At Monday’s meeting, LGISD school board members approved the calendar for the 2026-2027 school year. This coming school year will be the second year of the two year trial of the four-day hybrid calendar.

A pedestrian suffered serious injuries after a vehicle ran off the road and struck him in La Grange Thursday night, Feb. 19.

The former nursing home administrator who tried covering up a sexual assault in Schulenburg pleaded guilty last week to three felony charges. Pamela Kay Noell, 62 of Smithville, had been indicted last year for tampering with a witness, tampering with physical evidence and obstruction or retaliation, all third degree felonies.

Being Senior Citizens, we are still fond of reading the newspaper versus keeping upto- date via the Internet and social media. The February 10th edition of the Fayette County Record front page main story headline caused us mixed emotions. In bold, large print, February was proclaimed Quilt Month in La Grange; City Readies for Big Show. We have absolutely nothing against quilts or quilt making. Our mothers and grandmothers were members of quilting bees and we can remember cutting out varies patterns from discarded clothing that ultimately made beautiful quilts.

Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has closed the SH 71 crossover on the east side of Loop 220 in Plum. “We closed it due to several fatality crashes that occurred at this intersection,” said TxDOT spokesperson Lucea’n Kuykendall.

The Rev. Eric Hungerford, beloved rector of the La Grange St. James Episcopal Church from 2014 to 2021, recently visited his old congregation at the iconic redon- yellow church across from H-E-B. The familiar church, which in on the National Historic Registry, was designed by R.M. Upjohn and built in 1885.

It’s almost time for the Herb Society of America - Pioneer Unit’s annual plant sale Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14. Celebrate Spring by replacing plants and refreshing beds that were freezedamaged from the great selection of bedding plants, herbs, shrubs, roses, succulents and trees. There will be new varieties and old favorites as well as lovely garden gifts and food items in the Thyme Well Spent Shop. Bring a wagon to haul all the great plants you’ll find.

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