The La Grange ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to select Matthew “Andy” McHazlett as the sole finalist for the school’s superintendent position at a special meeting Monday night, April 4.

Fayette County Commissioners Court extended the ban on outdoor burning for at least another week during a special meeting on Wednesday, April 6. The ban has been in place since Feb.

A house fire in Ledbetter Saturday on FM 1291 completely destroyed the structure. The Ledbetter and Carmine volunteer fire departments as well as Fayette County Sheriff’s Department, Fayette County EMS, Pct. 1 Constable and the Fayette County Office of Emergency Management all responded to the scene. Photo by Craig Moreau

The La Grange Citizens Alliance hosted a city council candidate forum at the Fayette County Ag Building in La Grange on Monday, April 5. The City Council election takes place on Saturday, May 7. Incumbent Kathy Weishuhn faces Sandy Hooper in the Ward 1 race. Incumbent Violet “Patsy” Zbranek faces Ken Taylor in the Ward 2 race. Chris Jernigan faces Arthur Bosque in a special Ward 4 election for a one-year term. Jernigan holds one of the Ward 4 seats by appointment. Watch a video of the forum on our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/giWEobyJxkY or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/fcr.news/videos/2180533168788911. Pictured (from left) are Bosque, Hooper, Jernigan, Taylor, Weishuhn and Zbranek. Look for a story on the forum in Tuesday’s paper. Photo by Andy Behlen

As the man lying in the center of the roadway regained his pulse and took a breath, Avery Diggs had a moment of clarity as she stopped her compressions: the CPR she learned had saved his life, and she had found her calling.

La Grange ISD Superintendent Bill Wagner reported on Monday, April 4, that an individual at La Grange Elementary School has been diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB). Wagner said the individual is receiving treatment.

The N.W. Faison House, located at 822 S. Jefferson St. (Hwy. 77) across from the Fayette Public Library in La Grange, is an important Fayette County cultural site, with a unique legacy dating from the mid-nineteenth century. The future of this privately-owned landmark, on the National Register of Historic Places at the state level of recognition for its social history, needs to be assured.