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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.

Fayette Community Foundation receives $6,000

LCRA awards grant to James Dick Foundation

After the recent departure of former Sealy High School head football coach and athletic director Shane Mobley, newly hired Clint Finley will take on the same role to start the ’23-’24 school year. Finley has plenty of quality football experience as he played college football at University of Nebraska and also had stints with the Kansas City Chiefs and Dallas Cowboys, along with the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europe in the late 90’s and early 2000’s.

A few Lady Cardinals volleyball players traveled to Florida for the AAU Junior National Volleyball Tournament and didn’t come home empty handed. Seniors Ally Tribe and Claire Klausmeyer earned third place in the 18u division out of 60 teams.

Grissom places second at TFAA State Field Championship

Paige Pavlu and Reagan Wick from Weimar softball were recognized for their efforts this year and made the Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) Softball Legacy Team. TGCA picks a maximum of 20 Legacy All-Stars from conferences 1A through 6A and these selections are made by the TGCA Softball Committee, which is made up of softball member coaches of the association. Athletes have to be seniors in order to qualify.

2023 senior Brooklyn Jaeger of Fayetteville High School has been recognized for her efforts in sports and in the classroom by earning a 2024 Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association (THSBCA) scholarship.

Isn't stopping any time soon

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

EAGLE LAKE - The 25th Annual Eagle Lake Fireworks Show will be held Sunday, July 3, beginning at 9:15 p.m., at the tra- ditional Calhoun Road location west of town about a quarter of a mile from Hwy 90A in Eagle Lake.

COLUMBUS - Columbus Community Hospital located at 110 Shut Dr. in Columbus will offer free prostate screenings June 26 – 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The screening is a simple blood test, and no appointment is necessary. Take charge of your health with this important screening that is recommended for men over 50.

BELLVILLE - Hearts quicken, pulses race and a sick feeling in the stomach precludes hearing the first shots of an active shooter in the Bellville Junior High building. Law enforcement across the area descended on the Bellville Junior High, Bellville Fire Department set up command posts and the Austin County EMS raced to the scene to administer first aid.

SEALY – Once, a place where kids would ride their bikes and enjoy a great day of swimming had water thrown on it. Sealy Mayor Carolyn Bilski announced that the Irene LeBlanc Pool would be closed for the time being while other avenues of water fun are explored for the citizens and visitors of Sealy.

Austin County Feral Hog Bounty is still going on!

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