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'68 regional champ Columbus football team celebrates at alumni gathering

My name is Lawanda “Wendy” Alley and I am currently running for Sheriff of Colorado County. You read that right, my legal first name is Lawanda, but most of you have known me as Wendy Alley my whole life. I would appreciate your support and vote in the upcoming Repub lican primary election on March 5, 2024.

UIL 2A DISTRICT 28 MEET SHINER – Here are the rssults from the UIL 2A Region 4, District 28 meet Oct. 9 at Green Dixon Park in Shiner.

LA GRANGE – After a last gasp for breath, St. Mark’s Hospital in La Grange will close its doors on Oct. 12. All hospital services and those services in the medical office building will be suspended at that time.

BELLVILLE – Austin County Tax Assessor and Election Official Kim Ring announced the winners of the first Future Voter and I Voted sticker contest.

EAGLE LAKE – The First National Bank of Eagle Lake has announced the promotion of Leslie Sedlock to the position of president.

BASTROP – Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative's Board of Directors unanimously voted to award $1,000 grants to all 63 fire departments that protect and serve communities in the cooperative's 14-county service area. These grants are in recognition of the outstanding job the departments have done this summer.

BELLVILLE – In an ongoing investigation and grand jury deliberation on Sept. 27, the Austin County Sheriff’s Office Jail Division has been given a no-bill on the death of Inmate Quincy Williams.

2023 Austin County Fair Queen and Court announced

Hit by a number of vehicle thefts for as many months, the Fayette County Sheriff's Office reported that there were stolen vehicles in the La Grange area Monday in the early hours of Oct. 2. A firearm was also stolen from a vehicle. The rash of vehicle thefts continues as the sheriff's office and local police departments grapple with these hit-and-run thefts.

Turtle Wing Foundations 12th year comes to a close. With the mission of "helping individuals with learning challenges in rural areas achieve their full potential by providing access to a shared network of emotional, educational, and therapeutic resources", the year has been one of true growth. From additional programs and providers, to serving more families, the foundation has worked every day to make sure that no family goes unassisted.

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Twenty-seven participants from Austin County received their free mammogram from “The Rose” due to the Friendto- Friend program conducted in August. Friend to Friend was sponsored by the Austin County Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Board and adapted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Exten sion Service as a best-practice program to encourage women to be screened on a yearly basis. The event was co-hosted with the assistance of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Our efforts continue to support the premise and importance of early detection which we know will ultimately make a difference that will save lives.

Fayette County 4-H mem bers competed in the Guadalupe County Livestock Judging Con- test on Saturday, Sept. 16. The Fayette County 4-H Junior Maroon Team was the Champion Junior Livestock Judging Team.

WEIMAR – If you hunt in Texas, you may be required to obtain an official hunter education certificate. Any person born after September 1, 1971, requires this certification card to hunt in Texas.

Kids explore plants

AUSTIN COUNTY AUSTIN COUNTY 4-H COUNCIL – Darcy Luedke, presi- dent; Taylor Eckelberg, first vice pres - ident; Levi Malinowski, second vict president; Rhett Fromme, third vice president; Sara Fromme, secretary; Katelyn Krenek, treasurer; Layne Malinowski reporter; Kash Krueger, parliamentarian; Kaesee Brune, health & safety.

BELLVILLE - Members of the Austin County Regional Spe - cial Response Team (SRT) exe cuted a search warrant and arrest warrant Sept. 27 at the Park Place Apartments, located at 20 South Mechanic St. in Bellville.

BASTROP – For the 11th consecutive year, Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative's buildings, vehicles and employees will be adorned in pink during October to raise awareness of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

RESS COLUMBUS – Local girls, the Solace sisters, must come to terms with their pasts with each other and themselves as they careen headlong into a series of murders in the small town of New Liberty. Alexa Solace, played by award-winning actress, producer, and writer, Marissa Falsone, is the left-behind younger sister who is a wild child and carries a grudge for being left behind by her older sister, Austin Police Detective Simone Solace, played by Kelly Dealyn. Dealyn brought home a Best Supporting Actress award at an indepen- dent Toronto film festival. Finding So - lace is an independent film set in a small town called New Liberty.