RHS ROYALTY

The Homecoming queen for Rockdale High School will be crowned at Friday night’s game against Academy High School at Tiger Stadium. The seniors who are candidates for queen are (front row, L-R) Averie Hobbs, Arianna Eastridge, Priscilla Klekar and Krystal Cervantes.

Rockdale chief, officer in right place at right time

Police Chief Jerry Meadors and officer Dillan Ford were where they were meant to be Oct. 8. “Officer Ford and I were both standing in dispatch when the 911 call came in,” Meadors said in his office Monday. On the calling end was a voice that sounded pretty frantic saying, “Send help. Bee attack.

Heart O’ Texas

Milam County 4-H members made a bit of history Oct. 3 when they won at the first United Livestock Show at the Heart O’ Texas Fairgrounds in Waco.

Milam County 4-H banquet coming up

The Milam County 4-H Awards Banquet is held each year to honor those 4-H members who have excelled in their specific field(s) of interest throughout the year. These young men and women work hard to achieve various levels of accomplishment at the county, district, state and national levels.

Helping your student plan for life after high school

Ask any 7-year-old what they want to be when they grow up, and there are generally no limits to the answers. Superheroes, professional sports players, doctors, lawyers, firefighters, astronauts are all common responses.

RISD REPORT

This continues in intermediate school as well. In junior high, students begin to look at more specific types of postsecondary options and which careers require different levels of education.

NEWSBRIEFS

School district buys four used buses The Rockdale Board of Trustees approved the purchase of four 2018 International Carpenter buses from Franklin ISD for the purchase price of $254,758 with a five-year loan from Citizens National Bank.

Four felony arrests made in past week

Rockdale police made four felony arrests over the past week with one of them involving a minor. The 15-year-old was arrested on a warrant for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle on Oct. 14.

FIRE CALLS

• Tuesday, 5:34 p.m. — Milano VFD responded to a call for a fire about a half mile from the 600 block of CR 237, but found that it was an unreported controlled burn. • Thursday, 6:42 p.m.— The Rockdale VFD put out a grass fire in the 1200 block of North FM 908. • Friday, 5:13 p.m.

Milam felony cases resolved in district court

Under the direction of Bill Torrey, the Milam County district attorney, the following felony cases were resolved in Judge John W.