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Round Top-Carmine volleyball has had a ton of success in recent years and has been on the cusp of a state tournament birth. They’ve had the personnel, but they’ve also had great coaching from head coach Catie Carney.

FLATONIA – The snow wasn’t falling and the temps indeed weren’t, either.

Lady Cougar volleyball had a nice season last year and should be just about as good this fall. Brazos loses five se niors to graduation with one of those seniors being their best player, outside hitter Haven Harris. Good thing for Brazos, they are led by head coach Amanda Hatton, who holds her players accountable.

EAGLE LAKE – Christine Owen, director of the Prairie Edge Museum spoke to the Eagle Lake Noon Lions Club on July 20 about two prominent men in Eagle Lake History.

The Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association named players from three area teams in Weimar, Flatonia, and Fayetteville to their Class 1A and 2A All-State Baseball Teams. Appearing on the list in 1A from Fayetteville is sophomore second baseman Easton Jaeger (First Team), senior catcher Logan Fritsch (Second Team), junior third baseman Keagan Supak (Second Team), junior outfielder Reid Gross (second team), and sophomore pitcher Chance Konvicka (honorable mention).

The Flatonia High School baseball team went on a nice run last season and there’s no reason why they can’t have the same season, if not better, next spring. While the Bulldogs graduate eight seniors, they’ll have returners such as incoming juniors Beck Zimmerman (catcher) and Titan Targac (pitcher).

After punching a ticket to the state volleyball tournament in 2022 at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, the Schulenburg High School volleyball team looks to pick up where they left off as they recently released their schedule for the 2023 season.

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

Austin County Fair Queen contestants announced

COLUMBUS – The Taste of Columbus brought out the best chefs that there is to offer while guests lined up to taste each tasty treat and judge who will take home the coveted Best in Show awards for both appetizers and desserts.

The Colorado County Senior Connections - Columbus group recently received a sizable donation from the Jabez Foundation. The Jabez Foundation helps local nonprofits with startup monies so it may continue to serve the needs that the Jabez Foundation looks for in a nonprofit. Three Crosses Ministries administers the funds for the CCSC as it is one of its program initiatives.

I was reluctant to come back from Mexico this spring, knowing it would still be cold and wet and cloudy. But I’d gotten used to looking for pretty things while in Mexico. I wanted to share the festivals and the art and the colors. I’d been taking pictures and sharing them on Facebook so my friends and family could see a little bit of the world that surrounded me.

“In the onion is strength; and a garden without it lacks flavor.

Definitely not par for the course

James Lyons, his wife, Martha and their children immigrated to Texas before 1830 and settled along the Navidad River in the area of present day Schulenburg.

Proponents are calling it the “biggest property tax cut in Texas history.” Both chambers of the Texas Legislature passed an $18 billion package during the second special session, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

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