Filing moving at snail pace for local offices

With the filing deadline Feb. 12., candidates have been slow to get to the starting gate. The election is May 1. So far only five candidates have announced their intentions for office and four of those are in Milano. In the Milano City Council race four incumbents have filed to reclaim their seats.

State sales taxes totaled $3.1 billion in January

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.07 billion in January, 0.3 percent less than in January 2020. The majority of January sales tax revenue is based on sales made in December and remitted to the agency in January.

MILAM COUNTY JAIL LOG

Jail log lists all people charged with offenses through the country jail in Cameron. Charges may change during the process. Persons are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law. • Legan Lee Boyett, 22, Cameron, possession of controlled substance (4 to 400 grams), released.

MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT

Calls for the Milam County Sheriff’s Department during the past week included: Jan.

ROCKDALE POLICE REPORT

Officer Jeremiah Harden had to arrest Jacob Julius Mitchell, 35, of Rockdale on Tuesday on a Milam County warrant for bond forfeiture/prohibited substance in a correctional facility and another warrant for bail jumping/failure to appear.

FIRE CALLS

• Tuesday, 1:27 a.m., Rockdale Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call for smoke on the east end of Rockdale. • Wednesday, 6:23 a.m.

The One thing

I became a statistic recently. Whoever said running was not a contact sport was not with me a couple of weeks ago. They say the emergency room treats over 24,000 runners every year due to accidents.

CHURCH NEWS

St. Paul holds BBQ fundraiser Feb. 21 THORNDALE—St. Paul Lutheran Church and School will hold its annual barbecue brisket meal and live auction fundraiser from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at the Thorndale Firemen’s Hall on FM 486 North.

Some recipes without cheese for Evelyn

Letters. We get letters. I get lots of comments on my recipe column but the one I got last week is, by far, my favorite. Loyal reader, Evelyn Boyd, renewed her subscription the other day and sent a note along with her check. “Here is my renewal. I miss Mike Brown. He was great.

Two weeks left to enter MVFD gun drawing

Just a little over two weeks left to get your tickets for the Milano Volunteer Fire Department annual gun drawing. Cost is $5 each or five for $20 and need not be present to win. Prizes include (in the form of Academy gift cards): two Henry Golden Boy 22 long rifles, two Taurus Public Defenders .