La Grange City Manager Fred Bell reported at last Monday’s City Council meeting that he has been meeting with department heads to formulate next year’s budget. The City hired Bell earlier this year to replace former City Manager Shawn Raborn, who retired last year. Bell praised the City’s history of financial stability. He said the City’s sponsorship of the Munigas Corporation many years ago has helped to keep the City on a sound financial footing.

La Grange City Council voted unanimously last Monday to appoint Bryan Kerr to the vacant Council seat representing Ward 4. Kerr has lived in La Grange for the past eight years.

Waste Management wants to raise garbage rates for La Grange residents by 10 percent. The company’s contract with the City, which expires in 2026, allows Waste Management to raise rates by no more than five percent annually.

Cellist Andres Avila grew up surrounded by music. His father studied musicology and played a traditional Venezuelan instrument named the cuatro, and his brother was a double bass player who moved to the United States to continue his music studies.

Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 28, the Fayette County Narcotics unit received information about a wanted subject with an active federal arrest warrant staying in the La Grange area. The information received indicated that the subject was known to be armed and dangerous. The narcotics unit located the subject staying at the Carter Motel.

The City of Carmine will construct a new concrete plaza and renovate the flood-damaged pavilion at Muehlbrad-Albers City Park, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative.

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Seventeen teens and six adult chaperones from the Hostyn and Plum Catholic churches attended the Catholic Heart Work Camp service week in Morganton, North Carolina June 11-17. The group included the priest of both parishes, Father Felix Twumasi. Above is the group after landing at the Charlotte airport. Below are some images of the work the locals did during the week, including painting, cleaning tombstones and removing mold. The kids spent the week staying at the North Carolina School for the Deaf campus in Morganton, where they also attended daily morning Mass and evening worship programs. About 150 people from around the country were part of the work camp. They worked at needed areas throughout the community every morning and afternoon – at homes of the elderly and disabled, churches and outreach centers.

Summer is synonymous with barbecues, parades and fireworks – and with the Fourth of July just around the corner, it’s a good time to check out some fireworks safety tips. “Fayette County has an amazing schedule of events for the Fourth.

La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath warns local merchants to watch for fake currency that’s been circulating around town. Gilbreath said officers took several calls from local businesses that were paid in fake $20 and $100 bills.