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Schulenburg Lady Horns

Overall record: 0-2 DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME TEAM Aug. 8 *St Michaels def.

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Fayetteville Lady Lions

Overall record: 2-0 Date Opponent Teams Time Location August 8 Fayetteville def. Tidehaven 3-1 8 Fayetteville def.

Round Top-Carmine Cubettes

Overall record: 1-0 DATE OPPONENT SITE TEAMS Times August 8 RTC def. Anderson Shiro 3-1 10-12 Columbus Tournament V 15 Weimar / Navasota RTC V, JV, V 3:30 17-19 Schulenburg Tournament V 22 Weimar Weimar JV, V 5:00 29 Lexington RTC JV, V 4:30 August 31 Burton RTC JH 4:30 September 1 Giddings RTC JV, V 4:30 5 Mumford RTC JV, V 4:30 8 Schulenburg RTC JV, V 4:30 9 La Grange Tournament JV 12 Burton…

JV Lady Leps Second in Schulenburg

Lady Horns Honored in Schulenburg Festival Parade

New Grant Could Help Pay for Deputy Raises

Fayette County Commissioners Court learned last week about a new state grant program that could pay for raises at the Sheriff’s Office. The 2024 budget that the Court has been considering includes a 10 percent raise for EMS and the Sheriff’s Office.

A Service of Prayer for Times of Drought

The four churches of the Lutheran Crossroads Ministry are partnering to offer a service of prayer for times of drought and heat. The four churches are Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Round Top, Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Carmine, St.

Medicare One on One Enrollment Programs Offered in LG, Schulenburg

Medicare Open Enrollment can be confusing. To answer questions on what to do whether you are signing up for the first time or re-signing up for the 2024 year attend one of the two “Medicare 1 on 1” workshops being offered by the Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area and hosted by Fayette County Committee on Aging, Schulenburg Regency Retirement Villas, and the Fayette County AgriLife Extension…

Senior Connections Receives An AED For the Senior Center

What an action-packed month July 2023 has been. The Ice Cream Social was the highlight of the month and everyone had such a great time. There were 52 people at Senior Connections on Tuesday, July 25, who came in for a cool ice cream treat, and we had 15 new members submit their applications.

Stray Dogs And Cats Present A Health Hazard

Stray dogs and cats running at large present a health hazard for Fayette County citizens. Spay and neuter is the only way to manage the stray, unwanted dog and cat population. The Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter offers a discount voucher program to the citizens of Fayette County for the spay/neuter of family pets. Call (979) 966-0021 for more information.

Texas Ramp Builds For Army Veteran

AMEN Appreciates Community For Continued Support

AMEN continued to be busy in the month of July. 331 families were served for the month for a total of 964 individuals.

Fayette Co. Fire Calls

The Fayette County Firefighter’s Association reports the following calls for the week of July 30-Aug. 5: Medical-8 Structure Fires-2 Accidents-3 Grass Fires-10 Illegal Burn-1.

Communications Tower Proposed in La Grange

American Towers LLC is proposing to construct a 257-foot (overall height) selfsupporting lattice telecommunications tower located at 5401 N US Highway 77, La Grange, Fayette County, Texas (Parcel I

City of LG Accepting Applications For Tourism Grant Funds

The City of La Grange will be accepting paper applications until September 1, 2023, by 1:00 pm from organizations and individuals for tourism grant funds which are to be used to enhance Historical Restoration, the Preservation of the Arts, and other activities which will increase tourism AND Hotel/Motel usage in La Grange, Texas. Updated Tourism Grant Program Request forms and further details can…

Second Annual South Central Texas Rural Philanthropy Day Speakers Announced

The roster of featured speakers bringing a wide range of nonprofit education at the upcoming second annual South-Central Texas Rural Philanthropy Day (SCTX RPD) has been announced. Hosted by the Fayette Community Foundation (FCF), this professional development conference is designed to alleviate the strain on our local nonprofits by building their organizational capacity and strengthening their…

Round Top Family Library Hosting ‘Communicating to Connect’ Workshop

OP With the start of the new school year just around the corner, the library has returned to regularly scheduled programming. Yoga in the library is every Monday at 5 p.m.

Constitutional Amendment Election Finalized

Texans will vote on 14 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution as part of the Nov. 7 election.

McCourts Honored by Church and Pope

On July 29, a special celebration and Mass was held at Hostyn’s church hall honoring the retirement of Deacon John McCourt and celebrating he and his wife Eileen’s 59th wedding anniversary. At the event, a pair of awards for the couple were announced.

Partisan Attack

To the Editor: President Trump is currently being indicted by highly partisan Democratic prosecutors in courts around the country. The prosecutors could have indicted Trump back in 2021 when he left office, but they purposefully waited until an election year for maximum political impact.