Sports

Last December my wife and I saw a Facebook post about a home for sale here in Rockdale. Neither of us had even heard of Rockdale before, but they were having an open house the following weekend, so we thought it would be fun to take a drive and check it out. Since Gay, my wife, still works, we had only been casually looking for a place to retire at that point.

CORSICANA—The Rockdale Scrappers finished a very successful season as state runners-up in the 15-and-under division last week.

host to the Texas Teenage Softball Association State Tournament for the 12-and-under division, with the Rockdale Red Hots being the host team.