Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is partnering with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) through the statewide Drive Sober. No Regrets. impaired driving campaign. AgriLife Extension and TxDOT remind drivers when celebrating the Labor Day holiday to always plan for a sober ride home before they start drinking. Even one life lost is too many.

La Grange Police responded to a disturbance at a meeting of the Fayette County Republican Women last Thursday night, Aug. 19. The group was holding a meeting at the La Grange City Hall Council Chambers that night. Police Chief David Gilbreath said attendees reported that a man walked in and disturbed the meeting. Police Officer Justin Koehne responded, but the man had already left.

The La Grange City Council and the La Grange Springs development agreed to share the cost of a project to bring water to the future apartment complex on the north side of town. The La Grange City Council met in a closed executive session Monday night, Aug.

La Grange police officer Mitchell Maxwell, right, was recently presented a plaque by Police Chief David Gilbreath, left, honoring Maxwell as the Officer of the Quarter. In part, the plaque reads, “Congratulations on being recognized by your supervisors in the dedicated performance to the citizens of La Grange and the La Grange Police Department.” Photo by Jeff Wick

According to the Texas Department of State Health Services there are currently 170 active cases of coronavirus in Fayette County and 74 people have died of the disease since the start of the pandemic.

In Tuesday’s edition we misspelled the name of Fayetteville cross county star runner Cole Fenhaus, who was the Lions top finisher at their recent meet..

La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reports on the following incidents his department responded to during the week of Aug. 15-22.

The Lutheran World Relief Stamporee Chairman, Sara Frank, made a presentation to the Holy Cross Ladies Aid Sewing Circle on Thursday, Aug. 19. Mrs. Frank emphasized that the goal of collecting cancelled stamps is to support Lutheran World Relief’s Project Comfort, which provides funding for the shipping of quilts, kits and clothing to those in need around the world in conjunction with the Texas District LWML Vice-President for Human Care.

Online Auction The Round Top-Carmine The Round Top-Carmine ISD Education Foundation Top 10 Back to School Online Auction runs through Saturday, Aug. 28 ending at 9 p.m.

This month the Census Bureau has started releasing some of the mountain of data it collected last year. One surprise is that Fayette County actually lost population over the past 10 years.