The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) approved the permit application from the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) to relax pollution reporting requirements at the Fayette Power Project outside La Grange.

Fayette County Community Theatre has passed the halfway point in its $2 million campaign to renovate its future home at 253 W. Travis Street, propelled by a transformational $500,000 anonymous gift.

Photos by Jeff Wick .

Fayetteville High School will be the first in the county to hold Graduation as the Lions will get their diplomas this Friday, May 8, at 7 p.m. at the gymnasium Nolan Dominey is the Valedictorian of this year’s class. He is the son of Lloyd and Misty Dominey.

Fayette County native Joe Mikulik has spent the last 40 years working in professional baseball. Saturday at Kyle Field in College Station, he walked out in front of the biggest crowd of his career – 102,000 fans who came to watch his team, the Texas Tailgaters, face off against the Savannah Bananas. The Tailgaters won 4-3, and a lot of folks from Fayette County were there to see it.

The Mt. Calvary Mary Martha Guild will host its annual Mother’s Day Bake Sale in front of National Bank and Trust on the courthouse square on Friday, May 8 beginning at 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. or until sold out. Baked goods available will include cakes, pies, brownies, cookies, cupcakes, and other home baked items. Free will donations. Funds raised will be used by the Guild to support various local outreach projects. Be sure to come early and surprise mom with a treat.

In the aftermath of Saturday’s failed $90 million bond election, La Grange ISD wasted no time in dealing with one of the bond’s most pressing needs, and will pay for it with maintenance tax note funds.

DOPTABLE Noel and Freya turn heads as soon as you see them. Those coats are something special.

A recent conversation among women drifted into one of those dangerous and delightful “what if” discussions. What would the world look like fifty years from now if women ruled every country? Or even half of the world’s largest nations? Would negotiations look different? Would there be fewer wars and more peace treaties? Would prices be more stable? Would healthcare systems work better? Would men be running more households while women ran governments and corporations? And what about birth rates, already declining in many countries? Would they continue to fall, or would family structures simply evolve into something new? Would education shift its focus? Would there be less bullying on playgrounds and fewer adults behaving like children in political debates? The biggest question raised was this: why do so many men still struggle to trust women in leadership? Is it fear of change? Fear of losing power? Fear that women might expect the same obedience and submission that women themselves were expected to give for centuries? Why is it still so difficult to see roles as being about talent instead of gender? Cooking, for example, has never held much appeal for me, and frankly, I’m not very good at it.

Some staffing updates were announced at Monday night’s specially-called meeting of the La Grange School Board. New hires include: Dana Byler-3rd grade teacher, Amanda Gentry-special education/3rd grade teacher, and Ilse Salinas-2nd grade bilingual teacher.