The Fayette County Firefighter’s Association reports the following calls for the week of Sept. 6-12: Vehicle Fire - 1 Accidents - 4 Fire Alarm - 1 Structure Fire - 1 Smoke Reports - 3 Grass Fire - 1 Medical - 2.

Fayette County Judge Joe Weber sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott back on July 24 asking for a waiver to some of the state’s pandemic restrictions. The Governor’s staff finally got around to answering last Thursday, Sept.

Blinn has enrolled 17,724 students for the fall semester as late-term registration continues despite the challenges presented by COVID-19. The Blinn College District had registered 17,724 students for Fall 2020 terms with a variety of late-term 4-, 8-, and 12-week courses still available for registration, Vice Chancellor for Administration Karen Buck told trustees at Tuesday’s board meeting.

The La Grange fire department responded to a fire on Lane Pool Road Saturday when a controlled burn spread to some old tires. La Grange Fire Chief Frank Menefee said the fire department actually had to use some Class B foam to get the tire fire out.

A local woman suffered an attack by rats last Saturday, Sept. 12.

Ayla Kelly of Fayetteville has received a bachelor of science degree from The University of Alabama. The university awarded some 1,345 degrees during the summer commencement held July 31 through Aug. 2.

About 200 people attended the La Grange Art Stroll on the courthouse square Saturday, Sept. 12.

Members of the La Grange High School Senior class released balloons at the conclusion of Wednesday night’s community pep rally – an annual tradition. Most of the balloons were purple or white, but there was one large gold balloon, far left, shaped in the letter ‘K’ released by the family of the Kyla Drozd, who was a member of this class of students but passed away earlier this year. As part of Wednesday’s event, the homecoming beau and sweetheart nominees were announced. The winners will be announced before Friday’s football game. Beau nominees are: Garrett Gilmore, Grant Juno and David Krupala. Sweetheart nominees are: Natalie Blackwell, Megan Brothers, Shelby Hofferek and Allison Veilleux. Photo by Jeff Wick

Most of the COVID cases associated with the recent coronavirus outbreak at local nursing homes and the Fayette County Jail are entering the recovery phase, according to Fayette County Emergency Management Chief Craig Moreau.

The Texas Heroes Museum at 171 S. Main St.