Published by News Staff on Mon, 02/19/2018 - 10:58am
South Korea is currently in a media spotlight as the country hosts the Winter Olympic Games.
It has been described as a place where “modern skyscrapers, high-tech subways and pop culture meet Buddhist temples, palaces and street markets.”
Published by News Staff on Thu, 02/15/2018 - 10:46am
Here are a few facts about Gary Hoover, an interesting fellow who moved into the former Flatonia Community Clinic building last year:
• Hoover moved to Flatonia to find “a big affordable place” to house his collection of 57,000 books, plus he’s a railroad buff.
Published by News Staff on Mon, 02/12/2018 - 10:48am
Residents and visitors to La Grange have probably noticed the beautiful miniature quilts in the windows of downtown businesses. They herald the approach of the Colorado Valley Quilt Guild’s signature event, The Best Little Quilt Show in Texas.
Published by News Staff on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 9:56am
Care Inn, the nursing home facility in La Grange which was flooded in late August by Hurricane Harvey, is back in operation after a remediation effort that cost “upward of two million dollars” according to administrator Bill Nicholson. It shows.
The place looks and smells new.
Published by News Staff on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 9:53am
Over the construction noise Monday, the Record held a conversation with Cindy Johnson, the new owner with her husband Randy, of The Market at 116 N. West Main in Flatonia, a new grocery at the former site of Migl’s grocery. The coolers and merchandising shelves are being installed this week.
Published by News Staff on Mon, 01/29/2018 - 12:19pm
Round Top-Carmine ISD superintendent Brandon Schovajsa took a break from sacking popcorn at a RTC basketball game Monday afternoon to take the Record on a show and tell tour of the building program underway as a result of the recently passed bond issue.
Published by Record11 on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 10:28am
The Round Top Chili Cookoff, one of two annual fundraisers for the Round Top Family Library, turned 14 years old last weekend and it was a heck of a party.
Published by News Staff on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 9:18am
The Round Top Chili Cookoff, one of two annual fundraisers for the Round Top Family Library, turned 14 years old last weekend and it was a heck of a party.
Published by News Staff on Thu, 01/18/2018 - 9:48am
It was cold this week, but not historically cold.
Eric Platt of the National Weather Service office in New Braunfels Wednesday provided some historical data on low temperature records in Fayette County.
Published by News Staff on Mon, 01/15/2018 - 9:19am
In 1962 Grover and Charlotte Hillbolt saw an ad for a 70-acre property just outside of Round Top. They liked Bellaire in Houston, but, having both grown up in small (make that tiny) Texas towns, they were craving a return to a more rural environment.
