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Weimar Lady Cats win state softball championship

Weimar Lady Cats win state softball championship

06/07/2023 23:00

Cat Spring holds 167th Annual Ag Society Fest

Cat Spring holds 167th Annual Ag Society Fest

CAT SPRING – Cat Spring held its 167th annual festival on June 3 at the hall just north of FM 1094. As usual, the food was top of the line with cooks who take pride in their final product. 06/07/2023 23:00

Nature Print artist shows in Schulenburg

Nature Print artist shows in Schulenburg

SCHULENBURG – One of America's foremost Nature-Print artists, Dinah Bowman is an artist from Portland, Tex- as who has worked in Gyotaku, or fish printing, for more than 50 years. 06/07/2023 23:00

Texas House impeaches AG Paxton

Texas House impeaches AG Paxton

The Texas House voted overwhelmingly to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton Saturday, only the third time in the state’s history that has occurred. 05/31/2023 23:00

Egg prices plummet

Egg prices plummet

Egg prices appear to be tak - ing a supply and demand mar - 05/31/2023 23:00

Boot Camp to prepare students for TSIA test and verify ‘College Readiness’

Boot Camp to prepare students for TSIA test and verify ‘College Readiness’

The Texas Success Initiative was enacted by Texas legislators for all public state institutions of higher education. The TSI Assessment (TSIA) evaluates students’ readiness for college-level coursework in reading, writing, and mathematics. Students participating in dual credit classes must meet the minimum passing standards to enroll. 05/31/2023 23:00

Fayette Electric demonstrates electric safety

Fayette Electric demonstrates electric safety

Fayette Electric Cooperative employees recently participated in the Progressive Ag Safety Day held May 12 at the Fayette County Fairgrounds in La Grange Safety Coordinator Larry Sulak narrated, while Lineman Justin Whited and Apprentice Lineman Justin Neiser demonstrated a variety of different scenarios that children could find themselves in while playing outside around electricity. These demonstrations included an electric arcing demo, a kite contacting an electric line, tree limbs touching electric lines, clothing contacting a power line as well as several others. 05/31/2023 23:00

FSB donates to St. Michael School

FSB donates to St. Michael School

Fayette Savings Bank made a donation to St. Michael School in Weimar from its School Debit Card Program. FSB customers who chose to have the SMS Swords debit card contribute toward the program indirectly, as each time they make a purchase using the card, a percentage of each swipe goes to SMS. Donations are being made to all of the schools FSB has school debit cards for - La Grange, Flatonia, Schulenburg and Weimar ISDs, as well as Sacred Heart School in La Grange. St. Rose School in Schulenburg and St. Michael School in Weimar. 05/31/2023 23:00

EMS Director issues statement on Air Evac Lifeteam base closure

EMS Director issues statement on Air Evac Lifeteam base closure

EMS Director for Fayette County EMS Joshua Vandever released a statement to the public regarding the closure of La Grange’s Air Evacuation 47 base. 05/31/2023 23:00

Summer Day Camp offered by ACCSS

Summer Day Camp offered by ACCSS

It’s never too early to start talking to your children about what they want to be when they grow up. Eventually the “princess” and the “MLB player” will need to start planning about what their path to post-secondary success will involve. Will this be college stepping towards a career? Or trade school? Or stepping straight into their career from high school because of credentials they earned during this time? 05/31/2023 23:00

Farmers Market grows every month

Farmers Market grows every month

Market Days on the Square take a summer vacation 05/31/2023 23:00

Sgts Hood and Whorton recognized by City of Bellville

Sgts Hood and Whorton recognized by City of Bellville

BELLVILLE – Bellville City Council recently recognized Bellville PD Sgt. Corey Hood and Hempstead PD Sgt Kelvin Whorton for their actions regarding an attempted kidnapping of a female by an illegal alien on May 10 that occurred in the City of Bellville. 05/31/2023 23:00

William Mosby Eastland

William Mosby Eastland

William Mosby Eastland was born in Kentucky to Thomas Butler and Nancy Mosby Eastland. 05/31/2023 23:00

Columbus KCs donate $5,000 to the Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church

Columbus KCs donate $5,000 to the Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church

A $5,000.00 donation was recently deposited into the Matching Funds Campaign account at Fayette Savings Bank for the ben- efit of the Queen of the Holy Ro sary Catholic Church in Hostyn, rebuilding fund by the Columbus KC Council 2971 from proceeds raised from their March 26 pork steak drive-through dinner. 05/31/2023 23:00

Brent Gorman Sr. receives

Brent Gorman Sr. receives

Firefighter of the Year award 05/31/2023 23:00

“Too Old”

My new friend, Betty Lou, started a book club, and she asked me to join. 05/31/2023 23:00

Eggs-actly

There have been countless conversations around the kitchen table on the subject. There have been heated debates over it. No, it’s not something so simple as “Why did the chicken cross the road?” 05/31/2023 23:00

Did You Know…

Did You Know…

- Texas means Friends in Caddo Indian - Austin is the live music capital of the world - Texas boasts America’s largest rose garden in Tyler - Texas the the USA’s second- largest state - Texas was once an independent nation - Six flags have ruled over Tex as - Dr Pepper was invented in Texas - Texas has several state animals that includes armadillo and longhorns - Texas has more bat species than any US state - Texas has three of the largest cities in the US - Texas held the world's first rodeo - Texas has the world’s largest convenience store. Yep, Buc-ee’s - Vietnamese and Chinese follow up English and Spanish in Texas - There is a German dialect that is unique to Texas 05/31/2023 23:00

The Boy Who Invented TV

The Boy Who Invented TV

On July 3, 1957, Philo T. Farnsworth appeared as a guest on the popular game show I’ve Got a Secret. As none of the panelists guessed Philo’s secret, he won the game, taking home $80 cash and a carton of Winston cigarettes. What was Philo’s secret? At the age of 14, he invented television. During his lifetime, this was his only TV appearance. 05/31/2023 23:00

CATfish swim team hit the water

CATfish swim team hit the water

COLUMBUS – The CAT- fish (Columbus Aquatic Team) hit the swimming pool for a mock meet on May 27 to help work out the jitters when it comes to the real deal. 05/31/2023 23:00

Darlin's Diner donates to Turtle Wing

Darlin's Diner donates to Turtle Wing

Darlin's Diner recently made a generous donation to Turtle Wing Foundation. The proceeds were raised from their recent Muffins & Mufflers event. 05/31/2023 23:00