Get your baskets and cameras ready. Join the Fayette Public Library for an extra special Alpacas and Eggs Storytime on Wednesday, April 16 from 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. They will read two books and have a fun egg hunt.

The Fayette County Country Music Club will host their monthly Opry on Monday, April 21 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in La Grange. The show starts at 7 p.m. and the doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $8.

In order for Second Chance Emporium staff to catch up on the processing of donations, Second Chance will not be accepting donations April 7-21. The donations drop-off area will re-open on Tuesday, April 22.

A local truck driver suffered minor injuries in a roll over in Round Top on Monday, April 7. The crash happened around 3:18 p.m.

La Grange Police say they nabbed a juvenile burglar redhanded last Friday, April 4, thanks to an alert witness. Police Chief David Gilbreath said officers got a call around 9:50 p.m.

Church picnic season is about to get underway in Fayette County and the surrounding area. There will be feasts and entertainment almost every weekend from now until the fall.

Round Top Community Church hosted a candidate forum for the upcoming Round Top-Carmine ISD School Board election. Pastor Matthew Diehl moderated the discussion. Pictured are (from left) candidate Bryan Kirts, Pastor Diehl and candidate Kyle Fricke. Kirts and Fricke are vying for the Place 5 seat on the school board. Three other candidates are running unopposed: Owen Massey for Place 1, Dusty Bernshausen for Place 2 and Bryn Behnke for Place 7. Registered voters within the school district are eligible to vote on May 3. Election day and early voting take place at American Legion Hall, 1503 N State Highway 237 Round Top, TX 78954. Early voting times are Tuesday, April 22, 2025, through Friday, April 25, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, April 28, 2025, through Tuesday, April 29, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fayette County was organized on January 18, 1838 with La Grange as the county seat. Both were named in honor of the French nobleman, the Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette’s home from 1800 until his death in 1834, was his estate, La Grange, that was located approximately thirty miles southeast of Paris.

Billy Joel Polasek, the La Grange man convicted for the 2016 murder of seven-monthold Logan Atkins, died in prison by his own hand on Saturday, April 5, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ).

Second Chance Emporium (SCE) recently donated $10,000 to the Mary Gray Foundation (MGF). Monies granted will fund the MGF Pottery Program which will include setting up a clay studio and the purchase of equipment, tools, clay and glazes. The mission of the organization is to carry on the legacy of service to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and related conditions. Pictured from left to right: Ken Gray, MGF Founder; Marlene Schnell, SCE Assistant Store Director; Ashley O’Brien, MGF Pottery Student; Darlene Strahan, SCE Assistant Store Director; Bill Gunter, MGF Pottery Student; Gayle Schielack, SCE Store Director; Henry Zoch, MGF Pottery Instructor and Cecilia Zoch, MGF Pottery Instructor.