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Drink Up: After 2013 Sell-Out, LG Uncorked Plans for Bigger 2014

Published by News Staff on Mon, 03/03/2014 - 1:14pm

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Downriver Rice is Cooked for Third Consecutive Year

Published by News Staff on Mon, 03/03/2014 - 1:13pm

For the third consecutive spring planting season, lower basin Colorado River rice farmers won’t be getting irrigation water.

That became clear Wednesday when the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ratified the Lower Colorado River

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More Than 500 Have Voted Early in Primary

Published by News Staff on Thu, 02/27/2014 - 10:16am

The contested Republican primary for Fayette County judge has created a lot of interest based on early voting totals

reported by elections administrator Dina Bell Wednesday. “There have been a lot of early voters,” Bell said. She reported

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The Tales of a Fayette County Tomboy

Published by News Staff on Thu, 02/27/2014 - 10:14am

Like the vast majority of Fayette County farm youngsters who grew up during the Depression, Florence Hertel Farek didn’t

own an overflowing toy box. “We used our imaginations instead,” says Florence, a selfprofessed tomboy from Freyburg.

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First Look at New LG Professional Center

Published by News Staff on Thu, 02/27/2014 - 10:12am

Construction is expected to begin this spring on the new La Grange Professional Center located at the corner of Travis and Vail Street in La Grange (next to Sonic). The area was recently cleared of the old existing building by demolition.

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LCRA Donations Help Restore One of County’s Oldest Homes

Published by News Staff on Thu, 02/27/2014 - 10:11am

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Clearer Picture of LG Murder Suspect Emerges After Testimony

Published by News Staff on Mon, 02/24/2014 - 4:02pm

Derrick McKenzie, a 17-year-old La Grange native facing multiple charges including auto theft, murder and aggravated

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Cattle Numbers At Lowest Level Since 1950s, Prices Way Up

Published by News Staff on Mon, 02/24/2014 - 4:00pm

“Where’s the beef?’ That’s the question the angry little old lady used to shout in the Wendy’s commercials of a few years ago, but it might also apply to the current beef cattle market, according to Flatonia Livestock Co. owner Ronnie Beck.