Amendment early voting set to start

Early voting for the N ov. 5 Texas Constitutional Amendment election begins Monday at four locations throughout Milam County. Hours and locations are as follows: Rockdale Center for Success and Independence (former Juvenile Justice Center)— Oct 21-25, Oct. 28- ov. 1, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Fun forecast for Fair forty-four

The 44th Annual Rockdale Fair continues Thursday through Saturday and, at least at midweek, it appears the weather will cooperate this time around. That wasn’t the case last year when a ma ority of October’s 12.

Royalty

There was plenty of that in the annual Miss Rockdale Fair Queen Pageant, held Saturday evening in the RHS Auditorium. From left: Maddy Moody, second runner-up; Whitley Boyd, 2019 Fair Queen; Malinda Storey, first runner-up; Chandler Foreman, Miss Texas 2019, who served as Mistress of ceremonies. 

‘ Distinguished’ program launches

When Ken Cockrell was growing up in the 1950s, in what was then called the Westwood subdivision of Rockdale, he didn’t have Google. But the 1968 Rockdale High School graduate had the World Book Encycloseda Vseflfifaooy the first volume, with “A” articles.

No vote on MDD half-cent sales tax

It appears there’s not going to be a vote called by the city to decide whether a half-cent sales tax collected by the Municipal Development District stays with the MDD or goes to the Rock-dale Hospital District to help fund a new St. Joseph’s-Health Point clinic.