Schulenburg Fire Chief Darren Guentert advises everyone to exercise caution while trying to stay warm after his department responded to two structure fires last week. Both were caused by heating equipment.

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After a lengthy closed session, which included the evaluation of Superintendent Andy McHazlett, the board voted to extend and approve a three year contract with a 5% increase to him as superintendent of schools for La Grange ISD effective 1/21/26.

The Association of Texas Small School Bands is pleased to announce the selection of the 2026 ATSSB All-State Band. More than 10,000 high school band students from across Texas auditioned in twenty-two different regions for a place in their respective all-region bands. The top chairs in each region advanced to one of the five area auditions held this past weekend across the state and only 286 of these students were selected for all-state honors.

Schulenburg Police Chief Troy Brenek reports on the following incidents his department responded to during the week of Jan. 11-16.

The Winchester Area Civic Association would like to invite the community to meet the candidates running for Fayette County Judge on Feb. 2 at 6 p.m.

M Stray Gathering Cowboy Church continues to create a praise and worship team. They would love to give a young Christian artist a chance to use his or her God given talent for this growing church.

At Monday’s LGISD board meeting, Superintendent Andy McHazlett reported that the current enrollment for the district is 1,837. The breakdown by campus is: • Elementary school - 937 • Middle school - 293 • High school - 605 He told the board that the largest class at the elementary school is 4th grade with a total of 152, the largest class at the middle school is 7th grade with 148, and the largest at the high school is the 9th grade with 168.

C Round Top-Carmine students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education projects are building a four-seat vehicle, which is powered only by sunlight. They plan to take it to compete at the national high school solar car competition at Texas Motor Speedway in July.

Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reports on Wednesday, Jan. 21 around 3:36 p.m. Deputy Cody Williams conducted a traffic stop on I-10 eastbound near the 670 mile marker for a traffic violation on a 2022 Volkswagon Jetta.