Verta Pickle Hill, a Fayette County Record columnist, helped The Record celebrate the beginning of its 104th year of continuous publication last week by holding her book release party here at the newspaper. She is shown above holding her book “Farther Along” with some of her family members at the party.

The St. Nicholas Ministry is now in its 38th year, serving needy children, their families, and elderly persons in Lavaca, Colorado and Fayette Counties. This ecumenical ministry involving area churches, parochial and public schools, service organizations, KJZT, Catholic Daughters, Knights of Columbus, Lutheran Men and Women of the ELCA, helping agencies, businesses and individuals was begun by Pastor Herb Beyer who has served the tri-county area for the last 40 years.

W A Veterans Day Breakfast will be held to honor veterans who live in the Winchester area at Zilss Hall. A pancake breakfast will be held from 7-9 a.m.

Turtle Wing Announced $10,000 in matches for End of Year “Giving Wings” Campaign Turtle Wing, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, continues to serve hundreds of families who have children with learning challenges, connecting them with the needed services to be successful, helping them afford those services, and creating new opportunities. Last year, over 320 individuals and their families received services funded by Turtle Wing, ranging from speech therapy to after-school art class.

Footprints Of Fayette Fayette County is one of the most historic counties in Texas. In this weekly feature from the County Historical Commission, a rotating group of writers looks back at local history.

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More than 700 households in Fayette County rely on the federal Supplemental Food Assistance Program (SNAP), according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

For the second consecutive year, and only the second time in school history, the La Grange High School band competed at the state marching competition Wednesday at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The band qualified for state by being one of the top 27 Class 4A bands (out of over 200) in the entire state.