The Fayette County Commissioners Court met Wednesday, Dec. 6, to select and prioritize several projects for the County’s $4.8 million grant application to the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) Regional Mitigation Program.

As of Dec. 1, the total intake for the Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter is 1508: 696 dogs and 812 cats in need. As of Dec. 1, the shelter has 82 animals in care: 37 dogs/45 cats. This number includes animals in the facility, in foster care for medical, waiting on available space, or awaiting transport to rescue partner.

The shelter offers a discount voucher program to the citizens of Fayette County for the spay/neuter of family pets. Call (979) 966-0021 for more information.

Fayette County Commissioners Court selected Weishuhn Engineering Inc. of Columbus to provide engineering services for a $4.8 million mitigation grant from the Texas General Land Office (GLO).

There will be a contested race for Pct. 4 Constable in the March 5 Republican Primary Election.

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Steve Westbrook, a veteran law enforcement officer from this area, resigned as executive director of the Sheriff’s Association of Texas (SAT) amidst allegations of misappropriating funds from the organization.

La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reports on the following incidents his department responded to the week of Oct. 29 through Nov.

Former hospital executive Peggy Borgfeld of Lexington and physicians Linh Nguyen, M.D., and Thuy Nguyen, M.D., of Dallas, and Heriberto Salinas, M.D., of Cleburne have agreed to pay a total of $880,199 to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving illegal remuneration in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. The parties also have agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigations of and litigation against other participants in the alleged schemes.

Statistics indicate that foodborne illness continues to be a health issue in the United States. Each year, 1 in 6 Americans will become sick, 128,000 will become hospitalized, and 3,000 will die due to a foodborne illness.

The Rural Nonprofit Networking Group (RNNG) is excited to invite all nonprofit staff and volunteers to join their next gathering which will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 13. RNNG creates opportunities for the organizations that do so much good in our rural communities to share their missions and visions, discuss community needs and partnership opportunities, bring in experts to facilitate growth and professionalism, and simply connect to maximize the efficiency and impact that participants can bring to Fayette, Colorado, Lavaca, and surrounding counties.