The Fayette County Attorney’s Office returned $6,725 that was seized from a man during a 2018 arrest for misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Schulenburg Police arrested the defendant on July 31, 2018, for misdemeanor possession of between two and four ounces of marijuana.

The Round Top-Warrenton Antiques Fair is currently in full swing, and the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office wished to remind the public of Texas laws regarding golf carts and UTV’s. Visitors to the Antiques Fair should be aware of the following: • Texas law does not permit the use of golf carts and UTV’s at this event.

Fayette County will hold a public meeting on Monday, October 24, 2022 to gather public input for updating their Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Plan includes Fayette County, City of Fayetteville, City of Carmine, City of Round Top, City of La Grange, City of Schulenburg, City of Flatonia, City of Ellinger, La Grange ISD, Fayetteville ISD, Flatonia ISD, Round Top ISD, Carmine ISD, Schulenburg ISD. This meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the EMS Station- 1721 N Von Minden Rd. La Grange.

In case you haven’t seen the ad, the Fayette County Record will hold it’s 101st Anniversary Party on Friday, Nov. 4, and you’re all invited. I’m supposed to smoke a brisket for the occasion. So I put in a little practice last weekend. I’ve had the fortune (although I’m not sure whether it’s good or bad) to temporarily inherit a Traeger pellet grill from a fellow who doesn’t have space for it right now. I’ve been putting it to good use. It feels kind of weird plugging a barbecue pit into an extension cord, especially when there are at least a dozen dead post oaks on our place. It also feels weird dumping a $14 sack of pelleted sawdust into a hopper, and then listening to an electric motor hum for a few hours while your meat smokes. I’m not sure that I would actually buy one of these contraptions. But whatever, it’s easy, and it’s on my porch. It’s pretty easy to cook delicious brisket on a pellet grill. It won’t have the deep, deep smoky flavor you can get from a traditional offset smoker. But it’s pretty dang good. The pellet grill takes heat and smoke management completely out of the equation. It does that for you. You can concentrate on the other elements of a good brisket - seasoning, internal temperature and trim. If you have a Traeger or some other pellet grill, don’t be scared to smoke a brisket. You can do it. Just give it plenty of seasoning and smoke it at 275 degrees until it gets to an internal temperature of 203 degrees or thereabouts. How long will it take? That depends on how big of a brisket you’re smoking. It could be eight hours. It could be 12 or 14 hours. I’m not really here to talk about brisket, though. I wanted to talk to y’all about beef tallow. I like to call it meat butter. Mmmmmmmm. Meat butter.

Read about our Athletes of the Week in every Friday edition and then watch their interviews on the FCR’s Facebook page. Recent Players of the Week: Sept.

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