José Pablo Orocio wasborn on Sept. 30, 2025 in Austin. Parents are Fernando and Veronica Orocio of La Grange. Siblings Maria Fernanda Orocio and Isabella Orocio welcomed him home. Grandparents are Juan Paul and Maria Guajardo of La Grange and Jose and San Juana Orocio from Giddings.

October David Reed Connor and Donna Gwynne Rogers Jorge Lira Hurtado and Leslie Ximena Lopez Douglas Roland Boehm and Carolyn Jean McMasters Nathan Edward Ricicar and Alycia Marie Zoch Jahdo Rodriguez and Virginia Elizabeth Centeno Contreras Roberto Perez Cruz and Mariela Lisbeth Lopez Juan Manuel Nino Torres and Jasmine Laura Lara Wilmer Antonio Brito Javier and Maria Isabel Maldonado Adam Michael Molitor and Veronica Beatriz Alvarado Benjamin Thomas Swisher and Lyndie Jade Edson.

Fayette County 4-H members competed in the AggieFest Livestock Judging Contest on Saturday, Oct. 25 in College Station.

Martin Luther Lutheran Church Women of the ELCA annual turkey and dressing with ham meal is on Sunday, Nov. 9. Sandtown Catering will prepare the meal. Drivethrough is from the Mission and Ministry Building from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

W St. Paul Serbin will host a Trunk or Treat event at the church picnic grounds on Friday, Oct.

In the first Alignment Workshop held at the Fayetteville Community Center and Performance Theater, the Fayetteville Economic Development Corporation (FEDC) presented their objectives and accomplishments. “We support initiatives that benefit our community.

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It’s time for the La Grange Senior Citizen Activity Center Fall Membership Meeting and Luncheon. This is always a fun event and visitors are encouraged to attend. Membership is open to those living in La Grange and the surrounding communities who are 50 and over. Meetings including a lunch are held twice a year. The group also holds game days twice a month and takes several day trips throughout the year, most recently to see Fiddler on the Roof in Bastrop.

Feed the Need Mission continues to serve a hot meal every Monday on the square in La Grange. Thanksgiving is approaching and that means we are gearing up for Gobble Kits. To achieve this we need your help! Feed the Need organizes and distributes Thanksgiving meals right here in La Grange, in addition to continuing to serve the physical and spiritual needs of our community every Monday night on the square with our hamburger/hot dog meal. A Gobble kit includes everything needed to prepare a Thanksgiving meal for a local family and are distributed the week of Thanksgiving. We sign up families to receive a gobble kit during our regular Feed the Need site on the square in La Grange on Mondays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. It provides us the opportunity to foster relationships and share the message of love and faith while supporting physical needs as well. We are expecting to serve over 200 Thanksgiving meals this year in La Grange, and close to 900 throughout the entire Feed the Need network of weekly sites. To make Gobble kits a success again this year we need everyone’s help. Here are a few of the ways you can participate: 1. Pack a kit: Pick up a gobble kit bag, fill the bag according to the shopping list and return it. Gobble kit bags can be picked up and dropped back off at these Gobble Kit partners: Fayette County Veterinary Clinic, The UPS Store, Crosspoint Community Church, National Bank and Trust, Colorado River Cowboy Church, Fayette Savings Bank, Latte on the Square, and at our Feed the Need Site every Monday on the square.

News broke this week about some monkeys that got loose in Mississippi after the truck transporting them crashed. It reminded me about a monkey story I learned from my wife and her family, who are from South Texas.