Correction

A photo and sighting of the unusual species of grasshopper featured in Friday’s newspaper was credited to the wrong person. Abigail Joanna of West Point sent us that photo.

Restaurant Relief Fund To Help Support La Grange Restaurants

The restaurant industry as a whole has taken quite a financial hit during the Covid-19 pandemic. In order to combat some of the hardship, The Texas Restaurant Association created a relief fund to benefit independently owned restaurants throughout the state. More than 10 of our very own La Grange restaurants applied for this grant. The City of La Grange’s Office of Community Development and Tourism wants to make sure they all get fully funded at $5,000 each.
Restaurant Relief Fund To Help Support La Grange Restaurants

VFW Auxiliary Hosts Remote Meeting

Officers of the busy VFW Auxiliary of Post 5254 voted to hold their March 17 meeting using the Teleconference model directed by the National VFW Auxiliary as a solution to the intrusion of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Hide No Hair: Barbers/Salons are Back

The sound of clippers buzzing through hair once again spilled out of the doorway at 237 W. Travis Street last Friday, the site of Ken’s Barber Shop on the La Grange Courthouse Square. Inside, barbers Ken Jurecka and Floyd Weishuhn worked on a pair of customers who’ve waited nearly two months for a trim. Another customer waited outside the door.
Barbers Ken Jurecka and Floyd Weishuhn were back in business on the La Grange Square Friday morning. Barber shops and salons have been closed for nearly two months during the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by Andy Behlen
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