Rockdale News

Aluminum manufacturer Alcoa is seeking $500 million in damages from a utility company in a lawsuit that claims the company manipulated electricity prices that forced Alcoa to shut down its Rockdale plant.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE RIVER NEAR ROCKDALE. * UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.

The National Weather Service on Tuesday issued a flood watch affecting Leon, Robertson and Milam counties.

Jimmie John Jones, 31, of Taylor, died early Wednesday morning after he lost control of his pick up truck on a lonely road south of Rockdale.

Police said a 31-year-old Taylor man died in Milam County early Wednesday after he lost control of his vehicle and was ejected on F.M. 908 in Milam County.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are at the scene of a fatal highway accident south of Rockdale in Milam County.

Two people are dead after area car accidents on Friday. At 12:10 a.m. Ivan Rodriguez, 22, was traveling southeast on Redwood Road on a Kawasaki motorcycle when he entered a curve at an unsafe speed, Depart-ment of Public Safety officials said.

Residents of the City of Rockdale are asked to boil their water at least until Thursday morning while the city tests the water system for harmful bacteria.

October could mark the end of the brief breather in Austin's otherwise packed fall film festival lineup.

Conservative members of the nation's largest Lutheran denomination voted Saturday to spend the next 12 months deciding whether to split from the church after it liberalized its stance on gay clergy.

* UNTIL MONDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 0945 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 30.26 FEET.

Early morning storms led to more flooding in parts of Central Texas and prompted new warnings as water rose over streets, highways and low water crossings.

The Milam County Sheriff's Office Special Investigation Unit ended their month-long narcotics investigation with an arrest Tuesday.

It still feels very much like summer, but for area artists interested in participating in fall's bounty of art and craft events, it's time to throw production into high gear.

There's something for everyone at the Eddy County Fair: food and drink, arts and crafts, flowers and canned goods, vendors with information and those with wares for sale and animals of all kinds being tended to by area 4-H and FFA youth.

Anne Mayer of College Station uses a dashboard shade as a rain cover while she makes her way toward the entrance of the Bryan H-E-B on Villa Maria at Texas Avenue shortly after noon Tuesday.

The San Gabriel Christian Church will be celebrating 155 years of worship and service to God and the community on Sunday, June 28th.

John E. Murphy, Acting United States Attorney, announced that Frank Sanchez, Jr., of Rockdale, Texas, was sentenced this afternoon to ten years in federal prison for possession of child pornography.

Resston Weaver was among those laid off by Alcoa in Rockdale. After another job proved short-lived, he was hired at Luminant for about what he made at Alcoa.

The youth group from St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Rockdale will be hosting a 3-on-3 basketball tournament at Charlie Martin Park in Milano.