ROCKDALE POLICE REPORT
Thu, 01/07/2021 - 12:00am
Rockdale officers worked two minor wrecks during the past week with one of them being a hit and run.
News
Holiday donation
Thu, 01/07/2021 - 12:00am
The Milam County Child Protective Service board got a large donation from the firm of Popp Hutcheson in Austin. In the picture in no particular order are Kirk Garza, a Rockdale native; Andrew Albright; Mayra Linderman; Cissy Rico; Jen Dubish; Ashley Akroyd; Christy Applegate; Olivia Westmoreland; Jessica Swank; Jeanie Weed, the Milam County CPS board president, with her husband, John Weed; Rachel Owens, the Milam County CPS board treasurer, with her husband, Josh Owens; and Chasity Downey. Submitted photo
Who is that masked man?
Thu, 01/07/2021 - 12:00am
Having to wear a mask during the COVID pandemic can not only be uncomfortable, it can also hide your identity. That might appeal to some people but can be unsettling for others, giving them a feeling that they are losing their identities, says the Association of Mature American Citizens.
Advent Giving
Thu, 01/07/2021 - 12:00am
As part of the church’s yearly Advent Giving, the parishioners of St. Joseph Catholic Church collected lap blankets, body wash and plastic containers to be donated to the Rockdale Rehabilitation Center. Father Pedro Castillo, the pastor at St. Joseph’s, shows off the more than 50 sets of items that were collected. Submitted photo
Thorndale gets COVID-19 update
Thu, 01/07/2021 - 12:00am
Thorndale ISD nurse Sara Sanders told the board of trustees about updated COVID quarantine statistics and discussed the new guidelines that changed the quarantine period from 14 days to 10 days at the district’s Dec. 16 meeting in the administration building. She said that there had still not been any documented student-to-student transmission which goes along with the statement made by the CDC director last month.