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First letter
This year’s first letter to Santa is from Casslyn Rippstein whose grandparents are Charles and Gaye Bland of Rockdale. Cassie, who goes to school in Austin, loves horses, but knows Santa does not make real horses, so all she wants for Christmas is sour candy and cotton candy. Photo provided
Many things make one college, career ready
There may be as many definitions of college and career readiness as there are colleges to attend and careers to pursue.
COVID numbers keep going up
COVID-19 cases have continued to spike in the county as testing reveals new numbers of the virus in the Monday through Tuesday testing.
Dear, deer
December rolled in with an early morning frosting of Rockdale and temperatures in the 20s, but these lawn deer didn’t mind. They are out to remind us we have moved from the season of thanks to the season of giving what we are thankful for. Reporter photo