The Rosebud News

A memorial was held Saturday morning for a Chilton Volunteer Firefighter who died last weekend. Departments from the Central Texas area gathered in Rosebud to honor 62-year-old James “Jim” Pfrommer who was a firefighter in Chilton for nine years....

Open house planned for new Rosebud-Lott Elementary

The Rosebud-Lott community will get a chance to see the new Rosebud-Lott Elementary School on Aug. 17 during an open house and grand opening. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at the school in Travis. The new school is a move into the...

Fire destroys historic Westphalia church

Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a fire that destroyed The Church of the Visitation in Westphalia this morning. Falls County officials said the call came in around 8 a.m. at The Church of the Visitation at 114 County Rd 3000. The...

City names new Emergency Management Coordinator

Jeremiah “Jay” Shults has been named Rosebud’s Emergency Management Coordinator. The City of Rosebud felt that after what happened in Franklin on April 13 the city needed a plan in place for natural disasters in case the city was hit. Emergency...

Happy Fourth of July

The community gathered in downtown Rosebud for the annual July 4th Parade on Saturday, June 29, to celebrate Independence Day a little early.

Photo submitted by Shirley Law Minor

Trip memorializes father who went MIA during war

The envelopes are stamped with red ink and marked “Returned to Writer,” “Casualty Verified, Missing.” The letters inside are from my mother sent to my father while he was deployed to Okinawa during the Korean War. My mother kept them all these years...

Sports

Cougars look to new head coach as 2019 season begins

The Rosebud-Lott Cougars will look to new, but familiar, leadership this season to defy a preseason pick of finishing out of the District 13-2A Division playoff race. Dave Campbell’s 2019 Texas Fo

Rosebud-Lott Athletes hurdle regional competition

Rosebud-Lott athletes competed at the Region III-2A track meet in Palestine on Friday and Saturday, but they were shut out from state qualification.

By Staff Report The Rosebud News

Logan Sells makes his way to first base after a great hit.

MELINDA FOSTER PHOTO

Opening Day for Rosebud Youth Baseball/Softball

After making it to first base, Eliza Meledrez bides her time before taking off again.

Opinion

Christians don’t have a secret to hide, but a treasure to share

Many years ago there was the beginning of the Anaconda Mining Company.

By Pastor Larry Jackson, Rosebud Church of Christ

The west was won with tenacity and grit

A few years back, my young bride Stella and I were invited to a paid gig in the Kanab, Utah, area and we left Texas a bit early to be a part of the Arizona Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

By Ol’ Jim Cathey

The west was won with tenacity and grit

“The west was won with tenacity and grit. It’s the manner of western folk that face adversity with dauntless courage and a spirit that will never quit!”, according to Western Sage.

By Ol’ Jim Cathey