Published by News Staff on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 12:01pm
At the 90th annual South Texas Press Association convention and awards banquet over the weekend in Fredericksburg, The Fayette County Record was crowned the top semi-weekly in South Texas.
Published by News Staff on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 12:00pm
By ANDY BEHLEN The threat of bad weather over the weekend shortened the BP MS 150 for the second year in a row. Last year, organizers of the annual fundraising bike ride moved the starting line from Houston to La Grange after cancelling the first leg due to storms in Houston.
Published by News Staff on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 11:58am
By H.H. HOWZE Retired Secret Service agent A.T. Smith spoke to the La Grange Rotary Club Wednesday about his 29 year career at the agency. Smith ended his career as deputy director of the 150 year old agency which protects high office holders and their immediate families.
Published by News Staff on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 11:56am
By JEFF WICK This Thursday the new version of the Casino Hall in La Grange, the 135-year-old building (which is still getting the finishing touches on a $3.25 million renovation) will make its big debut.
Published by News Staff on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 11:54am
By H.H. HOWZE The Frisch Auf nine hole golf course is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. The course was designed by Houstonian Jay Riviere and conceived of as a feature of the country club as a way to support the Frisch Auf housing development.
Published by Record11 on Fri, 04/15/2016 - 9:06am
By H.H. HOWZE Five relict outhouses in the Round Top city limits recall a time before indoor plumbing in the town, an era within the memory of Round Top residents of a certain age.
Those were the times when a “bathroom” came with a path.
Published by Record11 on Thu, 04/14/2016 - 11:43am
By ANDY BEHLEN Fayette County Commissioners Court signed a proclamation on Monday, April 11, proclaiming the week of April 10-16 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Fayette County.
Published by Record11 on Thu, 04/14/2016 - 11:38am
By ANDY BEHLEN Part-time resident Betty Adams encountered a frightening sight when she arrived at her and her husband’s property this weekend: millions of inch-long green caterpillars munching away at the leaves of every oak tree on the couple’s 20-acre tract on George Road.
Published by News Staff on Thu, 04/14/2016 - 10:21am
Some folks may have noticed a significant amount of brush clearing work going on near the north shore of Fayette Lake on LCRA property.
Published by News Staff on Thu, 04/14/2016 - 10:17am
By ANDY BEHLEN A powerfull storm completely destroyed one barn and damaged several other buildings in an area west of Freyburg along Farek-Loth Road early Wednesday morning, April 13. According to four property owners along the road, the storm arrived shortly after midnight.
