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Locals Featured in New Book

In Stories I’ve Been Told – Volume 3, writer/storyteller Elaine Thomas shares 30 more inspiring accounts of ordinary people whose life experiences she describes as extraordinary. The majority of these stories have appeared over the last decade in her column in The Fayette County Record.

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Antiques Shows Not for the Faint of Heart

A box truck rolled over on SH 237 near Huenefeld Ln.

Meetings Ongoing About Hospital Reopening

Judge: ‘We are Going to Make This Work’ Momentum continues to grow for a potential hospital reopening in La Grange. Fayette County Judge Dan Mueller and La Grange Mayor Jan Dockery held a meeting with the Board of Directors of St.

For the Record

The La Grange Senior Citizens annual meeting/luncheon will be held in the gym of the Randolph Recreatoin Center, 653 E. Pearl Street in La Grange, on Thursday, Nov. 2. Registration will be held from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Cash door prizes will be awarded to ten lucky attendees who have registered by 10:15 a.m. The meeting starts at 10:30 a.m. The guest speaker will be Josh Vandever, Fayette County EMS…

Local Sales Tax Revenues

First Ten Months of Year (Jan.-Oct.) Fayette County Cities Pct. Change Tax Rate 2023 2022 2021 2020 2022 to ’23 La Grange 1.50% 2,247,494 2,025,401 1,856,525 1,666,161 Up 10.9% Schulenburg 1.50% 1,196,993 1,034,291 774,602 742,266 Up 15.7% Flatonia 1.50% 393,430 360,903 328,537 301,433 Up 9.0% Round Top 1.50% 361,933 303,811 265,328 171,248 Up 19.1% Fayetteville 1.50% 182,330 104,234 98,790…

Taft Believed Texas Might Go Republican

T EXAS History As the presidential special sped him back to Washington on Oct. 26, 1909, William Howard Taft dared to dream of carrying the Lone Star State in 1912.

Early Voting Now Underway

Early voting is now underway for the Nov. 7 general election. Voters will decide the fate of 14 proposed amendments, including measures to provide property tax relief and raise the homestead exemption to $100,000.

Book Crisis

In this great nation of ours we are privileged to have numerous reading resources at our disposal whether it be bound books or wireless electronic reading devices. We also have the freedom to become authors to express our feelings or compose our life story.

Walking the Dog

Fair warning: I’m writing about my dog. (She’s fine— no worries, there; old, like many of us, but fine…so far.) Or mostly fine.

Friday Football Previews

La Grange vs. Gonzales When: 7:30 p.m.

Lady Horns Clinch District Title

The Schulenburg volleyball team beat Shiner in five sets Tuesday to clinch the district title. The Lady Horns, after losing the first two sets 1325 and 17-25, bounced back to win 25-15, 25-21, 15-9.

State Champ Schramm Now Keeping the Leps Safe at His Alma Mater

The guy roaming the sidelines keeping Leopard athletes safe knows a thing or two about having success while wearing purple and gold.

Local CC Runners State-Bound

The Region 4 cross country championships were held Monday in Corpus Christi. Fayetteville’s Cole Fenhaus was third in the boys 1A race and also helped lead the Lions team to a third place finish and a state berth.

Krause Stacking Up the Stats for No. 3-Ranked Cubettes

Round Top-Carmine volleyball player Mallory Krause has been a force not only this season, but throughout her whole career as a Cubette. In 2023, the senior has tallied seven triple doubles, which helped lead RTC to a district title and a third place ranking in the TGCA State Volleyball Poll.