Navidad Valley Community Connections Center in Wolters Park will be closed from Monday, Aug, 2 through Monday, Aug. 9, for safety reasons as the City of Schulenburg crews work on festival preparations. The Navidad Valley Community Connections center has a new office number. The new office number is (979) 743-3227.

The Schulenburg Police Chief Troy Brenek reports that Officers responded to 65 calls during the week of July 17-22. On July 17, Officer Gindler arrested 23 year old Blake Edward Pesl of Waelder for public intoxication and failure to identify and transported him to Fayette County Jail.

July 27-30, 1971 Burglars broke into one place of business in Carmine late Friday night or early Saturday morning and were unsuccessful in gaining entrance to another. A rear door was pried open at R.Z.

School Supply Drive The KJT Society No. 46, La Grange, is holding a school supply drop-off drive for Sacred Heart Catholic School.

A 31-year-old Hallettsville man was shot and killed early Sunday morning, July 18, at a party in rural Lavaca County. Lavaca County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim at John Calloway of Hallettsville.

Youth from Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Parish in Plum and Queen of the Holy Rosary Parish in Hostyn traveled to Minnesota last week to take part in a Catholic Heart Work Camp. The group spent of week volunteering around the Minneapolis and St. Paul, including working at a food pantry distribution center, above. They also worked at several home of elderly residents in the area. The kids enjoyed Christian fellowship with other youth from around the country and slept at Holy Family Catholic School in Victoria, Minnesota, where they also had daily Mass and faith programs. Catholic Heart Works Camps held a number of similar events around the country this summer. A Catholic Heart Work Camp was held in La Grange in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Fayette County Commissioners heard from two people opposed to a proposed update to a regional groundwater plan affecting the Carrizo Wilcox aquifer system at a meeting last Thursday, July 22. Kent Babcock, a retired anesthesiologist from La Grange, and Andrew Wier, a groundwater rights activist from Bastrop County, asked the Commissioners to sign a proclamation urging the Fayette County Groundwater Conservation District (FCGCD) to reject the proposed plan before Groundwater Management Area 12 (GMA-12), the regional water planning group that includes a portion of Fayette County.

The Summer Church Picnic Season came back this year after most of the celebrations were canceled last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A few local parishes decided to cancel their parish picnics once again this year.

Record rainfall this year has many residents struggling to keep their grass mowed. On the other hand, no one needs to water their lawns.

Fayette County Commissioners voted unanimously to begin searching for a new EMS billing provider. Fayette County EMS currently contracts with the Kentucky-based company Ambulance Medical Billing (AMB).