Barton Family Hits Half Century of Ownership of The Record in 2026 In 2026 The Fayette County Record will have been owned by the Barton Family for 50 years, nearly half of the life of the newspaper, which has been continuously printed for 104 years. To get a jump on the celebration, the staff of the newspaper held an in-house food drive to benefit the AMEN Food Pantry.

Max Gerall, Founder, and Lewis May, Chairman of the Board, for the REACH project spoke recently at a La Grange Noon Lions Club December meeting. Lewis is a graduate of LSU, and has designed and planned large resorts, corporate headquarters, and even entire cities all over the world as a landscape architects and planner.

The John Everett Chapter DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) and Robert Rankin SAR (Sons of the American Revolution) recently recognized Dale and Doreen Alexander for their many American flag displays around Columbus.

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This year’s American Jiggle Machine sole award goes to the Ezvalo white noise machine made in China. First, some background.

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The Central Texas Mobile Food Pantry will be at the Waldeck Lutheran Church from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.