Mary Quiros has an exhibit of new work opening this Saturday, Oct. 23, from 3 to 6 p.m., at the Red & White Gallery in Fayetteville.

VFW Meeting The VFW No. 5254 will meet on Tuesday, Oct.

Investigators from the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office and Fayette County Sheriff’s Office shut down two illegal game rooms last week. They arrested three people from Smithville and La Grange on charges related to illegal gambling.

La Grange mayor Jan Dockery made quite an entrance as she rode on the hood of a vehicle and throwing out candy during the Lickskillet parade in Fayetteville Sunday. Photo by Jeff Wick.

The topic of removing certain books from the elementary library took center stage at Monday’s LGISD school board meeting. The beginning of every meeting is devoted to public comment and during that time La Grange’s Sarah Kellen, a mother of four, spoke.

An unusually large crowd showed up to a meeting of the Schulenburg Board of Zoning Adjustments on Monday to support a local family who lost their home to a fire two months ago. Fernando and Marcy Juarez woke up to flames inside their home during the early morning hours of Tuesday, Aug.

A man died in an accident at a gravel pit on Seydlar Road in southeast Fayette County in the Holman area on Wednesday morning, Oct. 20.

The more than eight inches of rain that fell in La Grange last Thursday morning amounted to a 200-year flood event, according to La Grange City Manager Shawn Raborn. Raborn said floodwaters entered several homes around town.

In La Grange the senior class rides on an 18-wheeler trailer at the local parade. In Fayetteville, a much smaller school, a four-wheeler will do. Here is the Fayetteville senior class float from Sunday’s Lickskillet parade. Photo by Jeff Wick

On Sept. 24 & 25 Seven Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 870 were treated to a fantastic trip to Washington D. C. by Honor Flight Austin. After an overnight stay at the Pentagon Sheraton a group of 49 veterans visited the World War II Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Korean Memorial, Vietnam Veteran Wall, Naval Memorial, Air Force Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery including the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers, and changing of he guard and the Ima Jima (Marine) Memorial. A trip of a lifetime that should be every Veterans Bucket List. Attending were Andy Janda, Don Christen, Louis Estrada, Buddy Hudec, Elmer Michna, Frank White and Daniel Kutac all of VVA Chapter 870.