The Fayette County Czech Heritage Society gathered Sunday, Feb. 15, at Hanslik Hall at the Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center (TCHCC) for its annual Soup Social and February meeting. Attendees enjoyed a variety of homemade soups, sandwiches, and desserts.

Fayette County 4-H members competed in the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo Food Challenge Contest on Thursday, Feb. 12.

Cordale Knapik of La Grange has been named to the University of Arkansas Dean’s List for the 2025 Fall Semester. Knapik joins a distinguished group of students recognized for outstanding academic achievement by earning a grade-point average of 3.75-3.99 during the semester while completing at least 12 credit hours required for graduation.

America is celebrating 250 years as a country in 2026, and many exciting events are planned to mark this anniversary across our nation, and in Fayette County. Recently, a play commissioned by the Smith-McMillan Chapter, Daughters of the Revolution entitled “Rhapsody of Freedom,” was performed for students in grades 7-12 at LGISD and the public during three performances that took place on Feb.

The Holy Smokers of St. James Saturday cook benefitted The Turtle Wing Foundation.

The American Legion Quade-Werchan Post No. 338 and Ladies Auxiliary participated in the Round Top-Carmine Education Foundation ‘Small Town, Big Hearts Fundraiser’ held on Feb.7. During the event the post presented a check to the foundation in the amount of $1,000, In addition to the post’s financial contributions four members of the legion gave individual donations to the foundation.

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This is a reminder that the Texas Women’s League (TWL) will have their annual charity gala on March 7. This provides financial assistance to Fayette County charities. A large part of the donations come from the silent auction. There will be a wide selection of beautiful and useful items. One items is this large original painting of Sunflowers. This painting has a 3-D effect so these gorgeous flowers appear to jump off the canvas, which was painted by artist Norma Chesnutt Bowman of La Grange.

Fayette County received some much needed rainfall over the weekend. About eighttenths of an inch fell in the La Grange area.

The Record recently traveled to the prestigious Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction, but the trip wasn’t just about the high-octane excitement of the auction block. It served as the unofficial launchpad for a mission to transform the lives of Fayette County youth through the newly formed Tach-Tech³ Foundation.