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Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that on Wednesday, Dec. 14, Deputy Seth Nagel took a theft report from the Point Store in West Point where milk and motor oil were stolen. An image from a security camera at the store was able to capture an image of the vehicle used by the suspect to get away.

On Dec. 14, the Fayette County Narcotics Unit, Austin County Regional Special Response Team, and the HIDTA Drug Task Force served a Felony 1 Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance warrant on a male subject at the Pilot truck stop in Schulenburg.

Residents in Round Top and Warrenton area soon won’t have to travel far for recycling. Fayette County crews began construction last week on a new recycling center on Huenefeld Ln.

The Schulenburg I.S.D. Board of Trustees hired Luke Hobbs as the new Shorthorn football head coach and athletic director for the district on Monday night, Dec.

Residents served by the Fayette County Water Control Improvement District-Monument Hill (FCWCID) were under a boil water notice Wednesday, Dec. 14, after a contractor installing fiber optic cables struck three water lines.

In a unanimous decision Monday the La Grange School Board voted not to offer any tax incentives for a proposed hydrogen fuel generation plant that was being considered in La Grange. The vote came after a threehour meeting (including more than an hour in closed session) and drew applause from a vocal group of locals who stayed for the duration of the marathon meeting to hear the result.

Negotiations continue between the City of La Grange and David Harris, the lone finalist for the vacant City Manager position. The City Council selected Harris as the lone finalist for the job at a meeting on Dec.

Richard Steubing, 79, of Flatonia died in a two-vehicle accident just south of Cistern on Highway 95 Saturday afternoon, according to the incident report from Texas Department of Public Transportation trooper Robby Pennartz.

Numerous Fayette County 4-Hers competed in the 2022 District 11 4-H Food Show and Food Challenge Contest on Friday, Dec. 9 and Saturday, Dec.10 in Cuero.