On Sep. 26, 1866, a special joint committee of the Texas House and Senate submitted its official report on the recent tragedy in Brenham to the governor.

To the Editor: My number one priority as a surgeon is the health of my patients. While the pandemic has changed nearly every aspect of life in the last six months, my priority to care for my patients has not.

While scientists race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is urging everyone to get a flu shot.

To the Editor: It was with much distress that I read in the September 11 issue that the lovely crepe myrtle trees (besides the river bridge on the Colorado River) are slated to be removed. I am assuming this is a nice way of saying TxDOT is going to come in, dig, and chop them up.

In many ways, climbing into bed has become the high point of my day. That’s when I stream the Billy Collins show, broadcasted earlier on Facebook Live.

The Colorado County Citizen Following a closed session at the Sept. 8 Eagle Lake City Council meeting, the council reconvened and voted unanimously to place Eagle Lake Police Chief Wilton White, Jr.

Sept. 18-22, 1970 La Grange’s student protest against tape measure inspection of girls’ skirts and a new rule limiting extra-curricular activities reached the school board Tuesday night.

As of the morning of Sept. 18, we have run out of names for storms, as Wilfred has formed early this morning. Now that the National Hurricane Center is out of names, it will switch to the Greek alphabet. By the time this comes out, a storm designated as Tropical Depression 22 is growing and might become Alpha.

The Carmine Chamber of Commerce has canceled the 2020 Casino Night, which was scheduled for Oct. 10.

Starting this month, Linda Lehmann will feature one or two recipes along with household tip/tips submitted by local community leaders/citizens in The Fayette County Record. You will be able to find ingredients for these recipes in local stores. You can email her household tips and recipes at lgaill@hotmail.com