GETTING A JUMP

—School didn’t start until Monday but the Rockdale Junior-High Band got the jump on the 2018-19 school year with a two-day band camp Aug. 14 and 15 in the RJH Band Hall.

Dove season to kick off Sept. 1st

Dove season begins on Saturday, September 1. Hunters will take to the field at daybreak looking. Wing shooting is my favorite form of hunting. There’s often lots of shooting, and doves—darting, zigging and zagging in flight—are always a challenge to hit.

RISD, Little River offer school clinics

Our Little River Healthcare School Based Clinics are continuing to provide outstanding healthcare services on all four RISD campuses.

That first day is still exciting

The start of a new school year is always an exciting time. The first day of school is much like Christmas day. New clothes, new backpacks & lunchboxes, the anticipation and excitement make it one of the most special days of the year.

QUICK LOOK

Movie night set Saturday at The Kay Milam County retired School Personnel’s next movie night at the Kay Theatre is Saturday. “Roman Holiday,” starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, and directed by William Wyler, will be shown, according to Jamie Larson, spokesperson.

County okays Bitmain abatements

CAMERON—Milam County Commissioners have unanimously approved 10 years of tax abatements for Bitmain’s planned facility in the former Alcoa smelter. That Monday meeting also featured the first public appearance of a Bitmain executive, James Kyle of the company’s Sunnyvale, California office.

RING: Here comes school on Monday

Monday is the first day of classes for the 2018-19 school year and Rockdale ISD administrators are expecting it to look a great deal like the first day of 2017-18.

DR. GRANDPA—

‘He may have been your doctor, but he’s my grandpa’ says Asher Weed during Friday’s reception for Dr. John M. Weed III who is retiring after 44 years practicing in his home town.

Rockdale’s new bitcoin to become ‘world’s largest blockchain mining’

Bitmain and Rockdale’s spectacularly brightening economic prospects were informational agenda items for the city council Monday.

PAWS relocating dogs, facing cash crunch

Rockdale PAWS is saving the lives of dogs found on Rockdale streets and now it is appealing to the public to help save some more.