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Drug awareness for Tuesday program The Texas A&M Agri-Life Extension Service, and the Rockdale ISD, are partnering to host an Alcohol & Drug Trends Awareness program at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, in the Rockdale Intermediate School cafeteria.

Busy October for city library

October will be a busy month at the city library with programs scheduled for three of the month’s four Thursdays. And the annual “lock-in,” held in connection with the Genealogy Center of the Waco-McLennan County Library is set for a Friday. CHEMICALS—It all gets underway at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct.

MILAM COUNTY JAIL LOG

Here is the jail log for Sept. 25-Oct. 1 from the Milam County Sheriff’s Department. Jail logs list all persons charged with offenses through the county jail docket. Charges may change during the process. Persons are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law.

REPORTER NEWS DEADLINES

Your news article will receive ample attention if submitted according to deadline: • Letters to the editor—10 a.m. Monday. • General news, Lifestyle, Sports, Business and Farm/Ranch—Monday noon. (Thursday and Friday copy encouraged.) • Rural community correspondence—Monday noon.

Nine draw sentences in 20th District Court

CAMERON—Nine persons were sentenced in recent 20th District Court action, according to Prosecutor Bill Torrey, who listed case dispositions as follows: • Michael Rangel, 30, Rockdale, pleading “true” to a motion to revoke probation on possession of controlled substance (4-400 grams), six-year...

Fair tickets on sale at area businesses

Season tickets for the fast approaching Rockdale Fair are now on sale at more than a dozen area businesses, most of them on Rockdale. The tickets, which admit the bearer to every event of the Fair, including the nightly dances and the Oct. 13 pageants, are priced as follows: • Adult, $25.

MASONRY MOMENTUM

MASONRY MOMENTUM—There’s a lot more happening at the construction site of Rockdale’s new jail. Brickwork is well underway with walls growing higher and stronger on a daily basis in the 300 block of East Cameron (US 79). The 9,800-square-foot structure is expected to be complete by March 2019.

Fall garage sale to begin Thursday

MILANO NEWS The Milano Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary’s fall garage sale is set for this weekend at the fire station, 305 E Avenue C. The fire station sale is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

GAUSE NEWS

Our family members attended the St. Joseph Catholic School’s homecoming football game in Bryan Friday. Grandson Jaxon Hayles is a member of the team. Next thing we know we will be attending granddaughter Addy’s school activities. Mary and Jim Lee of Houston spent the weekend with us.