Johnny and Linda Oviedo have been named the Parade Marshals for this year’s Fayette County Fair Parade, which will begin August 31 at 10:30 a.m. in downtown La Grange.

A standing-room-only crowd packed the hall at the Warda Picnic Grounds Thursday for a meeting over a proposed battery storage facility. Most of the speakers at the meeting were strongly opposed to the battery storage facility, and especially any tax abatement for it.

The 169th annual Praha Picnic took place on Aug. 15, as it does every year, on the Feast Day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This year it fell on a Thursday. But that didn’t keep many people away. A huge crowd showed up to enjoy a lunch of fried chicken and Praha’s famous beef stew (far right). The Ennis Czech Boys, Texas Sound Check and the Lost Cause Band provided music throughout the day for dancing (right).

As the Fayette County Fair nears and the Queen and Jr. Miss contestants are continuing to work hard in selling passes, seven kids are vying for the Little Miss and Mister titles that will be awarded at the pageant. The pageant is slated for Thursday, Aug. 29 at 7:00 pm. Opening ceremonies will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the main stage as we kick off Fayette Co’s Country Pride, County Wide Fair. Thursday night admission is free to all and the pageant will include a special performance by John Dujka.

Fayette County Commissioners Court signed a resolution expressing their opposition to the US 77 Bypass. They approved the resolution during a special meeting on Monday, Aug.

One of Fayette County’s oldest Christian congregations celebrates its 185th anniversary this Sunday. New Life Methodist Church in La Grange, which dates back to the time of the Texas Revolution, will host a celebration this Sunday, Aug.