts Vacation Bible School Murray Street Church of Christ will hold their Vacation Bible School from 5:30 to 8 p.m. July 12-15. Registration will start at 5 p.m. and a meal will be served from 5:30 to 6 p.m.

NEWSBRIEFS

H.W. Bush museum to have special exhibit A hallmark of Texas A&M University is its status as a land-, sea- and space-grant university. The Texas Sea Grant College Program, will be showcased at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

3 people for felonies in separate incidents

Officer Christian Fain arrested a 32-year-old Rockdale woman at 2:42 p.m. Thursday on two active warrants—one a local warrant for failing to ID fugitive from justice giving false information and one Milam County warrant for unauthorized absence from a correctional facility.

FIRE CALLS

• Tuesday, 8:38 p.m. Milano VFD responded to US 79 and US 36 intersection in Milano for traffic control for an 18-wheeler broke down and blocking roadway. • Wednesday, 8:20 a.m. Rockdale VFD responded to a possible electrical fire at Brookshire Brothers in town. • Wednesday, 8:39 p.m.

MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF CALLS

Calls for the Milam County Sheriff’s Department during the past week included: June 29—Animal call, Arnold Street, Ben Arnold; 911 abandoned call, East FM 485, Branchville area; motor assist, North TX 36, Milano; welfare check, FM 1786, Rockdale area; traffic complaint, CR 234, Cameron area; 911...

MILAM COUNTY JAIL LOG

Jail log lists all people charged with offenses through the county jail in Cameron. Charges may change during the process. Persons are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law. • Donzel Laquan Young, 28, Cameron, violation of parole, in custody. • Demetria J.

MILAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

Milam County courthouse records for June 26 to July 2. Compiled from public records available at milam.tx.publicsearch.us. Warranty Deeds Michelle Jones Mathews, Scott C. Mathews and Mathews Self Storage LLC to James D. Cunningham – Lots 15-16, Block 2, Gause (2,871). Linda High to Bobby A.