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Winchester Residents Asked To Register Locks with VFD

If you have a combination lock of any type on the entrance to property or a residence, you should register that combination with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, that will insure that if first responders need to enter your property for an emergency, the Sheriff can communicate that combination, enabling the first responders an easy and speedy entrance. Also, please call the Sheriff’s Office…

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Remnant Church Graduates Honored

On Sunday, May 17, eight seniors from The Remnant Church in La Grange were recognized and honored. Pastors Kolbe and Rachel Hill led a prayer over them, with the entire church in agreement. They also received a Message translation of the Bible. They are Ally Galipp, Adrianne Carvin, Paige Highberg, Jasmine Gonzalez, Ethan Hill, Frank Haynie, Marcus Darden and Krissy Henderson.

REMENBER WHEN?

May 22-29, 1970

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Crossbow Standoff, Gas Station Fight Highlight Wild Week for Local Officers

The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office dealt with a bunch of strange things last week, even besides the suicide attempt at the jail (that’s detailed in the story on the right).

Bars Reopen and Things Get Weird

Friday was the first day since two months ago that bars could open in Texas, albeit at 25% capacity. Tofel’s Place in Ammannsville hasn’t officially opened its doors just yet, but a few regulars with iceddown coolers gathered on the pecan-shaded concrete slab next door that afternoon. Store owner George Tofel (right) was there, along with a fellow from Florida (left) who drove up in a Porsche. He…

Fayette County Jail Staffers Save Life of Suicidal Prisoner

An inmate at the Fayette County Jail tried to hang himself last Sunday morning, May 17.

LCRA, City of LG Award $8,300 to Quilt Museum

An $8,300 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and the City of La Grange will help the Texas Quilt Museum replace deteriorating signage throughout its 19th-century period garden on the square in downtown La Grange.

No Greater Love: The Importance of Memorial Day

The COVID-19 virus may have derailed many public Memorial Day observances in Fayette County this year, yet John F. Kennedy’s words in his 1961 inaugural address still ring loud and true. Photos from a Memorial Day ceremony in La Grange hosted by Koenig-Belvill Funeral Home in 2016 remind us that our commitment to honoring those who died in the service of this country remains steadfast.

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Questions Posed to City Ignored

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Do You Feel Safe?

Our county’s largest town has fewer than 5,000 residents. Many of us live on rural properties that give us a nice daily walk to the mailbox. Small wonder that, at the time of this writing, Fayette County had only 30 cases of COVID-19, with two deaths.