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Basketball Getting Underway

The No. 4-ranked Fayetteville boys basketball team defeated La Grange 73-53 Saturday in the season opener for both teams.

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State Volleyball Tournament

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 - 1A, 2ASEMIFINALS Time Conference Schools 11:00 am 1A Semifinals Blum (38-7) vs. Neches (32-9) 1:00 pm 1A Semifinals Harrold (36-7) vs.

The Schulenburg 2023 Lady Horns

Head Coach: Donald Zapalac Assistant Coaches: Melissa Zapalac, Allison Machac, Phillip Eddins, Carol Hargadine Number Name Class Height 2 Madison Kunschick Junior 5’3” 3 Reagan Dusek Sophomore 5’6” 4 Avery Helms Junior 5’0” 5 Brooke Redding Senior 5’10” 6 Clara Magliolo Sophomore 5’5” 7 Landry Zapalac Sophomore 5’5” 8 Jessalyn Gipson Senior 5’6” 9 Kieryn Adams Senior 5’2” 10…

La Grange ISD Holds Fall Job Shadow Program

La Grange High School hosted the Fall version of its twice-yearly community job shadow program where students spend a day with a local business owner learning about their business – and helping out. Left, student Yanira Galvan was shown the entire process of custom making t-shirts from Fay-Co Printing owner Kortney Schielack. Right, student Clayton Skoruppa spent the day with Kleiber Tractor…

There’s Still Twice as Many Cattle as People in Fayette County

A County Changes, Agriculture Remains Important ... More than twice as many cattle live in Fayette County as people, according to Fayette County AgriLife Extension Agent Scott Willey.

FAYETTE COUNTY HONORS VETERANS

FOR THE RECORD

Operation Christmas child boxes are available at the Round Top Family Library. Come by the library Monday-Saturday during library hours to pick up a shoe box. Once you have filled the box, bring it back by Nov. 16. For details, visit samaritanspurse.org/occ.

Decision Day 2023

Schulenburg I.S.D. voters approved two construction bond proposals totalling just under $19.6 million.

Traffic Flagger Causes Accident

A traffic control snafu led to a wreck at the top of the Bluff south of La Grange Tuesday morning, Nov. 7.

Quest For Revenge Ends In Execution

As the Texas Ranger lieutenant prepared to fight 150 or more Indians with only 18 men on Nov.

Special Session Likely to End with No Voucher Deal

C APITAL Highlights As the clock ran down on the Legislature’s third special session, Texas House and Senate leaders exchanged barbs over Gov. GregAbbott’s school choice bill and border security proposals, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Take All You Want, But Eat All You Take

My mom had to have been one of the very best kolache bakers ever! Once she got to baking them, she’d be at it almost all day long, making dozens at one time. There were pineapple, prune, peach, pear, cheese, sauerkraut and just about any other filling she could make.

Land Title Struggles

Elaine Thomas has written several columns in this paper on financial fraud, and now I would like to make readers aware of another threat we may face, namely losing land ownership rights through others’ unscrupulous or even heinous means.

Airing of the Quilts Saturday in Smithville

Quilts will be hung all around downtown Smithville, but especially on Main St. at the town’s annual Airing of the Quilts Event from 10 a.m.

Ere’s Reopens After Accident

Ere’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria reopened for business on Friday November 3, 2023, and was welcomed back into our community by Deokie Ramlochan, Chair of the La Grange Area Chamber of Commerce

$10 Million in Cocaine Seized

While working a joint drug interdiction operation with Wharton Police Department, Fayette County Sheriff’s Offi ce Sergeant Randy Thumann, and his K9 partner KOLT stopped a heavy machinery trailer

Personal Chef & Abstract Artist Libby Schmidt

In this monthly series, local realtor Andrea Schutter Riebeling does a Q & A with local business leaders about what inspires them. This month’s interview is with Libby Schmidt of Libby’s Kitchen and Studio of Round Top.

Record Visits New York and Canada

Mark and Sherry Hebert are seen in front of the Barcelona Lighthouse on Lake Erie at Westfield, New York.

Football Playoff Previews

La Grange vs. Madisonville When: 6 p.m.

Thompson Anchors Shorthorn Line as the Playoffs Approach

Schulenburg football player Adam Thompson has contributed in many ways for a Shorthorns team that just picked up their fifth win of the season against Thrall last Friday. Thompson doesn’t only snap the ball to the quarterback as the team’s center and make blocks, he also makes tackles on the other side of the ball as a linebacker.