Published by News Staff on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 12:00am
When Alfred Levien proposed to Adele Ander in 1916, he made her a solemn promise.
Published by News Staff on Fri, 04/10/2020 - 12:00am
Molly Machala and Richard Cernosek met at a wedding dance in Houston on May 21, 1949. Although both young people were born and raised in Fayette County, that was the first time they’d set eyes on each other.
Published by News Staff on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 12:00am
“Once a cabbage freezes, it’s finished and we couldn’t afford to waste them. We didn’t waste anything. We hauled all those heads into the house and Mother made big batches of sauerkraut with the cabbages we didn’t eat fresh,” Clarence says.
Published by News Staff on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 12:00am
Clarence Klesel leans back in his kitchen chair as a north wind whistles around the century-old Fayette County farmhouse on a blustery, overcast day. Rain pelts the windows. At his left, Josephine, his wife of 67 years, sits closer to a woodburning stove radiating both heat and comfort. On its smooth black cast-iron surface, a small metal pot covered with a lid simmers.
Published by News Staff on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 12:00am
“And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” - President John F. Kennedy
Published by News Staff on Tue, 01/14/2020 - 12:00am
January 9-13,1970 In his January report, Sheriff T.J. Flournoy characterized 1969 as a good year in his business. Compared to other counties and cities, he said there had been little
Published by News Staff on Fri, 01/10/2020 - 12:00am
When Dr. Royce Keilers of Rutersville was in high school, his ambition was to own and operate a service station in his hometown of Carmine, Texas. That goal abruptly changed
Published by News Staff on Fri, 11/29/2019 - 12:00am
Every December, 92-year-old Gracie Loessin Taylor of Fayette County’s O’Quinn community can’t help but recall the low-key Christmas celebrations of her childhood. “Daddy would take an ax and go out
Published by News Staff on Fri, 11/08/2019 - 12:00am
Melinda Stanzel Barneycastle flipped open a vintage brown photo folder, then handed it across the kitchen table to World War II veteran Elton Jochen. The 96-year-old La Grange resident studied
Published by News Staff on Tue, 11/05/2019 - 12:00am
November 4-7, 1969 A La Grange area rancher reported that when he went in to buy a hamburger in North Austin, the two hitchhikers he had picked up earlier stole his new car.
