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A STEINWAY COMES TO ST. JAMES

The year was 1855. Millard Fillmore was president. Walt Whitman published “Leaves of Grass.” Also, in 1855, Dr. William Hermes left Germany for a second time: destination both times, Texas. That year a small committee of La Grange citizens applied for parish status and received official acceptance from the Texas Episcopal Diocese and St. James’ Episcopal was born. In 1853, just two years before,…

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The Selling of The Chicken Ranch – One Square Inch at a Time

50 Years after it closed, The Record is running a series of articles this summer looking back at the key figures surrounding the Chicken Ranch and the complicated legacy it has left behind. A ug.

Fayetteville Returns to School Aug. 14

News The FISD staff returned to school on Wednesday. An open house will be held on Thursday, Aug.

CoBank’s Sharing Success Grant Winners Announced

Fayette Electric Cooperative, in partnership with Co-Bank, one of FEC’s lending partners, awarded grants to three area not-for-profit organizations at their annual meeting on July 19. These donations were made possible through CoBank’s Sharing Success charitable contribution program.

County EMS Employees Honored

Fayette County EMS received several accolades recently for exemplary service. Last Monday, Paramedic Christina Sandoval, EMT/ Paramedic Student Rebecca Spooner and Advanced EMT Melody McCoy received a written letter of commendation from the Texas EMS for Children State Partnership for the successful delivery of a very premature baby “We had a crew that recently delivered a baby in the back of an…

County Budget Discussions: ‘You Get What You Pay For’

Fayette County Commissioners Court were set to meet again to discuss next year’s budget on Thursday, Aug. 3. Raises for County employees have been one of the top priorities in the discussions so far.

One Local District Finding New Ways To Pad Teachers’ Paychecks

The Texas Legislature did not pass any public school teacher pay increases during the regular session that ended in May, despite the fact that the state is sitting on a record $32.7 billion budget surplus this year.

More Than Just a Meal

Meals on Wheels Helped 215 Local Folks Last Year Since 1966, Combined Community Action, Inc. (CCA) has been providing services to assist and improve the lives of people in multiple communities including Fayette County.

Fayette Lake Water Scooped by Planes To Fight Bastrop Fire

Pictured left is one of two firefighting planes known as “super scoopers” that flew into Fayette Lake to collect water to dump on the Powderkeg Fire in Bastrop County Tuesday, Aug. 1. A video shared with the Record showed the two planes skimming across the surface of the lake Tuesday afternoon. In less than a minute, the planes filled their tanks with water and took back off towards Bastrop. A…

Fort the Record

The Living Vine Christian Church is hosting a garage sale Saturday, Aug. 5 from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. at 124 S. Water St. behind Reeder’s A/C. All proceeds go to help with medical expenses for Visar Halilaj, the owner of Ere’s Italian Restaurant in La Grange. Halilaj was in a motorcycle accident on June 29 and is still in the hospital. Come shop in an air conditioned building and help this family…

Keeping the Beat in the Heat

Despite the ever-rising temperatures in Texas, the La Grange HS Mighty Leopard Band has pushed through and begun rehearsing for the upcoming 2023 season. Split up into three weeks, band camp for the ensemble has given every section an opportunity to focus on their specific parts for this year’s show.

Barthelme Hits a Hole in One

Are You Ready For Some Football? Preseason Starts This Week

The first official day of practice Monday for the La Grange varsity football team will begin not on the field or in the weight room – but rather the classroom. New La Grange head coach Kyle Cooper has brought with him his fastpaced version of football that averaged 425 yards per game passing last season – tops in the nation for high school teams.