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The Texas Senate on the first day of the Legislature's second special session unanimously passed a tax bill last Wednesday that increases the homestead ex -

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SCHULENBURG – Navidad Valley CattleWomen will hold their 10th Annual 5K Ranch Run on Aug. 5 in conjunction with the Schulenburg Festival.

AUSTIN – The Lower Colorado River Authority is offering grants of up to $50,000 to sup- port first responders and improve local community centers, museums, parks and more.

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

Snakes Alive!

Step up, youngsters! The Colorado Co. Fair Association welcomes the children of Colorado County to compete in the Colora- do Co Fair Little Ms., Little Mr., and Junior Miss pageant contests.

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-

Bellville Farmers Market hits its summer stride

ROUND TOP – Round Top Music Festival presenter and trombone instructor Brent Phillips leads the session in trombone play.

Historic Harmonie Hall kicks off fourth

- Macaroni or spaghetti was king. Pasta was not yet invented.

DUBINA –Kids and adults found plenty to do at the church feast at Sts. Cyril & Methodius in Dubina on July 2. From race cars to tree bowling to a live auction, everyone had something to have fun with.

Flatonia’s Titan Targac and Bellville’s Tyler Fishbeck earned recognition of the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) Super Elite Team for the 2023 season. Targac was lights out from the mound all season long and Fishbeck’s power is a force to be reckoned with at the plate.

The Weimar High School softball team has had tons of recent success as they’ve went to the

Leopards football is going through a lot of big changes as the ’23-’24 school year approaches. La Grange recently hired Kyle Cooper as their athletic director and head football coach while graduating two division one football players in Jaren Woods (Baylor) and Bravion Rogers (Texas A&M). With Woods and Rogers being two huge losses, the Cooper hiring brings optimism to a new-look Leopards team.

The Bellville High School volleyball team is known for making the state tournament and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see them go again this fall. Brahmanette volleyball is led by hall of fame coach Susan Brewer, who has nothing short of a powerhouse running at Bellville. Brewer was inducted to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Hall of Fame last summer, has been to multiple state tournaments, and does it all with pure class.

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.