NEWS Thursday March 5, 2026

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BURN BAN for the area are still in effect! Trace of rain, Most of the rain North and West of I35 last night.

WINDY / Increase CHANCE OF RAIN Severe thunderstorm’s Friday trough Monday.

69 this morning -over last 24hours rainfall=Belton .01″ rain, Troy .07″, Lorena .02″, Mart .8″ ,

Up to Dallas area 4-7″ rain

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(ROCKDALE) 11:16am yesterday in Rockdale traffic lights at the intersection of W. Cameron Ave and Wilcox were out. Caution be aware the All drivers are to treat this intersection as a 4-way stop until the lights are repaired. Please be patient and courteous with your fellow drivers. TXDOT has been notified yesterday.

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(MILAM) All persons summoned for jury service in Judge Youngblood’s 20th District Court for Monday March 9th at 10:00am DO NOT need to report. The case has bee resolved.

Milam County Elections Totals for 11 day early voting Overall voters = 2720

ELECTION DAY March 3 had 17,149 register voters / 26.6% voted-

Unofficial R – 3545 / D – 1029 total = 4574 voters.

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Run Off Election set for Thursday May 26

No one receive 50% of the vote there will be a RUN OFF election Thursday May 26-

US Senate John Cornyn 888,574 41.8% / Ken Paxton 865,467 40.8%.

Attorney General Chip Roy 1307 39.31% / Mayes Middleton 1091 32.81%

Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright 1334 43.61% / James (Jim) Matlock 801 26.19%

Court of Appeals Place 3 Thomas Smith 779 27.41% / Lesli Fitzpatrick 746 26.25%

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TEXAS INDEPENDENCE

-March 2, 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

-March 5, 1836, Santa Anna held a council of war, setting forth this plan for a four pronged attack of the garrison.

-Dawn on March 6, 1836, the 13th day of the siege, the Battle of the Alamo commenced. Fighting lasted roughly 90 minutes, and by daybreak all the Defenders had perished, including a former congressman from Tennessee, David Crockett. The loss of the garrison was felt all over Texas, and even the world. The Defenders were from many different countries, including some Defenders who were native-born Mexicans. Following the battle, Santa Anna ordered the Defender’s remains burned.

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(BARTLETT) Bartlett ISD District-Wide Early Release this week – Due to the planned city-wide water outages, Bartlett ISD will dismiss early at 2:05pm: TODAY – Thursday, March 5 and Friday March 6.

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BARTLETT CITY-WIDE WATER SERVICE INTERRUPTION NOTICE

The City of Bartlett will conduct scheduled water system improvements TODAY March 5, 2026 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Project will have a CITY-WIDE impact. These temporary shutoffs are necessary to complete critical improvements to the City’s water system that will help reduce future unscheduled outages and strengthen system reliability.

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(ROCKDALE) 3/3/26 Rockdale weekly Police report officers responded to 102 calls for service 82 were 911 calls. there were 9 calls for the fire department – 6 Rockdale / 2 Thorndale and 1 Milano. There were 2 accidents and 1 felony arrest reported.

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(MILAM) The Milam County Health Department (Cameron & Rockdale) will be CLOSED today March 5 for staff training.

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SUNDAY , MARCH 8 at 2 a.m. Daylight Saving Time begins time change takes place At that time, clocks will “spring forward,” which means people and pets will lose an hour of sleep.

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SPORTS/SCHOOL

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THORNDALE ISD Spring Break 9th- 13th

FRANKLIN ISD Spring Break 9th- 13th

CAMERON ISD Spring Break (Friday 13th Early Release 12:45) out March 16th – 20th

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(THORNDALE) Spring Break our track will be filled with athletes! Please consider helping our concession stand Monday, March 16 and Thursday, March 19th Thorndale Athletic Booster Club Track Concession Stand!! We need your help in the concession stand.

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