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Storm spotters activated Friday night

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Thu, 04/12/2018 - 00:00
FIRE CALLS The National Weather Service activated area storm spotters Friday as a severe thunderstorm bore down on Milam County. At 10:37 p.m.

‘Outcry’ results in sexual assault arrest on Friday

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Thu, 04/12/2018 - 00:00
POLICE REPORT A woman came to the Rockdale Police Department to make an ‘outcry’ to authorities about an incident several years ago and a former Rockdale resident has been arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child.

MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT CALLS

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Thu, 04/12/2018 - 00:00
Calls for the Milam County Sheriff’s Department during the past week included: April 3—Road damage, CR 143, Cameron area; request to speak to deputy, location not listed; welfare check, FM 486, north of FM 487 intersection, Pettibone area; civil matter, CR 232 Loop, Minerva area; civil dispute over...

Ex-inmate sues county, offi cials By MIKE BROWN Reporter Editor

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Thu, 04/05/2018 - 00:00
A Rockdale resident—who claims he suffered two weeks of partial paralysis from the waist down, and is now permanently disabled—fi led a federal lawsuit Monday in a Waco court against members of the Milam County Sheriff’s Department and others, including two elected offi cials.

Egg-ing them on

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Thu, 04/05/2018 - 00:00
Not that several hundred youngsters at Fair Park for the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center’s annual Easter Egg Hunt needed much encouragement Friday morning. The egg-hunters tracked down several hundred candy-filled eggs in just a bit over two minutes.

19th Dewberry Run set Saturday

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Thu, 04/05/2018 - 00:00
Alpha Tau Delta service sorority’s 19th Annual Dewberry Jam 5K Run/ Walk Saturday morning is going to be just as colorful as last year’s successful event. Again, participants start the race in a white T-shirt and will be plastered with different colors at stations throughout the course.

$302,752 for junior livestock

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Thu, 04/05/2018 - 00:00
Final total for the 2018 Milam County Junior Livestock Show, held March 22-24 in Cameron’s Youth Exposition Building was $302,752 to benefi t Milam 4-H and FFA youth. That’s a new record, topping the $300,779 raised last year.

Thumbs up for Holy Week

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Thu, 04/05/2018 - 00:00
The multi-denominational noon luncheon Holy Week Services at Peace Lutheran Church concluded on Good Friday. Services drew large appreciative crowds averaging 80 and featured speakers from a variety of local churches, including Rev. Royal Johnson (R) of Rising Star Baptist.

Trustees call bids for new facilities

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Thu, 04/05/2018 - 00:00
Rockdale ISD trustees have “pulled the trigger” on the proposed new football fi eld. RISD has called for bids on the new facility, which also includes a new track and general upgrade at the athletic complex.

TRAVELING TROUPE

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Thu, 04/05/2018 - 00:00
TRAVELING TROUPE—Milam Community Theater closed out its run of “12 Incompetent Jurors,” directed by Jonathon Deal, at Rockdale’s historic Kay Theatre. About 60 persons attended.