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LA GRANGE – The Fayette County Commissioner’s Court held its regularly scheduled meet- ing on June 22. The agenda includ ed:

Snakes Alive!

COLUMBUS - The Colum bus Fire Department had Lady Luck on its side on June 27. The whole fire station could have

Wanted fugitive Jerome An-

LA GRANGE – La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reported that thieves driving a black F-350 and a white F-250 stole a 2019 Bobcat skid steer and a 2018 Big Tex dump trailer from the LG-RV Resort in La Grange on June 21 around 11 p.m.

LA GRANGE – Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reported that Christopher Deborde of Sealy was arrested on a federal arrest warrant at the La Grange Carter Motel on June 28.

COLUMBUS - Life deals us a bad hand now and then. Sometimes it seems like there is nowhere to go. However, for Jolynn Stancik, she chose to go up in life instead of drowning in self-pity. When her living situation looked bleak, Habitat for Humanity came into her life and the rest is history.

Fayette County offices have received a number of calls regarding the changes in the emergency healthcare here specifically relating to Air Ambulance Services.

ROUND TOP – The members of the venerable Round Top Rifle Association have been working feverishly to present the 173rd annual July 4th Parade and Celebration.

RESS “When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” This is such a true quote by Benjamin Franklin. Our wells may not dry up, but when the electricity goes out and the water wells can’t pump the water for the plants, garden and inside-the-house uses, the value of water goes up. As the cost of electricity to run the water well increases and your plants and gardens are panting for water, the worth of water goes up.

Grass ripe for fire with heat wave

Working in the Texas heat can be exhausting and deadly. Outdoor and indoor heat can be dangerous if you don’t take safeguards to protect yourself while you work. Nearly three out of four fatalities from heat happen during the first week of work.

COLUMBUS - Members of the Aus - tin County Regional Special Response Team (SRT) and Texas Department of Public Safety SRT executed arrest and search warrants on two residences locat ed in the 900 block of Fannin Street and 400 block of Malleck Street in Colum- bus on June 16 at about 6 a.m.

SCHULENBURG – Shots rang out and one lay dead for a deadly motive that Schulenburg Police Chief Troy Brenek is not yet releasing. The deceased, Ricky Machicek, 64, of Schulenburg was shot by his son, Shane Machicek, 24, of Schulenburg on June 24 at about 9 p.m.

COLUMBUS – Rock enthusiasts and professional geologists gathered at the home of Debbie Damon on Forest Street in Columbus to get a chance to snag petrified wood that sat in heaps mere feet away from the group.

Weimar High School Softball team earns county resolution