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Brahmanettes improves to .500 record in second year of Dewitz era

Brahmanettes improves to .500 record in second year of Dewitz era

Bellville girl’s basketball made progress in the ’24 season as they posted a near .500 overall record for the year. Second-year head coach Mike Dewitz knows basketball like the back of his hand with plenty of experience, as basketball runs in his family with his dad being selected 19th overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 1958 NBA Draft. Dewitz has also worked plenty of camps at the high school and college level. 02/14/2024 23:00

ARTS unleashes Riot of Color

ARTS unleashes Riot of Color

FAYETTEVILLE - Arts for Rural Texas (ARTS) presents A Riot of Color: Embracing Expressive Chaos, featuring the bold and brilliantly charged works of Jeremy Serna. Serna, recognized for his mastery in transforming canvas into worlds of color, form, and life, brings a unique perspective to the world of im pressionist art. 02/14/2024 23:00

Tony Tsounakas recognized for service dedication

Tony Tsounakas recognized for service dedication

Tony Tsounakas recognized for service dedication 02/14/2024 23:00

Madelyn Rerich

Madelyn Rerich 02/14/2024 23:00

Howdy! Go Texan style

Howdy! Go Texan style

COLUMBUS - The Colorado County Go Texan Valentine's Dinner and Dance was held on Feb. 9 at the Colorado County Fairgrounds Hall in Columbus. 02/14/2024 23:00

FC Country Music Club Opry celebrates 23rd anniversary

FC Country Music Club Opry celebrates 23rd anniversary

LA GRANGE - Derek Spence will headline this month's 23rd anniversa - 02/14/2024 23:00

Fayette County EMS leads charge on Trauma-Informed Care

Fayette County EMS leads charge on Trauma-Informed Care

LA GRANGE – Fayette County EMS is at the forefront of redefining how first responders implement trauma-informed care for their personnel in Fayette County. 02/14/2024 23:00

Changes to election law require new disclosures in judicial races Texans Against Lawsuit Abuse encourages parties, candidates to make new disclosures available to voters online

Changes to election law require new disclosures in judicial races Texans Against Lawsuit Abuse encourages parties, candidates to make new disclosures available to voters online

02/14/2024 23:00

UIL makes moves for this year’s realignment

UIL makes moves for this year’s realignment

This was the year for the UIL Realignment, where they decide which schools should be in each district and region. 02/14/2024 23:00

Slam the Scam program assists the vulnerable

Slam the Scam program assists the vulnerable

Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek and other agencies are raising awareness about scams that prey on the vulnerable. Along with the Social Security Administration and the Office of the Inspector General, as part of National Consumer Protection Week, agencies are letting people know that scams are becoming even more sophisticated and believable. 02/14/2024 23:00

Green Door Fund launches March Matching Program to empower rural students

Green Door Fund launches March Matching Program to empower rural students

The Green Door Fund for Workforce Development and Education, an internal program of the Fayette Community Foundation, is committed to providing job awareness, training, and career opportunities to local students and young adults in Fayette County and the surrounding rural region. Emphasizing alternatives to traditional college education, the fund aims to support local students who represent the overlooked and underserved 38% of high school graduates in the U.S. who do not pursue college, along with the 16% who do not graduate high school. Led by an Advisory Council comprised of noted and trusted members of our community, The Green Door Fund is working towards enhancing the quality of life for all members of our rural region by helping our youth find mean ingful employment and our busi- nesses find the staff they need to operate successfully. 02/14/2024 23:00

Rice boy’s basketball still rolling

Rice boy’s basketball still rolling

The Rice High School boy’s basketball team has kept their great season going with tons of athletes and great coaching. Head coach John Hunter knows basketball and knows how to get the most out of his players. It also helps that the majority of his team is made up of skilled players with top-notch athleticism. 02/14/2024 23:00

Bellville Lions Club sets fundraiser

Bellville Lions Club sets fundraiser

BELLVILLE – The Bellville Lions Club will be hosting a fundraiser with the theme of Six Flags over Texas. With this event comes a worthy outcome as it benefits its local charitable giving. The Bellville Lions Club gives to charities in a big way. 02/14/2024 23:00

Fayette Community Foundation Now Accepting Scholarship Applications

Fayette Community Foundation Now Accepting Scholarship Applications

LA GRANGE – The Fayette Community Foundation (FCF) is now accepting applications for their 2024-2025 scholarship awards. 02/14/2024 23:00

Prosperity Bank-Mortgages With Lindsey to cut ribbon

Prosperity Bank-Mortgages With Lindsey to cut ribbon

COLUMBUS – The Columbus Chamber of Commerce invites everyone to a ribbon cutting for Prosperity Bank – Mortgages with Lindsey in front of the Stafford Opera House at 425 Spring St. in Columbus. 02/14/2024 23:00

Drug enforcement operation nets three

Drug enforcement operation nets three

EAGE LAKE – Members of the Austin County Regional Special Response Team and the Texas Department of Public Safety Special Response Team executed arrest and search warrants on two residences located in the 200 block of Allen Street and 500 block of East Union Street in Eagle Lake on Feb. 1 at approximately 5 a.m. 02/07/2024 23:00

The Get-Away

Sometimes we just need to get away–change the routine, walk new trails, see new views, hear new discourse, and just listen. That is exactly what the Columbus Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors did last week as they traveled to Stoney Creek Ranch out 109 and Zimmerscheidt roads for a day-long board retreat and training. 02/07/2024 23:00

“A Piece of Cake”

“A Piece of Cake”

My husband, Peter, and I landed in Mexico again, and we did what we have done in the past. We bought an enormous cake. It's nice to have a cake in the house. I have discovered it is not necessarily a good idea to eat cake every day, as it eventually makes my clothes too small. But I do like cake, and I especially like Mexican cake, and more than anything, I like giving cake away. 02/07/2024 23:00

Mau has outstanding week in Cowtown

Mau has outstanding week in Cowtown

FORT WORTH – Cooper Mau, a senior from Fayetteville ISD and president of the Fayette County 4-H, had an outstanding week at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. He won a $16,000 scholarship by emerging victorious in the Beef Heifer Superintendent Chal lenge. 02/07/2024 23:00

Texas Maps donated to local libraries for educational and historical aspects

Texas Maps donated to local libraries for educational and historical aspects

Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) local chapter President Kathleen Townzen, found a colorful resource map of Texas, depicting historical, geologic, and cultural aspects throughout the state. 02/07/2024 23:00

Barricaded and armed suspect ends without injuries

Barricaded and armed suspect ends without injuries

BELLVILLE - During the early morning hours of Feb. 3, deputies with the Austin County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) responded to the report of a disturbance in the 2000 block of Witte Road in Bellville. The caller advised ACSO dispatch that a male subject was armed and discharging a firearm inside the home. 02/07/2024 23:00