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    Members of the St. James Episcopal Church Construction Committee: (from left) Fr. Eric Hungerford, Mel Glasscock (chairman), James Cauble, Carol Helms, Joe Gaeke of Gaeke Construction, Chuck Gibson and Joe Jameson. Photo by Andy Behlen

    Groundbreaking Held for St. James Expansions
    05/12/2020 - 12:00am
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    Barbers Ken Jurecka and Floyd Weishuhn were back in business on the La Grange Square Friday morning. Barber shops and salons have been closed for nearly two months during the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by Andy Behlen

    Hide No Hair: Barbers/Salons are Back
    05/12/2020 - 12:00am
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    Members of the Round Top-Carmine senior class watch and wave as nearly 100 vehicles, many decorated with signs, balloons, etc, rolled by the high school campus to cheer on the graduates. The event was organized to make up for some of the other senior events the class was going to miss out on because of coronavirus precautions. Photo by Jeff Wick

    Community Support – From a Safe a Distance
    05/12/2020 - 12:00am
  • Fayette Co. EMS Director Moving To LGISD Post

    Sharon Muzny

    Fayette Co. EMS Director Moving To LGISD Post
    05/08/2020 - 12:00am
  • The Ultimate Mail Order Package & Other Tales of Old Round Top

    Cordell Levien of Round Top is framed by timeworn trunks of a crepe myrtle planted by his parents nearly a century ago. In the late 1930s, Cordell recalls traveling to La Grange with his father, Alfred. When Mr. Levien stopped to see his friends in the courthouse, they asked if the youngster he had by the hand was his grandson. “No,” Alfred proudly told the sheriff and the judge, “This is my youngest son, Cordell.” Elaine Thomas photo/ March 11, 2020.

    The Ultimate Mail Order Package & Other Tales of Old Round Top
    05/08/2020 - 12:00am

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LG Police Officers Hand Out $100 Bills to Motorists for Christmas

Kim Svatek (left) was one of the lucky drivers who got a $100 Christmas gift from an anonymous local man for being a good driver. Mitchell Maxwell (right) was one of the officers handing out the Christmas gifts last Friday.
Photo by Andy Behlen

LG Police Officers Hand Out $100 Bills to Motorists for Christmas
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Police Looking For a Truck With a Big Dent
Tempers Flare at the Most Recent La Grange City Council Meeting
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Rev. Scott Elliott of the La Grange Church of Christ places his cell phone in a collection plate. Elliott and his fellow religious leaders in the La Grange Area Ministerial Alliance are encouraging everyone to participate in a “technology fast” during Holy Week, April 13-20.

Photo by Andy Behlen

Local Ministers Call for Technology Fast During Holy Week
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Bernard Gets Keys to New Home
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This quilt is titled “Ready” by Danny Amazonas and will be part of new quartet of exhibits opening this spring at the Texas Quilt Museum in La Grange.

LG’s Quilt Museum Has Exciting Spring Planned
Fayetteville Ballpark Operations Turned Over To the City
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Caitlin Betak goes up for two points early in Monday night’s playoff game against Brazos.
Photo by Stephanie Steinhauser

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The Flatonia Lady Bulldog basketball team advanced to the regional semifinals after Monday’s victory over Brazos. Back row, from left: Head Coach Tandy Betak, Ali Janecka, Carli Siptak, Ellie Fike, Shannen Novak, Assistant Coach Rodney Stryk, Assistant Coach Regina Estrada, (middle) Kaitlin Rowell, Caitlin Betak, Katherine Bruns, Carly Bonds, Hannah Ellis, LeiLani Netro, (front) Wyatt Betak and Summer Sodek.
Photo by Stephanie Steinhauser

Flatonia Girls Advance to Sweet 16
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La Grange’s Kayton Powell, center, plays defense in Monday’s playoff game against Stafford.

Photos by Jeff Wick

Stafford Ends Leps’ Season
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Photo by H.H. Howze

Quilt Show This Weekend
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Reginald Bursey

Suspect Killed in New Orleans Shootout Was from La Grange
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Photo by Stephanie Steinhauser

Marching to the Sweet 16
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Staff photo by Kara Koether

Flood Victims’ New Home Blessed
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A rig on Vasut Road south of Fayetteville is drilling a well for Ramtex Energy.
Photo by Andy Behlen

Boom Town
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Fayetteville superintendent Jeff Harvey stands in front of the school’s new $4.9 million gym, expected to be completed by March.

Photo by H.H. Howze

Small Schools That Thought Big

Sports

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05/12/2020 - 12:00am
Iannelli to Run for Texas Lutheran University

La Grange multi-sport star Brenna Iannelli has signed a letter of intent join the cross country and track team at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin.

RTC Alum Ava Myers Has Strong First Year of College Volleyball
Coyote & Feral Hog Control Contest Reopening
Blake-Anne Fritsch Caps Career at Texas A&M
Five LG Senior Softball Players End Careers
LG’s Moore a Heavy Hitter at Missouri

Society

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Alexandria Galipp

05/12/2020 - 12:00am
Fayette Electric Cooperative Names Scholarship Winners

Six graduating seniors from area high schools will each receive a $1,500 scholarship from Fayette Electric Cooperative’s 2020 Rural Scholarship Program, announced David Lehmann, president of the FEC board of directors and Gary Don Nietsche, general manager of the Cooperative.

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NVCC Continues to Make Masks
Schulenburg Public Library to Offer Curbside Service Beginning May 12
Masses in Austin Diocese to Resume May 5
Remli Price, Cody Lyons Married In Muldoon April 24

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