It’s graduation time here in Fayette County. A sincere congratulations to all the Fayette County seniors who have earned their high school diplomas.

I didn’t come to artificial intelligence as a “tech person.” I came to it the way most of us do—out of curiosity, and maybe a fair amount of skepticism. Atfirst,Iuseditlightly.Then I began handing it real work.

There are times in my life I want to revisit. I call them personal reunions: memories I want to return to, not because they were perfect, but because they still hold something I can’t quite name.

To the editor: For years, the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) have treated Fayette County as an industrial dumping ground. Right now, they are attempting to quietly rubberstamp a $146 million “Closurein- Place” plan for the unlined coal ash ponds at the Fayette Power Project (FPP).

To the editor: This past Sunday, May 17, 2026 was proclaimed the “Rededication of America Back To God” by President Donald J. Trump.

May 18-21, 1976 Kenny Hatfield pitched and helped bat the La Grange Leopards to the District 25AA East Zone baseball title here with a 5-0 shutout over the Giddings Buffaloes. The stylish southpaw set the Bisons down with three hits, fanned 14, and contributed four hits out of four trips to the hitting station.

Top Texas legislators are pushing to waive a new state law that requires camps to install broadband fiber optics in order to legally operate this summer, The Dallas Morning News reported. Scores of camps are struggling to meet the deadline. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows released a statement last week saying they support lifting the law.

I love making fresh salsas and pico de gallo from tomatoes, peppers and onions growing in my garden. But by the time tomatoes and peppers are ripe enough to pick, one important ingredient is already out of season – cilantro.

On May 17, 1917, Felix Jones in his latest contract killing beat Thomas Lyons of El Paso to death with a hammer. Felix Robert Jones was born in 1875 in the Central Texas county of Coryell.

To the Editor: I have been following the League of Women voter articles in the Fayette County Record. The first part appeared in March and included a brief history of immigration from the founding of America to the early 20th century.