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LA GRANGE – Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reported that on Dec. 12, 2022, the Fayette County Narcotics Unit served a search warrant at the Carter Motel in La Grange about narcotics being sold from one of its rooms.

FAYETTE COUNTY - Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek said, “If you are going to discard your narcotics during a pursuit, make sure ALL OF IT makes it out the window.” Sage advice.

SCHULENBURG – Fayette County Narcotics Unit, Austin County Regional Special Response Team, and the HIDTA Drug Task Force served a Felony 1 Manufacture/ Delivery of a Controlled Substance warrant Dec. 14, 2022, on a male subject at the Pilot truck stop in Schulenburg.

SCHULENBURG – Schulen- burg police officers responded to the Schulenburg Dairy Queen for a report of a vehicle driving recklessly that was currently at the Dairy Queen location on Dec.

FLATONIA - The Fayette County Sheriff's Office stopped a ve - hicle for a traffic violation near Flatonia at about midnight on Dec. 22, 2022. Upon further investigation, Deputy Austin Moore found meth, Xanax, marijuana, Adderall and drug paraphernalia inside the driver’s vehicle.

COLUMBUS – Colorado County Chief Deputy Troy Neisner stated that on Dec. 14, 2022, the Colorado County Sheriff’s

GIDDINGS – Bellville boys basketball took care of business Dec. 28. 2022, at Buffaloes Gym in Giddings with a win vs Wei- mar High School by a final score of 57-33. Bellville’s transition game was the bright spot in this matchup as they capitalized off Weimar’s turnovers and also hit a lot of shots. “Attitude and physicality,” said Bellville head boy’s basketball coach Mason Loiodice on the keys to victory.

Newly hired Schulenburg head football coach and athletic direc- tor Luke Hobbs had his first offi cial day on the job Jan. 3 after a stint as the offensive coordinator for Columbus High School football. The move was made a while after former Schulenburg head football coach and athletic director Walt Brock was dismissed due to a heated altercation during a football game with one of his assistants.

Former Bellville football player and all-time leading rusher Richard Reese stepped into Waco after a remarkable senior season with the Brahmas and proved that he can ball at the division one college level as well. Reese gathered a ton of minutes in his freshman season as a Baylor Bear and was a premier back for his team throughout the entire 2022 season.

The Flatonia boys and girls basketball teams are loaded with talent and good coaching, which has shown early in the year as they both have winning records well above .500. This could be the best boys team to step foot in Flatonia in quite sometime with senior Holden Kloesel back healthy after a season ending leg injury in the 2021-2022 season. The boys also have players such as 6’2’ senior center Jaidyn Guyton, who’s athletic and threw down a dunk during a game vs Rice a couple weeks ago.

CARRIE GREGOR

FAYETTE COUNTY – Newly sworn Judge Dan Mueller performed

It doesn’t seem that long ago, but 1968 is over 50 years long and the sound and sight of The Triumphs still ring in my ear. Well, the ringing in my ear could’ve come from standing right next to huge speakers stacked on one another when The Triumphs took to the stage. I started entering early manhood and rock and roll with the band that would be forever in my mind.

DPS Trooper Landon Rabun alerted Fayette County Sgt. Randy Thumann that a murder suspect out of Georgetown was traveling I-10 eastbound in Fayette County. The Austin County Sheriff’s Of- fice, Westside HIDTA task force, and the Regional SRT team set up a perimeter along I-10. They began searching for the suspect along I-10 and businesses within the perimeter.