To the Editor: As a followup to the two last week’s letters regarding unleashed dogs, I too, am very adamant about people following the rules and having their dogs on leashes when they are out for walks with their owners, and also those that run around the neighborhood without their owners. I have experienced this in my neighborhood for almost three years now, as there is a resident who never puts his dog on a leash as he walks and allows the dog to go do his potty runs all over other people’s yards.

To the Editor: Trump took office on January 20, 2025. Active U.S.

To the Editor: The US Congress just finished their session and is taking off the month of August for an R&R to reconnect to their voters. At least that is what they are claiming.

To the Editor: Over several issues, this paper has published letters and featured articles regarding our county’s animal shelter, Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter (“The Shelter”) located in La Grange.

To the Editor: Hayden Betts, writing for the Texas Tribune on Aug. 3, 2025 reported, “After significant quorum breaks in 1979, 2003, and 2021, Texas House Democrats are once again employing this nuclear option, fleeing the state Sunday to block passage of a congressional redistricting map that would give Republicans five additional seats in the U.S.

My kindergarten teacher, Altha Keith, died last week. She was 93.

August 1-5, 1975 The La Grange Demons, who saved their best for the big one, won the 1975 National Baseball Championship of Texas by knocking off the Corpus Christi Taylor Bros. 6-2 in 10 innings in the state tournament finals at Fair Park in La Grange.

Family reunions are a mixed blessing. They connect us to our past, revealing who we are, where we came from, and maybe even what to expect in the future.

The number of people still missing in the July 4 Kerr County flood dropped to two after another body was recovered last week, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The two still missing are a child and an adult who were at Camp Mystic, where at least 27 campers and counselors died.

Victorio was beaten in a Big Bend battle on Jul. 30, 1880, but the Chiricahua Apache still had plenty of fight left in him.