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BANNER BRIEFS
BANNER BRIEFS
02/14/2024 23:00
Columbus Lions helping 'Save Our Opera House'
Columbus Lions helping 'Save Our Opera House'
Columbus Lions helping 'Save Our Opera House' 02/14/2024 23:00
Legal information forum open to public
Legal information forum open to public
WEIMAR - A free program focused on legal information everyone needs will be held at the Weimar Public Library at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20. 02/14/2024 23:00
Coastal Bend Multi-County Childcare Conference held
Coastal Bend Multi-County Childcare Conference held
LA GRANGE- The Multi-County Child Care Conference, sponsored by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, on Feb. 3. had 217 childcare providers from more than 14 surrounding cities and towns registered to attend. 02/14/2024 23:00
ROBERT GALABEAS
ROBERT GALABEAS
October 31, 1934 – February 6, 2024 02/14/2024 23:00
Columbus receives mitigation funding
Columbus receives mitigation funding
AUSTIN – Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced on Jan. 30 the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved $122,100,689 in regional mitigation funds to improve streets, drainage, and sewer systems in Burleson, Colorado, Galveston, Jefferson, Lavaca, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine, San Patricio and Waller Counties. 02/07/2024 23:00
Texas' standoff with feds in Eagle Pass is igniting calls for secession and fears of violence
Texas' standoff with feds in Eagle Pass is igniting calls for secession and fears of violence
The standoff between Texas and the federal government at the southern border has ignited a fight over states' rights, with secessionists latching onto the ordeal as a reason for Texas to become “an independent and self-governing nation,” according to the longtime leader of Texas’ unlikely secessionist movement, Daniel Miller. 02/07/2024 23:00
TEA annual report just released
TEA annual report just released
The Texas Education Agency’s annual report was released last week. It indicates per-student funding in the 2021-2022 school year averaged $14,928 per student, up 42% since 2011. However, state funding has only risen slightly in the past decade, while local funding has increased substantially. 02/07/2024 23:00
The Get-Away
The Get-Away
Sometimes we just need to get away–change the routine, walk new trails, see new views, hear new discourse, and just listen. That is exactly what the Columbus Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors did last week as they traveled to Stoney Creek Ranch out 109 and Zimmerscheidt roads for a day-long board retreat and training. 02/07/2024 23:00
Animal Footprints in Fayette
Animal Footprints in Fayette
This week’s Footprints story will be a continuation of the stories about the “footprints” left by our animal friends, be they domestic or wild, in Fayette County history. These stories, important enough to appear in our local newspapers, and the subject of talk and gossip amongst our past local citizens, showed the interaction between man and animal. This week, the stories are about some small animals and one very large animal. 02/07/2024 23:00
“A Piece of Cake”
“A Piece of Cake”
My husband, Peter, and I landed in Mexico again, and we did what we have done in the past. We bought an enormous cake. It's nice to have a cake in the house. I have discovered it is not necessarily a good idea to eat cake every day, as it eventually makes my clothes too small. But I do like cake, and I especially like Mexican cake, and more than anything, I like giving cake away. 02/07/2024 23:00
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
In April of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested and jailed in Birmingham, Alabama. Alone for several days in the dull “monotony of a narrow jail cell,” as he described it, King penned a letter that has been described as one of the most important historical documents ever written. Considered a classic treatise on civil disobedience, it is perhaps one of the most beautifully crafted and eloquent letters ever composed. Every American should read it. 02/07/2024 23:00
Senior art classes scheduled
Senior art classes scheduled
SCHULENBURG - Arts for Rural Texas and Senior Con nections have partnered together to host free art classes for all se- nior citizens in the area! Under the guidance of an art instructor, participants will ex - plore various crafts, including mosaics, painting, needle felting, rock painting, and much more, with each class centered around a specific project. Participants are also encour - 02/07/2024 23:00
Correction to Election ’24
Correction to Election ’24
FAYETTE COUNTY - In the Feb. 1 edition of The Banner Press, Fayette County Constable, Precinct 2, 3 and 4 positions were inadvertently left off. 02/07/2024 23:00
Private Applicators Training announced
Private Applicators Training announced
LA GRANGE - A private applicator license is required by the state in order to purchase re - stricted-use pesticides. 02/07/2024 23:00
Lunch-N-Learn series begins – Pruning Landscape Trees
Lunch-N-Learn series begins – Pruning Landscape Trees
The Bluebonnet Master Gar - dener Lunch-N-Learn educa - 02/07/2024 23:00
Area Texas Ranger promoted to lieutenant
Area Texas Ranger promoted to lieutenant
Area Texas Ranger promoted to lieutenant 02/07/2024 23:00
Casino Knights comeback
Casino Knights comeback
SEALY – After going strong for over 20 years, the casino games were put on hold during the pandemic lockdowns. 02/07/2024 23:00
Mau has outstanding week in Cowtown
Mau has outstanding week in Cowtown
FORT WORTH – Cooper Mau, a senior from Fayetteville ISD and president of the Fayette County 4-H, had an outstanding week at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. He won a $16,000 scholarship by emerging victorious in the Beef Heifer Superintendent Chal lenge. 02/07/2024 23:00
Texas Maps donated to local libraries for educational and historical aspects
Texas Maps donated to local libraries for educational and historical aspects
Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) local chapter President Kathleen Townzen, found a colorful resource map of Texas, depicting historical, geologic, and cultural aspects throughout the state. 02/07/2024 23:00
Barricaded and armed suspect ends without injuries
Barricaded and armed suspect ends without injuries
BELLVILLE - During the early morning hours of Feb. 3, deputies with the Austin County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) responded to the report of a disturbance in the 2000 block of Witte Road in Bellville. The caller advised ACSO dispatch that a male subject was armed and discharging a firearm inside the home. 02/07/2024 23:00
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