SIDEWALK SALE

Heavenly Treasures, a thrift shop at 231 North Main operated by Rockdale Christian Services his continuing its two-days-a-week sidewalk sale through August. It’s being held Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, 9 a.m. through 12-noon.

Rockdale receiver narrows choices to five

Rockdale Tigers wide receiver Kesean Raven is one of the most electrifying players in Milam County. Rated as a three-star recruit by rivals.com, a college recruiting website, Raven has received eight offers from Division I programs looking to secure his talents.

TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE GAME WARDEN FIELD NOTES

Lost and found A recent game warden academy graduate was enjoying a weekend of camping and fishing at Fayette Lake before reporting to his first duty station later this month in Starr County. One Sunday morning, the new game warden came across a small aluminum boat that was abandoned at the dam.

MILAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

Milam County courthouse records for July 23-29. Compiled from public records available on the Milam County website, www.milamcounty.net. Warranty Deeds Rockdale Christian Fellowship to Harwells LLC -10-15, R.H. Hicks Addition, Rockdale (2,815). Alton E. Bell to Ronnie K. Lindke Jr. - 0.

Everyone wins in 4-H tie-dye contest

This summer, Milam County 4-H members participated in multiple activities because summer camps were not an option. These activities were safe and easy to do at home with their families. One activity this year was the Tie Dye T-shirt Contest.

Ag commissioner issues warnings on mystery seeds

AUSTIN—Texas residents are now among those across the nation receiving mysterious seeds delivered by mail in tiny bags marked as jewelry Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is urging Texans to take extreme precautions when receiving unsolicited seed packets from China.

Cake auction and fish fry set for Saturday, Meet the Tigers on Monday

RHS will be hosting an online cake auction this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The auction will be held on the Rockdale Tiger Athletics Facebook Page. RHS Athletics will hold a drive-thru fish fry at 6 p.m. Each plate will be $10, which includes fish, hush puppies, and coleslaw.

IT'S GOOD NEWS! ONLY ONE NEW CASE

 From County Judge Steve Young Wednesday night: Good news this evening as we only have 1 new confirmed case to report.   This has not happened in a long time.  Also two people were released from the hospital and the one remaining is improving, albeit in serious condition.

FIVE NEW COVID-19 CASES

From County Judge Steve Young Tuesday night: Today we have five new cases to report, however two of the five test results were ten days old when we got the results.  So they were of little value.  Hopefully, our new testing program will solve some of these problems.

COVID COUNT 327, UP 13

From County Judge Steve Young Monday evening: Today we had 13 new confirmed cases reported for the county.  This is due in part to the state’s electronic lab reporting system was down for maintenance.  However, there are still a lot of cases in the sState and the numbers continue to go up.