Despite recent winter freezes across the region, the Fayette and Colorado Counties Local Food Survey is gaining strong community participation. Organizers report that more than 150 residents and food producers have already completed the survey, with new responses arriving daily. Community leaders are now encouraging additional households to participate before the March 15 deadline.

At last Monday’s meeting the La Grange City Council considered a request from staff to apply for a community grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority for improvements at Hope Hill Park. The grant provides up to $100,000 with a required 20 percent match, if awarded.

Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that on the morning of Friday, Feb. 13 the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics unit, along with Deputies and the La Grange Police Department, executed a search warrant for a residence on North Jackson in La Grange. A resident, Justin Grant, age 20 of La Grange, was arrested for the offense of possession of a controlled substance PG2. Grant was transported and booked into the Dan R. Beck Justice Center.

State Rep. Stan Kitzman and his opponent in the State House District 85 race, Dennis Geesaman, disagree on a lot of topics. But one issue they both support is Governor Greg Abbott’s plan to eliminate a huge chunk of school property taxes.

Sheriff Keith Korenek reports activities of Fayette County Sheriff Deputies for the month of January 2026. Sergeant Ron Naumann responded to an ATV accident near Fayetteville.

W “Migrations,” a novel by Charlotte McConaghy is the book that has been selected for the February meeting of the Winchester Round Table Book Club. It is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb.

Josephine White passed away on Feb. 8, 2026 at the age of 105. She was much loved and respected by her fellow Historical Commission members who have chosen to honor her memory using her own written words from 2014, when Jo reminisced about her experiences on the homefront in the decade that included World War II. She had arrived in SanAntonio in July 1938 as a young high school graduate from Beeville: “It was also an exciting place for a young lady to live in those pre-WWII days. There was no shortage of young men. The United States was already gearing up for war. Randolph Field, just north of San Antonio was the airbase in which future pilots were being trained for the Army Air Force. Young men took their basic training there. They were called Cadets. They were college trained and single. Their training took several months and if they didn’t ‘wash-out’ they got their Wings, became Second Lieutenants… those who became Army officers were transferred elsewhere for advanced training.

Feb. 17-20, 1976 Fayette County agriculture was gripped by the worst winter drought in many years.

In the first of what will be a year’s worth of local events celebrating the 250th anniversary of America, the La Grange High School Drama Club along with playwright/actress Mary Margaret Mann performed “Rhapsody of Freedom” a look back at LaFayette’s role in American Independence. Fayette County is named after LaFayette and La Grange is named after LaFayette’s French castle Chateau de la Grange. Performances were held for the high school and middle school student bodies Wednesday with a public performance planned for Thursday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. The local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution commissioned the event.