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The Austin County Brewers baseball team recently won the community league championship by defeating the Shiner Clippers with a score of 9-3. Matt Sandoval was awarded the win and pitched eight innings, allowing three runs on six hits while striking out seven batters.

The Columbus High School volleyball team is already off to a hot start as they recently won the Columbus Varsity Volleyball Classic. They took down

BELLVILLE – District Judge Jeff Steinhauser handed down the harshest possible punishment on August 8, 2023 to a former parole officer from Victoria, Texas, for the sexual abuse of a child that occurred in Wallis, in 2015.

CARMINE – Lady Luck dealt a pat hand as high rollers laid down the chips and croupiers laid the action on the better.

EAGLE LAKE -Shots were fired in Eagle Lake on Aug. 5 in what appears to be an open-carry person defending himself and his wife. According to witnesses, the shooter and his wife were exiting J&K in Eagle Lake with another man following behind and harassing the wife.

COLUMBUS – Members of St. Paul Lutheran Church and the Columbus community gathered around Deacon Sandy Fletcher one last time as she leaves for Tennessee. Family health issues forced her to make a decision to leave this community that she has become such a part of for the past six years.

FLATONIA - St. Paul A.M.E. will celebrate its 135th Commemorative Homecoming with a service on Sunday, Aug.

A combination of critically to extremely dry fuels, breezy winds, and low afternoon humid- ity continue to support wildfires with high resistance to control, per guidance from the Texas A&M Forest Service. With after - noon and evening winds reach -

AUSTIN COUNTY - The Austin County Elections Depart - ment invites local Austin County students to participate in its first "I Voted" and "Future Voter" de sign contests.

- The sermon this morning: Jesus Walks on Water. The Sermon to -

Joel Walter Robison was born October 4, 1815, in Georgia to John Galimore & Frances Robison. The family moved to Mon- ticello, Florida where 1826 John G. Robison was named as the area's first postmaster in 1826.

Every day, whether here in Mexico or in the US, I take a walk. Walking in the morning would be nice, but that’s when I write, so, in the afternoon, I head out to see what the world looks like.

I’ve written about the 1970s before. For those of us growing up in the 70s, it was an interesting time. For some unknown reason, I recently found myself remembering and relating the following story to my wife. It was her suggestion that this is column worthy, so here goes… In my junior high and high school years, I attended a low-budget private school. There I received an excellent education, but as students our academic progress was perhaps not always made in the safest of circumstances.

EAGLE LAKE – Friends of the Eagle Lake Wintermann Library Auction Chairman Christine Owen announced The Friends of the Library 44th An - nual Auction and Dinner is in the planning stages. The doors open at the Eagle Lake Community Center Saturday, Sept. 23 at 5 p.m.

Forecasters for the National Weather Service are anticipating a more active hurricane season this year because of record-warm ocean surface temperatures, the Texas Tribune reported.

COLUMBUS – Members of the Austin County Regional Special Response Team (SRT) executed an arrest warrant at a residence on Aug. 10 in the 1900 block of Bowie Street in Columbus.

Colorado County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Troy Neisner cautions citizens about a recent rash of truck thefts that have occurred in the Northeast part of Colorado County and Austin County.

In the past week, Austin County has experienced four vehicle thefts in various parts of the county.

The Bluebonnet Master Gardener Association will be hosting its Annual Fruit & Citrus Tree Sale on Friday, Aug. 25. This will not be a pre-order online sale like in previous years. A variety list can be found on the Bluebonnet Master Gardener website; however, varieties may vary on the day of the sale, as this will depend on the supplier’s availability.

LA GRANGE – The Fayette County Country Music Club will host their monthly Opry on Monday, Aug. 21 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in La Grange. The show starts at 7 p.m. and the doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $8.