Flood plan buyout process underway

Four of six Rockdale homeowners, who own homes in the often-flooded section of Central Rockdale along East Ham Branch, have expressed an interest in the buyout offer from the city.

Fair tickets on sale at area businesses Friday

Season tickets for the fast approaching 44th Annual Rockdale Fair and Rodeo will be on sale Friday at more than a dozen area businesses, most of them in Rockdale. The tickets, which admit the bearer to every event of the Fair, including the nightly dances and the Oct.

October music festival gears up for a day filled with live groups

The Rock is alive with the sound of music for a solid 14 hours in downtown Rockdale Oct. 5, when the Rockdale Downtown Association hosts the second annual Rockdale Fall Music Festival in and around Wolf Park.

County’s future looking bright, three times over

Three solar projects have filed for tax abatements with the Milam County Appraisal District and two more projects will be coming to the area, according to County Judge Steve Young.

Guts and gory! 5K run kicks off music festival at the Kay

This year’s Rockdale Fall Music Festival begins with the apocalypse – the Zombie 5K Run and Trick or Treat 1K Run for the youngsters at the Kay Theatre. The event is set for 8 a.m. and a pancake breakfast is included with the race fee. Costumes are encouraged for the 5K run and the kids 1K.

Texas Country Title’s meet and mingle breakfast

Texas Country Title’s meet and mingle breakfast was held in conjunction to their joining the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce last week. The company first started in Milam County in 2001.

Voter registration push announced

There are 15,823,406 registered voters in Texas, a new state record, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s office. The Milam County Clerk’s office wants to ensure eligible residents are registered to vote by the Oct. 7 registration deadline.

NEWSBRIEFS

Deadlines for Rockdale Fair fast approaching A number of changes have been made in deadlines for entering the 2019 Rockdale Fair as follows: • Baked goods auction entry forms are due Sept. 27 (postmarked no later than this date). • Ag mechanics entry forms due Oct.

Ten sentenced in district court

CAMERON–Ten persons were sentenced last week in 20th District Court. • Andrew Alan Nipps, 42, of Cameron, five and one half years prison term and ordered to pay $720 restitution after pleading guilty to possession of controlled substances (1-4 grams).

FIRE CALLS

Fire calls dispatched from the Rockdale Police Station during the last week were listed as follows: • Sept. 17, 12:52 p.m., Rockdale VFD responded to the Wal Mart Garden Center in Rockdale, TX for a small fi re. • Sept. 20, 3:09 p.m.