Seven draw court terms

CAMERON—Seven persons were sentenced last week in 20th District Court. Prosecutor Bill Torrey, listed case dispositions: • Matthew Robert mangum, 29, Pflugerville, five-year prison term after pleading guilty to possession of controlled substance (4-400 grams).

NEWSBRIEFS

Free shredding event scheduled at CNB Anyone wanting to shred documents which are no longer needed may do so in a free event at Citizens National Bank in downtown Rockdale, 140 East Cameron (US 79). Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tuesday chase ends with drug arrest by officer

POLICE REPORT What started out to be a simple drug arrest on Murray Avenue by Rockdale High School evolved into a full-fledged chase Tuesday afternoon. Lt. Stephen Goodrich said Ofc. Joah McCaleb had stopped a vehicle and detected the odor of marijuana.

MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT CALLS

April 30—Information, East Cherry, Gause; suspicious activity, FM 487, Davilla area; welfare check, Praesel Drive, Rockdale area; abandoned vehicle, information, FM 908, Rockdale area; welfare check, Rockdale area; civil matter, CR 404, Davilla area; information, US 77, south of Rockdale;...

MILAM COUNTY JAIL LOG

Here is the Milam County Jail Log for April 30-May 6. 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.

Dewberry Runs nets $6,400 Sunday

Alpha Tau Delta’s 20th annual Dewberry Run was always planned as fiesta, but it wasn’t originally scheduled for Cinco de Mayo (May 5th). But it worked out that way and it worked out fine. Originally scheduled for Friday evening, a day in which part of a 7.

End of school year events scheduled at RJH campus

RISD REPORT The end of a school year is always exciting, but also hectic for students, teachers and parents. It is even more so for our second grade, eighth grade and senior students who are moving to the next campus, college or even lifelong career.

MARKET ON MAIN

—Rockdale’s Market on Main got off to a rousing start Saturday morning at the I&GN Depot Museum with a variety of items for sale including a farmer’s market. The event will continue every Saturday through Oct. 26 from 8 a.m. to 12-noon. There’s no fee and vendors are welcome.

EDUCATION NOTES

Elementary Wednesday—Public school nurse and paraprofessional day; Life Skills Classes Field Day to Morgan’s Wonderland, San Antonio; Farm Bureau presentation for second-grade science lab. Thursday–Kindergarten PLC meeting, 7:30 a.m.

ROCK MUSIC

—With the new police station’s decorative “Rock-dale” boulder as a backdrop, the Communities in Concert Band provided music for the brief ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday morning at Green and East Cameron (US 79).