For the second consecutive Friday, Lower Colorado River Authority employees spread out across Texas to tackle community improvement projects during LCRA’s annual Steps Forward Day Now in its 11th year, the volunteer initiative brought teams to parks, trails and public spaces throughout the LCRA service area, painting fences, planting gardens, clearing brush and refreshing playgrounds.

The Ellinger Chamber of Commerce Bingo Scheduled for Sunday, May 3 has been cancelled. The next Bingo event will be held Sunday, June 14.

AMEN Food Pantry recently received a generous donation of 100 reusable bags from the La Grange H-E-B, as part of AMEN’s ongoing commitment of not using harmful single use plastic bags to more sustainable reusable bags for clients’ food selections. This change has significantly reduced waste by 20,000 single use bags not being sent to any landfill. This is an assurance that our area will remain an environmentally friendly place for local citizens to call home.

Five students from the Hostyn and Plum Catholic Churches received their first communion Saturday in Plum. Front row: Winnie Schielack, Landon Muzny, Zander Ahlschlager, Sutton Mozisek, Mylynn Dippel; Back row, teachers: Monica Muras, Reverend Paul Appuah-Otchere, Brianne Bernsen.

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Peter and Skip Farrow of Fayetteville recently went on quite an adventure: After a stop over in Istanbul, Peter and Skip Farrow’s tour proper started in Ashgabat, a very clean, modern city in Turkmenistan. Many of the buildings there are white marble and cars are required to be white as well.

All A Honor Roll 1st Grade Landri Chapman Leo Gloyd McQuade Emery Vincent 2nd Grade Rockie Buckner Ava Kelley Jennyfer Lopez Sawyer Marburger Andrew Sanders Steeley Schatte Lilianna Wantland 3rd Grade Ryelan Chapman Luke Kelley Marie LeBouef Madison Mires Libby Robertson Ayven Salazar Collyns Schatte Kynlee Stewart Brooks Zoch 4th Grade Kellen Bishop Ofelia Massey Dudley Morales Isabella Morales 5th Grade Bailey Brown Ellen Martinez Carter Matejcek Kyle Sanders 6th Grade Emery Fricke Kannon Jacob Gael Mendoza Talon Weinert Bowen Williams Sarah Williams All A’s & 1B 1st Grade Adalynn Lyons Scarlett Mires Hutch Wischnewsky 2nd Grade Zachary Avant Clara Burkham 3rd Grade Kyler Jacob Jax Kuecker Finley Martin Natasha Martinez Evelyn McCullough 4th Grade Holly Avant Bayln Komar Oliver Shrum-Boling 5th Grade Cheyenne Jones.

The Round Top-Warrenton Volunteer Fire Dept. has launched their annual fundraiser. The fundraiser this year will consist of obtaining community support through raffle sales and free will donations. The funding received allows the fire department to continue to serve our community.

The fight over a battery electric storage system (BESS) in Warda could be headed back to district court in Fayette County. A group of landowners near property owned by the McBroom family in Warda sued the McBrooms last February to stop the development of a BESS facility on their property.

Interest is high for La Grange ISD’s $90 Million Bond Election. On the first day of early voting Monday 179 folks cast ballots in the election.