Deadline ahead for candidates

Friday at 5 p.m. is the deadline to file for the May 2 city school and hospital board elections and candidates aren’t exactly lining up. CITY—The Rockdale city ballot did gets its first candidate Tuesday when east ward incumbent Denise Holmes-Wallace signed up to seek a new term.

NEWSBRIEFS

Commissioners okay Second Amendment support resolution CAMERON—Milam County Commissioners, meeting Monday at the county courthouse, joined 60 other Texas counties in adopting a resolution supporting the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

CORRECTION

The Reporter incorrectly listed one of the candidates in the Precinct 3 County Commissioner race as an incumbent last week. The actual incumbent is John Fisher who did not file for re-election. Fisher’s term ends on Dec. 31.

Credit/debit card abuse arrest made

POLICE REPORT Rockdale police said “unauthorized use” of a company credit card has led to the arrest of a 40-year-old Rockdale man. Robert Edwin Hawkins was arrested Sunday and charged with credit/debit card abuse. He was released after posting $6,000 bond. Lt.

NEW MEMBER—

A new member recently joining the Rock- com. Pictured are (L-R) Back row, Sonny Lillard, Jim Morse, dale Chamber of Commerce is Wake Aquatics, a competi- Ann King, Monique Gebhart, Rick Powell, Jared Dunn; front tive swim team which is accepting members.

Arrest made on child sex, porn

SHERIFF’S REPORT A 38-year-old Rockdale man was charged with sexual assault of a child and possession of child pornography. Kody Lee Land was arrested Friday and released the next day after posting $100,000 bond. Land had previously been arrested Jan.

MILAM COUNTY JAIL LOG

Here is the Milam County Jail Log for Feb. 4-20. 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.

‘Remember from whence we came’

2020 BLACK HISTORY SERIES: PART II Editor’s note: Susie Sansom Piper, who died last October at age 98, authored Black History Series for The Reporter over a 42-year period. This year’s series is being written by her granddaughter, Tamara Powell.

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DID YOU KNOW . . .

Retirement Many people plan to retire by a certain age, but few may actually still be working at their targeted retirement age. In the United States, the age at which working Americans expect to retire has risen to 66.