The single most effective thing to prevent injuries and death in a car crash is to wear your seat belt. While most drivers and passengers are wearing their seat belts in the front seat, for some reason, many adults riding in the back seat do not feel they need to buckle their seat belt. A study from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) finds that to be very far from true. Unbelted rear passengers can become human projectiles – injuring themselves and the other passengers, even those wearing seatbelts.

La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reports on the following incidents his department responded to during the week of May 1-8. Family Violence On May 6, Maxwell was dispatched to the 100 block of Connie St.

The long-serving Executive Director of the Flatonia Chamber of Commerce, Beverly Ponder, retired at the end of 2021. Since then, the Chamber has been directed by Emily Garza, who has done an excellent job, overseeing the annual banquet and a very successful CrawFest.