On Monday, March 14 members of the Pure Country 4-H Club traveled to the Houston Livestock Show to participate in a Livestock Judging event. Attending were Brylee Brugger, Haleigh Pizzatola and Rheagan Karisch. Rheagan Karisch (pictured) placed 16th high point Junior. This is one of the largest judging events and she competed against over 400 other students.

Feed the Need Feed the Need, a non-profit organization whose mission is to feed people physically and spiritually, will provide free burgers every Monday at 6:30 p.m. in La Grange at the southeast corner of the courthouse square.

Over 300 players and 50 volunteers are part of La Grange Little League program, and many of them came out Saturday morning for opening ceremonies at the fairgrounds softball fields. All the teams and coaches were introduced as the players processed onto the field. Then most of the teams held their first games throughout the rest of the day.

The City of Fayetteville lost water pressure Wednesday afternoon after a six-inch water line burst under SH 159. The incident happened around 1:50 p.m., according to Fayetteville Mayor Mike Stroup. Stroup said a fire hydrant was being tested when the pipe burst, but he was unsure whether that caused the line failure. Stroup said the City was hoping to restore water service by the end of the day on Wednesday. He said the City would be placed under a boil water notice that could last a few days. The incident happened at a most inopportune time. Stroup said the town’s lodging establishments were booked with shoppers for the Spring Antiques Show.

Highlights from Monday’s board meeting of the La Grange Independent School District: Board President Gary Drab reported that interviews for superintendent would begin on Tuesday, March 22. He told the other board members that they had received 72 applications for this position.

La Grange Police still don’t know who threatened the high school on social media two weeks ago. The school announced the threat on Wednesday, March 9 after someone posted a message about shooting or bombing the school on the social media platform Snapchat.

Paul Mikula, Store Leader at the La Grange HEB, celebrated his final day of work at the store Tuesday, March 22, capping off a 25-year career there. Co-workers celebrated Mikula with a barbeque and fried chicken lunch, cake, confetti, and they also covered him with silly string.

The City of La Grange, the La Grange Police Department and the La Grange Citizens Police Academy are pleased to announce that, in conjunction with the Spring Clean Up, the city will host a “Secure Document Shred Day” on Saturday, April 23.

The Fayette County Firefighter’s Association reports the following calls for the week of March 6-12: Structure Fires - 3 Grass Fires - 3 Electrical Fire - 1 Illegal Burning - 2 Accident - 1 Fire Alarm - 1 Vehicle Fire - 1.

Fayette County Commissioners decided at a special meeting last week to extend the burn ban, which has been in place for more than a month, over concerns about all the tall winter-dormant grass still standing across much of the County.