MILANO NEWS

The City of Milano had its annual Fourth of July parade and free hot dog meal on Wednesday. Results of parade winners will be in next week’s column. STATE—Congratulations to the 12u Milano Wolfpack and 10u Boom softball teams for making the TTAS state tournaments for their respective divisions.

GAUSE NEWS

The Gause Community Improvement Program is getting ready for the annual Founders Day on Sept. 8. So start making your plans to join us for the annual fundraiser. Tuesday, July 10, the Austin Area Food Bank will be at the community center from 10 to 11 a.m.

Oven-free dinner ideas

Mid- to late-summer is appropriately known as “the dog days of summer” because it can be so doggone hot. The humid, sticky conditions of late summer can make people feel sluggish and looking for ways to cool down.

ORGANIZATIONS

‘UkeStravaganza II’ set Aug. 26 at Kay Matinee Musical Club will sponsor UkeStravaganza II at the historic Kay Theater in downtown Rockdale on Sunday, Aug. 26.

Guilty in ‘medicated’ sex assault

A jury deliberated less than an hour Thursday before returning a guilty verdict against a 53-year-old Rockdale man accused of sexually assaulting a woman while she was medicated. Ricky Lee Murray will be sentenced next month.

At last!

It’s been many months coming, but excavation work has started on a new $6.5-million, 80-bed nursing home adjacent to Rockdale Intermediate School (background).

2nd indictment for ex-Milam employee

CAMERON—A former employee of the Milam County Tax Office was indicted for the second time this year by a Milam County Grand Jury Thursday. Lydia Cervantez, 56, was indicted for aggravated perjury. In February, Cervantez was indicted for false name/ information, forgery of vehicle registration.

Reporter sports nabs first again at TPA

MONTGOMERY—For the second straight year, The Rockdale Reporter received first place in sports coverage at the 2018 Texas Press Association awards banquet Saturday. The TPA Better Newspaper Contest is a state-wide competition.

New water program meeting set Thursday

Rockdale’s Patterson Civic Center will be the site of the second of three meetings Thursday to introduce land owners to a new program the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District says will preserve and protect aquifers. Time is 6 to 9 p.m.

Deputy indicted, ex-captain sentenced

CAMERON—A Milam County Deputy Sheriff was indicted for criminally negligent homicide on Thursday. The next day a former jail captain drew probation and was ordered to pay $56,000 in a theft case.