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Round Top-Carmine High School Semester 2 Cycle 3 Honor Roll

A Honor Roll 8th Grade Kylie Amos Jaylen Bage Kaliegh Beard Angelica Le Bouef 9th Grade Georgia Bockman Kaitlin Bradford William Keng Cayden Sands Alin Soto Kaegan Wagner 10th Grade Kinsley Bage Sophia Nance Kendra Pesch 11th Grade Emme Dallmeyer Mallory Krause Faith Nance-Kinchen Kimberly Rohde Magali Salinas 12th Grade Kannyn Goehring Jacob Polasek Hunter Schobel Charlee Wessels All A…

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Wick Named State’s Top Sportswriter at Texas Press Association Convention

La Grange’s Larry Jackson Inducted Into Texas Newspaper Hall of Fame

Shimek Retiring From Schulenburg PD

Betty Shimek retired last week from the Schulenburg Police Department after 22 years of service as the department’s administrative assistant. “What I’ve enjoyed the most is working with so many men and a few women, so many different personalities, I can’t even name them all,” Shimek said.

Record Places in Five State Categories

At the Texas Press Association’s annual convention in Round Rock last week, The Fayette County Record won five awards in the Better Newspaper Contest. Judging was done by members of the Oregon Press Association and was for work done during the 2022 calender year. The Record won: First Place in Public Notice reporting, for work by Regina Keilers, Andy Behlen and Jeff Wick chronicling the public…

Three Locals Graduate from Sam Houston

Sam Houston State University in Huntsville announced the names of recent graduates from the area. The following area students received degrees during the Spring semester at Sam Houston State University: Haley Guerrero of Fayetteville, Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Communications Alyssa Vaclavik of La Grange, Bachelor of Music.

Shelby American Legion Recognizes Mertz

Second Chance Makes Donation to Library

Martin Luther Lutheran Church to Host Blood Drive June 25

C A Blood Drive will be held Sunday, June 25 from 9:30 until 2 p.m. at the Martin Luther Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall in conjunction with Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Round Top.

Community Builder Award

St. Rose of Lima Science Fair Winners

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St. Rose of Lima Catholic School End of Year Awards

St. Rose of Lima Catholic School announced its end of year awards for 2022-2023: 5th Grade - Math: Cal Schiffli; Reading: Clare Besetzny and Cal Schiffli; Science: Cal Schiffli; English: Clare Besetzny; Religion: Brynlee Berger; Social Studies: Cal Schiffli; Computer: Bryson Ohnheiser and Abraham McBride; Band: Clare Besetzny and Cannon Lykke; Band Most Improved: Charlotte Schmidt.

Shop Burns Down

Schulenburg Volunteer Fire Department fought a shop fire on Bryant Rd. just north of Interstate 10 Saturday afternoon, June 3.

Juneteenth Events Will Span Two Weekends Here

Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Deriving its name from combining “June” and “nineteenth,” it is celebrated on the anniversary of the order, issued by Major General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, proclaiming freedom for enslaved Africans Americans in Texas (a picture of the Galveston Newspaper article about the…

Retirees Get Rocking Chairs

Fort the Record

Hermann Sons Life Rutersville will have their regular monthly meeting Wednesday, June 7 at 7 p.m. The meal will be hamburgers and members are asked to bring a side or dessert The Fayette County Republican Party will hold their second quarter meeting on Saturday, June 10 at Frisch Auf! Valley Country Club, 575 Country Club Dr.

Highway 77 Widening Project South of LG Begins

Construction to widen US 77 south of La Grange began last week. Lucea’n Kuykendall, spokesperson for Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), reported that the project involves a roughly 1.5 mile stretch of US 77 south of FM 155. Crews will widen the shoulders of the highway from six feet to ten feet along that stretch of roadway.

Cervenka Named What-A-Teacher

Splashing Into Summer

The La Grange city pool had a successful opening day on Friday, June 2. Families and friends came to beat the heat and celebrate the start of summer.

Big Time Culture in a Little City

When I was a wee tot, I subscribed to the single-ladder theory. Everything was in sync. If you were the smartest person in the land, you’d also be the richest. The most attractive. Probably the president. According to the theory, everything is tied together that way.