Party Wagon Collapses Injuring Several, Gates Knocked Down by Crowd Injuring Another A 19-year-old man died Sunday morning after a shooting at the Real Deal Family Reunion Trail Ride near Nechanitz. Lt.

Hermann Sons Rutersville will hold their October meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 1 beginning at 7 p.m.

The Round Top Rifle Association crowned Judson Limmer of Waldeck as their 2025 Schützenkönig at the 153rd Annual Schützenfest on Sunday, Sept. 21.

The Fayette County Courthouse will get a bath ahead of the United States 250th Anniversary celebration planned for next year. Commissioners Court met last Thursday and approved a contract with Bell Tex Construction to remove black algae from the exterior walls of the courthouse, sidewalks, Veterans Memorial and the Old Fayette County Jail.

W The WACA team of Quilt Block paint class instructors will be offering classes again at the Houston International Quilt Festival and Show from Oct. 6-10.

In last week’s paper in our story about Mary Lee Mewis’ upcoming 109th birthday we mentioned she might be the oldest resident ever in Fayette County. That prompted an interesting submission brought by our office.

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The Fayetteville Courthouse Music Series, presented by Arts for Rural Texas, returns this October with live acoustic shows every Tuesday evening on the historic courthouse square in Fayetteville. “The lineup for this October is very exciting,” Mike Stroup, Fayetteville’s mayor, said.

The Fayetteville Community Center & Performance Theater project opened Phase I to the public on Sunday, Sept. 21. Over 250 guests streamed through the rebuilt E.J. Knesek Building to see the old space brought back to life.

When Mr. and Mrs. Ovie Roensch of La Grange won a trip, they never dreamed they’d be on the same street in San Francisco when an unsuccessful attempt was made on President Gerald Ford’s life on Sept. 22, 1975. Nor did Ovie expect to be interviewed by a TV news crew afterward. President Ford was exiting a hotel where he had been making an address when the shooting took place. The Roenschs were standing near the man in the crowd of spectators who was shot. Ovie said he may have stood out in the crowd because he was the only one wearing a hat. The Houston Chronicle conducted the contest for its carrier-agents that the Roenschs won.