A strong storm blew through Fayette County Monday, dropping more than three inches of rain in some areas, while leaving some northern parts of Fayette with just a few tenths of an inch. There was also hail reported in several areas. According to the LCRA weather station above La Grange, 1.7 inches fell in a three hour span Monday morning. While no more rain in forecast for this week, it’s going to turn bitterly cold as winds as high as 40 miles per hour blow through Thursday afternoon with Thursday night lows in the teens. It will barely climb above freezing until Saturday afternoon.

Sometimes a guy just has to have a cowhide. Ryan McCourt was that way when he arrived at Second Chance Emporium recently. And he left satisfied, finding a quite large hide hanging on the racks just inside the entrance to the non-profit second-hand store.

The City of La Grange carved seven empty lots out of the Hope Hill Subdivision to expand the future Hope Hill Park. After Samaritan’s Purse built 20 homes and completed the neighborhood infrastructure in 2020, they donated the remaining undeveloped lots to the City of La Grange for future residential development.

Sacred Heart Catholic School sixth grade students (above) sang Christmas songs and presented the residents of Jefferson Place assistant living facility in La Grange with stockings full of goodies (right) from all the students at Sacred Heart.

Nobody’s sure quite why, but Fayette County’s economy not only is outpacing its neighbors, but its “rural” areas seem to be outpacing its towns. For the first time ever, Fayette County got more than $3 million in 2022 from sales tax revenue.

The Fayette County Record will publish the Friday edition as normal this week, but we will not publish an issue Tuesday Dec. 27 (we always skip an issue close to Christmas). Our offices will be closed Friday, Dec. 23 and Monday, Dec. 26. Merry Christmas! We will also close at noon Friday Dec. 30.