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Friends of Nesbitt Memorial Library donate funds
Friends of Nesbitt Memorial Library donate funds
Friends of Nesbitt Memorial Library donate funds 03/06/2024 23:00
Cappleman speaker at Noon Lions
Cappleman speaker at Noon Lions
EAGLE LAKE – Apple Ace Lumber owner Bret Cappleman was the guest speaker at the Eagle Lake Noon Lions Club meeting held Feb. 29. 03/06/2024 23:00
Colorado County 4-Hers compete at HLS&R Dairy Judging Contest
Colorado County 4-Hers compete at HLS&R Dairy Judging Contest
HOUSTON – The Colorado County 4-H Dairy Judging team brought home some ribbons and proud smiles on Feb. 27 during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in Houston. 03/06/2024 23:00
Commissioner's court proclaims April as Autism Awareness Month
Commissioner's court proclaims April as Autism Awareness Month
COLUMBUS – During the regular session of the Colorado County Commissioner’s Court on Feb. 26 in Columbus, Judge Ty Prause read aloud and presented a proclamation to Destiny Siptak, the executive director of the Turtle Wing Foundation in recognition of April as Autism Awareness Month. 03/06/2024 23:00
National Consumer Protection Week
National Consumer Protection Week
LA GRANGE – Fayette Electric Cooperative is joining Utilities United Against Scams (UUAS) in supporting the Federal Trade Com mission's (FTC's) annual National Consumer Protection Week, March 3 through March 9, along with more than 100 federal, state, and local agencies; consumer groups; and national advocacy organizations. Utility impostor scammers pretend to represent electric, natural gas, water, and sewer utilities to steal customers' money and personal information. They approach customers through various methods, including texts, phone calls, in-person visits, and emails. Scammers often demand payment and threaten service disconnection, claiming a customer is past due on their utility bill. 03/06/2024 23:00
LCRA ag customers will go without water
LCRA ag customers will go without water
AUSTIN – As the region con - 03/06/2024 23:00
BANNER BRIEFS
BANNER BRIEFS
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BANNER MARKETS
BANNER MARKETS
Cattle on hand: 996 Packer Cows: Higher dressing cutter cows, 1.00-1.20; fatter utility cows, .91-.98; lower dressing thin cows, .75-.90 Packer bulls: Heavyweight bulls, 1.10-1.18; lower dressing bulls, 1.20-1.38 Steers: 200-300 lbs., 2.70-3.95; 03/06/2024 23:00
Sealy Small Farm and Vegetable Conference
Sealy Small Farm and Vegetable Conference
SEALY - Spring is in the air in February. Gardeners are itching to scratch in some dirt and plant a garden, but that may not be the best idea as of now. Warm weather in February doesn't mean planting season is in full bloom. 02/28/2024 23:00
Best Little Quilt Show posts winners
Best Little Quilt Show posts winners
LA GRANGE - CVQG's 'Best Little Quilt Show' in Texas Award win - ners were announced on Feb 23 at the KC Hall in La Grange. Over 600 people came to enjoy the beauty of our Guild's quilts. 02/28/2024 23:00
Columbus Garden Club selects a Garden Angel
Columbus Garden Club selects a Garden Angel
COLUMBUS - Brenda Boehm has been chosen as the Garden Angel for Columbus Garden Club 2023-24. Boehm has been in the garden club for 11 years. She routinely helps set up the club's meeting rooms, assists elderly members, plants pots and waters around the Colorado County Courthouse square in Columbus, and helps decorate down town for the Fall season as well as dec- orate the Colorado County Fairgrounds entrance for the Colorado County Fair. She has chaired the club's bake sale many times, the Scholarship Wagon, the Brookwood Volunteer Program, the E-Cycle program, and worked the Trash Off Event. 02/28/2024 23:00
Columbus Education Foundation awards another Classroom Grant
Columbus Education Foundation awards another Classroom Grant
COLUMBUS - Amanda Opperman, the sixth and eighth teacher at Columbus Junior High recently received a grant to take her students on a field trip to the NASA Space Center Houston. The Columbus Education Foundation (CEF) grant will cover the cost of the trip which is not in the budget allotted to her. Opperman was elated to get such a grant. "I'm so excited to receive the CEF grant! I have always wanted to take my students on a field trip to Space Cen - ter Houston! The students are going to have an opportunity to experience and discover really cool science, math, tech - 02/28/2024 23:00
Elections Building named in honor of Francis John Truchard
Elections Building named in honor of Francis John Truchard
COLUMBUS - The Colorado Coun - ty Commissioner's Court met for the regular open meeting on Monday, Feb 12. 02/28/2024 23:00
Columbus Volunteer Fire Department holds Oyster and Fish Fry
Columbus Volunteer Fire Department holds Oyster and Fish Fry
COLUMBUS – Tower 14 extended its ladder high into the air with the Unit- ed States flag proudly waving in the gen tle breeze to signal the site of CVFD’s annual Oyster and Fish Fry on Feb. 25 at the Columbus Hall in Columbus. 02/28/2024 23:00
Tannich-Brovec Family to hold 56th annual reunion
Tannich-Brovec Family to hold 56th annual reunion
WEIMAR – The Tannich- Brovec 56th family reunion, including family names Nohavitza, Ulbrich, Voitle, Sebesta, Mueck, Urban, Anhaiser, Sekerka, Fojtik, Holloway, Kunschick, Koch, Klimple, Perkins, Shimek, York, Socha, Kubesch, Petersen, etc., will be held Sunday, March 3 beginning at 11 a.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall off Farm-to-Market Road 155 at 1020 N. Center St. in Weimar. 02/28/2024 23:00
Women’s History Month celebration planned
Women’s History Month celebration planned
SCHULENBURG – The League of Women Voters of South Central Texas is hosting its second annual Women Making History event from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 10 at Schulenburg's historic Senglemann Hall in Schulenburg. 02/28/2024 23:00
Agricultural producers have until March 15 to enroll in USDA’s key commodity safety net programs for the 2024 crop year
Agricultural producers have until March 15 to enroll in USDA’s key commodity safety net programs for the 2024 crop year
02/28/2024 23:00
District 190 regional K.C. free throw winners
District 190 regional K.C. free throw winners
HALLETTSVILLE – The Knights of Columbus Regional (Diocese of Victoria) Free Throw Championship from District 190 was held Feb. 18 at the Sacred Heart Gym in Hallettsville. 02/28/2024 23:00
Fayette Community Foundation unveils Rural Community Health Fund grant: Revolutionizing community healthcare
Fayette Community Foundation unveils Rural Community Health Fund grant: Revolutionizing community healthcare
Fayette Community Foundation (FCF) is proud to announce the launch of the Rural Community Health Fund (RCHF), a groundbreaking initiative aimed at health and wellness and the delivery of philanthropic funds on a grassroots level. 02/28/2024 23:00
Fugitive apprehended in Bellville
Fugitive apprehended in Bellville
BELLVILLE – Wanted fugitive Pablo Isila Euceda-Hernandez, 35, was arrested in Bellville on Feb. 20. The Austin County Special Response Team and the Bellville Police Department assisted the US Marshal Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force with the operation and the arrest of Hernandez. 02/28/2024 23:00
LCRA limits outdoor watering until drought eases
LCRA limits outdoor watering until drought eases
Cities, utilities and others that purchase water from LCRA to be affected by new restriction 02/28/2024 23:00
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