C The dog-day heat wave has sent power demands to new records, the Austin American-Statesman reported. With much of the state enduring an excessive heat warning, power demand peaked at 85,559 megawatts last week, breaking a record set last August.

T EXAS History Under the assumed name of George Washington Arrington, an Alabama fugitive enlisted in the Frontier Battalion of the Texas Rangers on Sept. 1, 1875.

Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe sent a telegram to the La Grange Little League All-Stars Manager Wayne Fowler and Coach Clement Trlicek. The governor praised the team, offering his sincere best wishes on their big win.

I was showing a friend something in my closet and she gasped as she looked at my clothes rod filled with tshirts. I had no idea why she was so riveted by the shirts.

To the editor: According to the Houston Chronicle; as seen in a Googlesearch, Lott, Texas, on U.S. Hwy.

To the editor: Is anyone out there really thinking of voting for Kamala Harris? The woman who now wants to fix what she and Joe Biden have implemented from the day they took office, the “open border, high prices, crime, inflation.” And I would ask, why does she have to wait until January? Why doesn’t she do something now? She’s had “3 ½ years” and just now, wants to start fixing these issues she helped start? She flip flops like a fish out of water. We know why, she wants the votes in November.

To the editor: And still we cannot drive unassisted from Round Top to La Grange via the 159/237 corridor! When this project started in early June, we thought it would take a couple months to complete what was described as “the project”. And here we sit two-plus months later waiting in line for the “pilot vehicle” to appear and lead us thru.

To the editor: When it seems like we walk oneggstryingtoguessonwhich side of our contentious politics someone has bonded — would that it was as innocent a game – fans of the Texans versus those with affections for the Steelers. But no.

To the editor: I read the recent letter to The Fayette County Record regarding wind turbines in Nolan County (Sweetwater, Texas) and how that County embraces them. That’s all fine for Nolan County, but Fayette County is different in many ways.

To the editor: According to statements from the FayCoSayNo group, there seems to be a phrase that triggers a need to call to arms. They are hypervigilant to assure that “green energy” doesn’t come to Fayette County.