“I lost two of my hundreds-of-years-old live oak trees. The ground is so saturated they just uprooted and fell over,” Charles Murray said while submitting these photos of the two trees that had fallen over at his home on East Walnut Street in La Grange during last week’s massive storms that dropped about a foot of rain in the city over a three-day span. “La Grange Utilities responded within minutes to clear some branches that were on power lines.”

Abegayle M. Drabek earned a 3.5 GPA or higher in the fall 2023 semester, securing a reputable position on Southern Arkansas University’s Dean’s List. Drabek is a sophomore Animal Science major from La Grange.