On the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 8, the annual commemoration of departed members of the Knights of Columbus, Chromcik Council No. 2574 of La Grange, Hostyn, and Plum, along with the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Annunciation No. 1962 of La Grange and Plum, and Court Queen of the Holy Rosary No. 2282 of Hostyn took place at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Plum.

In all the years St. Mark’s Medical Center has held its Thanksgiving basket drive, it has never had a response like this.

La Grange Police arrested two men from Round Rock for a new type of fuel-stealing scam. Oscar Lewis Jimenez-Garcia, 34, and David Sanchez Rojas, 33, were arrested last week for organized retail theft, a state jail felony.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has decided to establish a sergeant’s headquarters in Fayette County, according to Fayette County Judge Joe Weber. “DPS has officially notified us that they are moving a sergeant’s headquarters here,” Weber said at a special Commissioners Court meeting last Thursday.

Freyburg’s Finest, a chili cook-off team based in Fayette County, won first place in small show at the 2022 CASI – Chili Appreciation Society International – Terlingua International Chili Championship on November 5. Team Captain Nicole Gabler and Head Cook Kathleen Williamson are from Schulenburg. The team’s display featured brightly colored skulls and an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos. Big draws for spectators included the team’s 12-foot-tall skeleton and cactus hula hoop game.

A local man died in a twovehicle wreck on State Hwy. 159 in Rutersville Saturday evening, Nov.

The Hospice Brazos Valley Christmas Arts and Craft Market which has been such a positive way to promote hospice as well as the wonderful homemade gifts that many local artists produce has been cancelled. There appears to be too much competition for those artists with all the craft markets this time of the year. We appreciate the vendors and those who came and shopped to make the market a success in previous years and wish them success in the future.

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In preparation for the 2022 General Election, the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Texas completed its ninth review of county election websites. The Fayette County Elections Office was named among 35 counties the LWV rated as “outstanding.”

The La Grange ISD Board of Trustees held their monhtly meeting Monday. Here’s a roundup: Administrative Reports Superintendent Andy McHazlett reported that the current enrollment is 1,876 which is up 13-14 students from last year at this time.