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Finance Home America opens Columbus office

COLUMBUS - The Colora - do County employees earned an award that is the highest honor a county can receive from the Tex - as Association of Counties Risk Management Pool (TAC RMP) during the regular session of the Colorado County Commission - er's Court on July 24 in Colum -

Fayette County Judge Dan Mueller used a term not readily known by some but cuts to the bone when expressing his desire to get ahead of a problem that plagues Fayette County.

ROUND TOP - The Round Top Family Library is hosting free programs. There is Yoga on Mondays and Wednesdays. A Medicare class will be held on Aug. 8 and a FYI … Don't Be a Victim program on Aug. 10. The Chess Club meets Wednesdays and Family Game Day is on Aug. 12.

COLUMBUS – There was a full house on Monday, July 24 at Colorado County Commissioner's Court in Columbus with most of the crowd attending to participate in the 'public hearing to consider the creation of Colorado County Emergency Services District No. 1.'

COLUMBUS – The annual fundraiser for the Santa Claus Museum in Columbus received a boost when Santa dropped by Hound Song Brewing Co. in Columbus for a visit and checked in with several good kids and a few naughty adults. The gather- ing benefitted the museum which attracts visitors from all over the world.

EAGLE LAKE – Eagle Lake Noon Lions Club welcomed program speakers Ashley Pitre and Joseph Torres, new residents of Eagle Lake and owners of the nutritional smoothie shop “Down On 90.”

Industry State Bank supports Columbus Boys & Girls Club

Adams performs at Mac’s Daq’s

SEALY – In Austin County, 10.4% of people live in poverty or are struggling financially. Ed - ucation is truly the pathway out of poverty and instability. By providing students with the necessary school supplies, they are empowered to fully partici - pate in their education, increas - ing their chances of achieving academic success and better economic opportunities in the future!

John Henry Moore was born in Tennessee in 1800 to Armistead and Tabitha Bowen Moore. He attended school in Lebanon, Ten - nessee and then attended Tran - sylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.

SCHULENBURG – The Stan - zel Family Foundation held its second annual Scholar Social on July 6, welcoming 13 new Stan - zel Scholars.

The Colorado County Sheriff's Office received a call about human remains found near Sandy Creek on Shell Plant Road on July 17, 1976, in Sheridan. This case was initially investigated by Sher - iff "Doc" Mueller, Chief Deputy Jim Broussard, Investigator Bill Esterling, and Deputy James Brooks. Justice of the Peace Pct. 1, Judge Richard Schmidt, arrived and requested an autopsy at the Harris County Medi - cal Examiners' Office. After completion of the autopsy, it was determined the remains belonged to an unidentified fe - male and the manner of death was hom -

2023 Colorado County Fair Queen and Jr. Queen contestants unveiled

Prairie burglaries

Round Top-Carmine ISD an- nounced its policy today for pro viding free and reduced-price meals for children served under the attached current income eligibility guidelines. Each school/ site or the central office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by anyone on request.

COLUMBUS - Friends of Nesbitt Memorial Library present a Cyber Security program on preventing fraud on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 6 p.m., at Nesbitt Memorial Library in Columbus. Cyber attacks are aimed at accessing, changing or destroying sensitive personal information. Protect yourself with knowledge about hackers' methods of fooling you! Rachel Kozel of Industry State Bank will demonstrate the best ways to be vigilant for cyber attacks on your phone and with credit cards and internet use. Scams and fraud are on the rise as Artificial Intelligence gains a foothold and makes it increasingly hard to tell what is real and what is not.

Due diligence efforts continued this week with the help of the current administration and staff of St. Marks Medical Center. All items on the term sheet are under review and progressing well. Hundreds of additional files and folders were analyzed in an effort to fully blueprint the current operations and solidify the master plan and HCOE strategy.

MULLINS PRAIRIE – Just outside La Grange at Farm-to-Market Road 155 and Mullins Prairie Loop, burglars broke into the Mullins Prairie Store and church.

Glitch went off without a hitch

Schulenburg chamber sponsors Bingo with a twist