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Sunday’s winter chill and north wind did not deter the friends of Fayette County Mediation, LLC, from cleaning up Highway 77 north of La Grange as part of the Adopt-a-Highway program. The team of seven, all members of Sacred Heart parish, hit the road after Mass collecting nineteen bags of trash as well as a variety of other unsightly items, including a smashed VHS player, a license plate, feed sacks, and remnants of tire treads.

The Fayette County Firefighter’s Association reports the following calls for the week of Dec. 3-9: Gas Leak/Odor - 1 Grass Fire - 1 Fire Alarms - 2 Medical - 11 Electrical Fire - 2 Accident - 1.

The Blinn College District Board of Trustees received an enrollment report during its regular meeting Monday showing that the College enrolled 18,301 students for the fall 2023 semester, a 4.26% increase over the previous year and the highest total since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek and the deputies of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office will hand out toys as part of the Deputy Santa program at three different locations on December 21. Toy donations are still welcome and can be brought to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department. To receive assistance from this program, children must be 12 years old and under and be a resident of Fayette County. Parents must sign their children up in person; no telephone registrations will be accepted. A birth certificate or copy of your child’s report card must be shown. Sign-up is required at one of the following locations: La Grange, Fayette County Sheriff’s Office; Schulenburg, City Hall; Fayetteville, Justice of the Peace Office; Round Top, Round Top State Bank; and Flatonia, City Hall. Sign-up dates are November 20 – December 20, 2023. For more information please contact Lt. David Beyer at (979) 968-5856.

The deadline to file for candidacy in next year’s Republican and Democratic primaries was 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec.

County Attorney Peggy Supak announced her decision to not seek re-election saying: “This decision not to seek re-election was difficult and not taken likely but is due to family and individual health issues along with the growing demands of the County Attorney’s Office. The felony caseload has more than tripled since I took office. I was elected in 2004 upon the retirement of my predecessor John W. Wied and took office January 1, 2005. I was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021 and will complete 32 years of service upon expiration of my current term on December 31, 2024.

The La Grange City Council picked Jack Thompson as a lone finalist for the City Manager job Monday night. The Council met in a closed-door session that lasted from 2 p.m.

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