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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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Elections results inquiries
Elections results inquiries
There have been questions surrounding the results and when the results will be made known to the public. Rebecka Lacourse stated, “I have received several inquiries about how and when Election results will be released forMarch05,2024. EarlyVoting cannot be tabulated until election night at 7 p.m.; the results are not released until the election’s entirety. 02/28/2024 23:00
Texas gives $125 million to rural sheriffs and prosecutors
Texas gives $125 million to rural sheriffs and prosecutors
The 2023 legislation establishing the grant program also includes new equipment for rural sheriffs. Texas has awarded $125 million in grants to rural sheriffs and prosecutors across the state, the Texas Comptroller said in a statement last week – an effort to help those law enforcement agencies attract and keep talent in their communities. 02/28/2024 23:00
Got a hunger for sausage?
Got a hunger for sausage?
SCHULENBURG - Hav - en't had sausage in a while? Well, that’s too long. The wait is over come April 6 when the Ninth Annual Schulenburg Sausagefest cranks out some great sausage and food. 02/28/2024 23:00
Ellis joins Weimar PD
Ellis joins Weimar PD
WEIMAR - Jason Ellis, was shown in Feb. 19 by Weimar Po - lice Chief Mark Jameson as the newest officer with the Weimar Police Department at Weimar City Hall. 02/28/2024 23:00
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