A family in Rek Hill lost nearly all of their belongings in a house fire Sunday, Jan. 24.

People in downtown La Grange noticed a strong smell of natural gas Tuesday morning, Jan. 26.

New St. Mark’s CEO Mark Kimball introduced himself to the La Grange City Council at a meeting Monday night.

La Grange City Manager Shawn Raborn presented the City Council with the process for implementing a railroad quiet zone at a meeting on Monday, Jan. 15.

La Grange Police arrested a man who threatened to burn down his own house last Thursday, Jan. 21.

A West Point man faces DWI charges after getting into an accident early Saturday morning in La Grange. According to a report from La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath, the accident happened at the intersection of SH 71 Bypass and SH 159 around 12:09 a.m.

Schulenburg Police Chief Troy Brenek reports that Officers responded to 85 calls for service during the week of Jan. 16 through Jan.

What are the odds that two brothers could be thrown and killed by the same horse? Researching my Schmidt ancestors for a family book, The Portal to Texas History online offered up The La Grange Journal article of February 14, 1884 about the death of the two Schmidt Brothers. Were these my Schmidt ancestors? Here is the article in its entirety: “The Journal learns from Mr.

The unadjusted unemployment rate of the Rural Capital Area of Central Texas rounded out 2020 by dropping to 5.1 percent in December, down from 5.8 percent in November, with 3,604 jobs added, according to figures released today by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The 5.1 percent unemployment rate in the ninecounty Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area (WSRCA) represented 28,870 residents seeking employment. The region’s unemployment rate remained below both the Texas (7.1 percent)* and national (6.5 percent)* rates.

Author Rory Johnston, who now resides in the Swiss Alp area, knows the lay of the land through writing about his life while growing up in the safari business in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and is now helping his readers discover the true nature of the wildlife which he wants to continue to save.