Decision Day 2023
Schulenburg I.S.D. voters approved two construction bond proposals totalling just under $19.6 million.
"We are just so thankful for our voters who turned out and the people who spoke the truth to help us get this passed,” said Schulenburg Superintendent Dr. Julie Motomura. “It definitely was a need for the district. I think everyone recognizes that. Everyone was so kind and gracious. We are very aware that this is a big deal. We are certainly going to be very, very fiscally responsible with that money.”
Traffic Flagger Causes Accident
A traffic control snafu led to a wreck at the top of the Bluff south of La Grange Tuesday morning, Nov. 7.
The crash happened around 10 a.m. at the intersection of US 77 and FM 155. Construction work on US 77 south of the Bluff squeezed traffic to one lane Tuesday morning
Deputy James Ulbig of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, who investigated the crash, said a gray 2022 Toyota Tacoma driven by David Umphres of Giddings was heading south on US 77.
$10 Million in Cocaine Seized
While working a joint drug interdiction operation with Wharton Police Department, Fayette County Sheriff’s Offi ce Sergeant Randy Thumann, and his K9 partner KOLT stopped a heavy machinery trailer that was found to have been concealing 100 kilos of cocaine – street value of an estimated $10,000,000 dollars.
