Milam County News

Emery, left, and Montie Goodin look at the staircase inside the Charles Goodnight home in Goodnight on U.S. Highway 287.

The Bell County Public Health District said Wednesday it has confirmed nine more cases of swine flu in Bell County pushing the total number of cases in the county to 138 and the total number in Central Texas to more than 200.

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

A 10-year-old boy mauled to death Monday by two pitbulls was acquainted with the dogs and had interacted with them long before the attack, the owners have told law enforcement officials.

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.

A jury Thursday in Cameron decided on a life sentence for Gordon Lee Currin for the October 2008 shooting death of Milano restaurant owner Gregory James Storey, 48.

Photo: Confederate Capt. Buckholts, center, wields his large Bowie knife as a Union cavalryman races toward him with poised saber.

A Tuesday night auto accident near Rockdale has claimed the life of a local man.

A 19-year-old Rockdale man, who was arrested last week in connection with the shooting of a convenience store owner, was indicted Thursday on a separate charge by a Milam County Grand Jury.

A stolen vehicle investigation last week lead police to incidents where a stolen debit card was used twice in Rockdale, resulting in the arrest of a Milano woman.

There's still reaction coming in from the April 9 story about Gus Newton of Thorndale, who played a major role in fighting the Ku Klux Klan in Milam County in the 1920s.

An arrest warrant has been issued after a series of thefts at different times from Rockdale Auto Specialties.

A Tejano singing legend was briefly a guest of Milam County last week but Little Joe Hernandez says he was the victim of identify theft by someone who opened a fake checking account.

Tejano singer Little Joe Hernandez has been released from the Milam County Jail, where he had been held after he was arrested on a fraud charge.

A local Tejano singer was arrested in Milam County Thursday night. Jose "Little Joe" Hernandez was arrested by a DPS trooper on Highway 36 just south of Cameron.

A 25-year-old motorcyclist was arrested near Sugarloaf Mountain Monday afternoon following a 20-mile pursuit by the sheriff's department and other law enforcement agencies.

A 25-year-old Madisonville man was returned to Milam County from that city on Friday to face charges stemming from the April 29 theft of $12,000 in cash at Brookshire Bros.

A Rockdale woman arrested in a theft from a local grocery store has been released from the Milam County Jail after posting a $10,000 bond.

Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.

A revered 84-year-old Catholic priest from New York City was indicted on two sex-related charges Thursday by a Milam County grand jury in connection with allegations concerning a visit to Rockdale last year.