C A dental clinic with free dental screening and fluoride varnish will be held at the Round Top-Carmine Elementary School in Round Top on Aug. 2 from 1-4 p.m.

Part I of II Footprints Of Fayette Fayette County is one of the most historic counties in Texas. In this weekly feature from the County Historical Commission, a rotating group of writers looks back at local history.

The next Neighbors Night Out will be on Aug. 16 at 6:30 p.m.

The 2023 Schulenburg Festival takes place this weekend, Aug. 3-6.

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The Carmine Chamber sponsored two ribbon cuttings with Grand Openings in Carmine on Hwy. 290 recently.

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By ANDY BEHLEN The Fayette County Record A reader wrote to me this week about their okra plants. “My okra has gotten so tall that it is now top-heavy, bending and falling over,” he said.

Brian Burton needed a coat, a tie and a white shirt. There was a wedding on the horizon and his normal attire (shorts, fishing shirt, etc.) wasn’t going to do.

Former USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) employee Glen Minzenmeyer was recently selected as the recipient of the 2022 Hugh Hammond Bennett Regional Conservation Planner of the Year Award by the National Association of Conservation District’s National Conservation Planning Partnership. Minzenmeyer worked for more than 37 years as a civil engineering technician in the La Grange, Texas, office before retiring in July 2022.