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Five youth ran away from Whispering Hills Achievement Center on Saturday, and then four ran away from the facility Monday morning, according to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office. Lt.

Congratulations to all students who represented La Grange High School at the “Shiner Shootout” UIL academic practice meet on Thursday, January 19, 2023. Results are: Accounting - Coach Susie Morgan 6th place - Kylie Zbranek Calculator - Coach Nicole Rerich 4th place 12th grade - Kylee Kelley 3rd place 10th grade - Camden Coltrain Computer Science - Coaches Sean Henkel & Brad Harbers 2nd place Team - Garrett Harris, Drew Harbers, Ty Trlicek, Natalie Shepherd 2nd place Overall - Garrett Harris Copy Editing - Coach Lucy Carr 6th place - Phoebe Tucker Current Events - Coach Melanie Bertsch 1st place Team - Landon von Minden, Dominick Smith, Ella Pineda 1st place Overall - Landon von Minden 4th place Overall - Dominick Smith 6th place Overall - Ella Pineda Editorial Writing - Coach Lucy Carr 6th place - Anna Follin Extemporaneous Informative Speaking - Coach Laurie Stork 2nd place - Eleanor Carey Feature Writing - Coach Lucy Carr 4th place - Camden Coltrain 6th place - Meadow Taylor-Marklin Literary Criticism - Coach Laurie Stork 2nd place Overall - Kylee Kelley News Writing - Coach Lucy Carr 2nd place - Nayeli Molina-Cerrito 5th place - Alivia Eindorf Ready Writing - Coach Laurie Stork 2nd place - Ella Pineda 4th place - Kylee Kelley Social Studies - Coach Sarah Jurk Carey 3rd place Overall - Eleanor Carey.

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The “Bob Springer Memorial Sweetheart Classic Car Show” will be held on Feb. 11 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. along Sylvan Street, which is on the south side of Highway 290. This year extra space has been added and the location has been extended to now be between Luther Lane and Hauptstrasse.

La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reports on the following incidents his department responded to during the week of Jan. 8, 14.

The content of Charles P. Luck’s 1941 talk about growing up in O’Quinn in the 1870s and 80s is continued from last week.

The Schulenburg Literary Club met Tuesday, Jan. 10. and Fayette County Judge Dan Mueller was the guest speaker. Judge Mueller spoke about Fayette County Crimestoppers, his 28 years as Justice of the Peace and his first 10 days as County Judge.

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The Winchester Area Civic Association will be holding it 28th Annual Domino Tournament and Fried Chicken dinner at the St. Mark’s Park Pavilion in Winchester on Sunday, Feb. 19. Dinner will be served at 11 a.m. with the dominos beginning at 1 p.m. Dinner will be $15 per plate and the registration for the tournament will be $10 per player. Straight dominos and 42 will be played. The event is BYOB. For more information contact Evelyn Parker at (979) 242-5097 or Rhoda Gersch at (512) 237-0842. All proceeds benefit local charities and scholarships. (There is a correction in this event: the meal is $15 not $12 as previously stated in this column).