The Fayette Community Foundation (FCF) is now accepting applications for the 2023 Community Impact Grant Cycle until Sept. 30. Nonprofits within an 80-mile radius of La Grange, Texas can apply. Priority will be given to programs focused on Mental Health and Workforce Development and education, but others can apply to the FCF Donor Response Program, available yearround. Donors can connect with pressing rural area needs through this program. Organizations can apply to the Donor Response Program Grant at any time, but only once every 12 months. Learn more and apply at www.faycofoundation. com/nonprofits

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The local man thrown off a tractor in a crash on FM 609 last week has succumbed to his injuries. Elroy John Zimmermann, 96 of La Grange, died on Saturday, September 23.

As a pair of boy scouts looked on as part of their merit badge requirements, the La Grange City Council discussed their plans for hiring a new city manager at a meeting Monday night, Sept. 25.

One person was injured in a crash involving a car and a pickup truck on US 77 south of La Grange Wednesday morning, Sept. 27.

At last week’s school board meeting, Nicole Ramirez, special programs coordinator, gave a report on the Bilingual/English as a Second Language (ESL) programs for the 2022-23 school year. There are two different programs occurring in LGISD.

Schulenburg First Baptist Church turns 150 years old this year. The church will host a sesquicentennial celebration on Sunday, Oct.