MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT

Calls for the Milam County Sheriff’s Department during the past week included: June 8—Assist other agency, North Milam Avenue, Cameron; information, North US 77; civil matter, FM 908; fraud, FM 1444, Ben Arnold area; civil matter, no location given; welfare check, CR 418A, Thorndale area; motor...

Alpha One

The new sign signifying the new ownership of the Chevrolet-Buick dealership in Rockdale is now in place.

GAUSE NEWS

As I start this, it is 9 a.m. Monday and already getting hot. But it will be worse in a month or so. I’m going to do my best not to complain. If you hear me complaining about the weather, just tell me to “get over it.” Gause Baptist Church is making plans for Vacation Bible School Aug.

Technically a cucumber is a fruit

I was thinking about Mr. Joe Hairston’s cantaloupes the other day and I just happened to run across this recipe. This combination of flavors sounds very good to me. The recipe does have a couple of not-available-in-Rockdale ingredients, but with a couple of changes we can fix all that.

Piling on

There was a tire clean-up Saturday at the Milam County Precinct 3 bar outside of Rockdale and the tire haul was huge. County workers and volunteers collected enough tires to fill four semi-truck trailers.

County crop tour is June 25

The annual Milam County Crop Tour will get under way June 25 with registration along with coffee and breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at Buddy Johnson’s farm at 6993 North FM 486 in Thorndale. At 8 a.m., the corn demonstration variety trial led by Dr.

Texas wins ninth Gold Shovel award for job creation

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Fingernails not cut for 30 years headed to Believe It or Not museum

Ayanna Williams of Houston finally got a manicure. Big deal, you say? The Association of Mature American Citizens says it is indeed a very big deal when your nails haven’t been cut for three decades. Her nails grew to a length of 288.8 inches over those 30 years.

MILAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

Milam County courthouse records for June 4-9. Compiled from public records available at milam.tx.publicsearch.us. Deed Veterans Land Board of Texas to Gary Lester Wadlington – 65.443 acres, J.A. Hood Survey 205 (2,544). Warranty Deeds Randy Simcik to Joyce Simcik and Randy Simcik – 1.

Can I travel after getting the COVID-19 vaccine?

It is that time of year when many people are looking forward to their summer vacation plans.