Rockdale News

A 39-year-old man from Rockdale, who had been a suspect in a case of sexual abuse that allegedly had been going on for more than a year, was arrested on Friday after attempting to get into a car with the victim.

On Thursday, the company said it was closing down its Tennessee smelter and two potlines at a smelter in Rockdale, Texas, as part of a plan to cut 531,000 tonnes in annual output.

Milam County Deputies and Rockdale Police Officers chased a man on foot through a south Rockdale neighborhood late Wednesday evening before losing sight of him in a thick wooded area.

An elderly Milano man shot his wife in the head late Wednesday night in the Rockdale hospital where she was being treated and then killed himself, police said Thursday.

The turkeys at Richardson Farms have had a tour of the Rockdale farm's grounds this year as Jim and Kay Richardson moved the coops to less pecked-over sites.