Back-to-School Festival Saturday Join Tejas Healthcare for their annual Back-to-School Festival on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. at 753 E. Travis St. in La Grange. Enjoy a free morning of fun, food, and back-to-school excitement: free backpacks (while supplies last), free school supplies, free food and fun for the whole family.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says an “active criminal investigation” remains open in the case involving Travis Hill. Hill was the Lavaca County Pct.

Everyone escaped serious injury in a rollover crash on S. Washington St.

About 80 people packed the La Grange City Council Chamber on Tuesday evening to hear a presentation about the $1 million downtown revitalization grant that the city is pursuing. The project, which is being handled by the La Grange Main Street department, has attracted a lot of attention, especially from county government officials and property owners around the Courthouse square.

The Girl Scouts of Fayette County have been stationed in the little green hut on the corner of Milam and Vail for the last 80 years, but now the local scouts have less than 30 days to gather their things and vacate the property so it can be put up for sale.

The Record traveled in Europe in June and July with Rebecca Hegar, granddaughter Emmy, and daughter Anna Hegar. They visited the home near Karlovice, Czech Republic, where Rebecca’s grandfather, Frantisek Bolf, was born in the 1880s.

The Solar Car Challenge is a cross-country national event in which high school students design, build, and race solar-powered roadworthy solar cars. The Solar Car Foundation has been named one of the most inspirational S.T.E.M. initiatives in the country. It is one of America’s top 10 most innovative and inspirational education programs for students interested in science and engineering. It also serves to increase alternative energy awareness.

Schulenburg Police Chief Troy Brenek reports on the following incidents his department responded to during the week of July 19-25. Animal Complaint On July 19, Officer Hailee Ellis responded to the 1800 block of Klesel Road regarding baby kittens needing to be picked up and taken to the shelter in La Grange.

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My wife Janessa told me she and some co-workers have been talking lately about “summer garden depression.” I don’t think this particular malady is listed in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, but perhaps it should be included in the next revision. Symptoms begin with higher water bills.