A family in West Point lost their rent home to a fire Friday, May 31. The home was located on Justice Rd.

Fr. Brian Phillips of Sacred Hearth Catholic Church in La Grange will leave at the end of this month to become pastor at St. Margaret Mary Parish in Cedar Park. Phillips has been the pastor at Sacred Heart since September of 2020.

La Grange Middle School math teacher Michelle Caughman won the 2024 “Whataburger Teacher of the Year Award,” and has been awarded Whataburger merchandise along with $1,000. It’s not a surprise she won this year, considering the amount of appreciation her students have for her.

Fayette County Commissioners signed a contract last week to demolish the last buyout home that was flooded by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. This closes a major chapter of the years-long recovery saga following the storm that devastated La Grange seven years ago.

Camp Invention, a nationally recognized, nonprofit summer enrichment camp program, is coming to La Grange Elementary School the week of June 10. A program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Camp Invention challenges children in grades K-6 to tap into their natural curiosity and use their creativity to solve problems.

The Fayette County Firefighter’s Association reports the following calls for the week of May 19-25: Accidents - 4 Fire Alarms - 3 Grass Fire - 0 Smoke Report - 1.

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