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A car caught fire and sparked a small grass fire on Wednesday, Sept. 25.

La Grange City Manager Jack Thompson confirmed last week that the City intends to purchase the old Fayette Electric Cooperative (FEC) headquarters building. Thompson said the City plans to build a downtown plaza for public events on the property.

The Fayette County Commissioners Court issued a ban on outdoor burning at their meeting Thursday morning, Sept. 26.

La Grange ends its fiscal year on Sept. 30, and thanks to a big September payment, city sales tax revenue hit budgeted numbers for the year.

Colorado Valley Communications and Fayette Electric Cooperative will host their seventh annual document shred day for members on Friday, Oct. 4 in conjunction with National Cooperative Month. The free document shredding will be available from 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at Fayette Electric Cooperative’s old headquarters location at 357 N. Washington St. in La Grange, and from 12:152:15 p.m. at Colorado Valley Communications located at 4915 South US Hwy. 77, La Grange. A donation of $10 per box is requested for members bringing more than three boxes. Visit cvctx.com or fayette. coop for more information.

A buzzard sparked a brush fire on the Bluff Friday afternoon. La Grange Volunteer Fire Department got the call a little after 3 p.m. on Sept. 27. Workers at Frisch Auf called in the fire after seeing smoke on top of a hill behind the swimming pool. Firefighters arrived and found a smoldering dead buzzard at the base of an electric pole on top of the hill.

Three miles south of La Grange on Hausmann Gin Road sat an abandoned, nearruined rock house hidden in the middle of a thicket of trifoliate orange trees with a narrow path leading to the front porch. Some might not have seen any potential but for Alan and Bonnie Crawford, this house would soon become a historical endeavor.

St. John Lutheran in Ellinger is selling raffle tickets now in conjunction with their annual roast beef dinner. The dinner will be on Sunday, Oct. 13. Raffle tickets $20 for one ticket, $50 for three, and only 1,000 tickets are sold. There are 40 great prizes on the ticket. The drawing will be immediately after the drive through dinner.