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Juneteenth Committee Announces Change in Parade Route

The Juneteenth Committee wants everyone to be aware of changes in the parade route. The Juneteenth Parade begins at 10:30 a.m.

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Fayetteville’s Road to the Title Game

Opponent Score W/L Schulenburg 4-13 L Shiner St. Paul 13-8 W Flatonia 1-16 L Somerville 13-0 W Somerville 25-4 W Snook 21-0 W Snook 15-0 W Burton 9-1 W Burton 2-10 L Mumford 3-6 L Mumford 3-5 L Iola 8-7 W Iola 3-4 L Round Top-Carmine 11-0 W Richards 14-1 W Richards 9-0 W Round Top-Carmine 11-0 W Burton 3-2 W

26-1A All-District Baseball Team

With the conclusion of the season, the 26-1A All-district baseball team can now be released. Here are the honorees: MVP: Travis Gully, Senior, Fayetteville Offensive MVP: Keagan Supak, Junior, Fayetteville Defensive MVP: Logan Fritsch, Senior, Fayetteville Pitcher of the Year: Reid Gross, Junior, Fayetteville Newcomer of the Year: Jack Schley, Freshman, Fayetteville FIRST TEAM Pitcher: Colton…

State Tournament Snapshots

More Flooded Homes Demolished on Country Club Dr.

Deputy Uses Fire Extinguishers To Save Man Swarmed by Bees

Fayette County Sheriff’s Deputy Joe Gonzales saved the life of a man who was attacked by a swarm of bees in Plum on June 1. John Pechacek, a 72-yearold retiree, got out of Dell Seton Medical Center in Austin last Wednesday after spending almost a week in the hospital following the bee attack.

St. Mark’s Takes Out Loan Using Land as Collateral

St. Mark’s Medical Center (SMMC) took out a $350,000 loan last month and put up 38 acres of land it owns as collateral.

Pair of New Subdivisions Approved

Fayette County Commissioners approved two new real estate developments at their meeting on Thursday, June 8. Developer Derrick Harvey of Serene Homes LLC requested the division of four tracts totalling 10 acres out of a 54.6 acre parcel of property in the southwestern corner of the County.

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The Central Texas Food Bank mobile food pantry will be in Fayetteville on Wednesday, June 14, not June 7 as previously stated. Distribution is 10 a.m.

From Idaho, Via The French Horn

This is the first in our series of articles profiling the young musicians from around the world who are descending on Round Top for the annual Festival Hill summer institute and concert series. If you are close to any student involved in marching or concert band, you’re all too familiar with the phrase “This one time at band camp…” Owen Menard, a french horn player participating in this year’s…

Try Finding A Needle In This Hay Stack

While growing up on our farm, we six kids had many chores to do each day. One job was to haul the square bales of hay from the field into the barn. Our barn was built in the 1920s. It was 100 feet long and 70 feet wide. It was made to store loose hay so it had a hay loft with a wooden floor. It also had a small track running the whole length of the barn. Along this track was a trolley with two…

A Day to Treasure Always

There are times in our lives that are forever etched in our brain. For example, I remember when our son, Justin, played football in the Houston Astrodome.

West Texas Singer Soars To Stardom

T EXAS History The Number 1 single on the pop-music chart for the week ending Jun. 11, 1961 was “Running Scared” by the West Texas balladeer Elvis Presley once called “the greatest singer in the world.” The year was 1936 and the place was Vernon just this side of the Red River.

Abbott, Patrick Spar Over Tax Relief

C APITAL Highlights Gov. Greg Abbott late last week warned lawmakers to be prepared for several special sessions to pass a tax reform bill that he will accept, as well as a school voucher plan that failed to pass during the regular session.

Slaters’ Focus is Sustainability in Round Top

In this monthly series, local realtor Andrea Schutter Riebeling does a Q & A with local business leaders about what inspires them. This month’s spotlight is on Julie and Andy Slater of Round Top’s Sugar Magnolia Farm & Design LLC which is planning a grand opening at some point in July.

Swing Into RT Dance Event to Benefit Local Communities & Historic Preservation Efforts

Texas Dance Hall Preservation, Inc. (TDHP) is excited to announce its upcoming Swing Into Round Top swing dance on June 24. The event, featuring live music from the Texas Country Music Award’s 2022 “Western Swing Band of the Year,” The Broken Spokes, will be held at the Round Top Dance Hall and is expected to attract around 350 people from across the state.