The following 22 cases were presented to the GRAND JURY and indicted as True Bills with 4 “No Bills” on September 14, 2023:

  USHIKA SHANTA CRAWFORD, 43, of Rockdale, State Jail Felony, Terroristic Threat of Peace Officer   TROY DEON THOMAS, 38, of Bryan, 3rd Degree Felony, DWI 3rd or More and State Jail Felony, Terroristic Threat of Peace Officer   CORBIN RAY DODD, 20, of Montgomery, 2nd Degree Felony, Possession of...

MILAM COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT “NO BILLED” BY THE MILAM COUNTY GRAND JURY

The Milam County Grand Jury determined that Captain John Vargas from the Milam County Sheriff’s Department, Officer Stephen Wall from Rockdale Police Department, and Detective Justin Anastasiades and Lieutenant Antony Maskunas from Cameron Police Department, were justified in using deadly force in...

MARC open house set for Tuesday night

An open house at MARC (Milam Adult Resource Center) will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, along with a Rockdale Chamber of Commerce meet and greet. Refreshments will be served. MARC serves Milam County adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

SAD NEWS

Darian “Hump” Jackson, 12, lost his two-year battle with encephalitis, a brain infection. Hump is the son of Andrias “Shug” Jackson and the brother of Rockdale Tiger No. 10 De’Andre Stephens and Raelynn Jackson who is a Taylor Duck track star.

Promotions

Milam County Sheriff Mike Clore announced two promotions at the Milam County Sheriff’s Office. John Torres (second from the left) has been promoted to Jail Administrator and Jeremy Knaus (second from right) has been promoted to Jail Captian.

Rockdale’s International Day of Peace Celebration

International Day of Peace is Thursday, Sept. 21, and Rockdale is gett i ng i nto t he spi r it of it with “A Night of Peace” celebration at Wolf Park at 7:30 p.m., spons ored by Rockdale Earth Day.

RADIOTHON

United Way of South Milam County held their annual radiothon on Thursday, Sept. 7.

First, we’re not going to panic

Someone recently said to me – “All this stuff at the Alcoa land is going to kill Rockdale.” I have been here a little over two years and I have seen Rockdale be a little town with a lot of grit. If I have learned anything, Rockdale is going to be hard to kill and we won’t go down without a fight.

Graham returns to her roots Saturday

Brooke Graham, along with family members Ben and Macy Graham, will be the featured artists on Friday, Sept. 15, at Frog Joy Farms in Chriesman and there’s a “small world” story to go with the concert. Last year Brooke sat in on a pickers circle at Front Street Burgers in Chriesman.

Council approves funds for sesquicentennial July 4 drone show

At Monday night’s city council meeting Public Works Director Jerald Brunson gave a yearly update on everything his department has accomplished over the past fiscal year from the limb clean up from winter storm Mara, new street signs around the schools, roads that have been sipped and chip sealed,...