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City of Columbus receives over $16 million in grants
City of Columbus receives over $16 million in grants
COLUMBUS–The Texas General Land Office came to Columbus on April 2, hefting two big grant checks in the amount of $16,829,489 to be used on needed infrastructure repairs in the city. 04/10/2024 23:00
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
There is no excuse for child abuse. Statistics show that over 600,000 children a year are abused in the United States. There are over seven million children in the child welfare system, with over 15 percent of children abused in their first year of life. Girls suffer abuse more than boys. 04/10/2024 23:00
Beloved local physician retires
Beloved local physician retires
Dr. William McBroom will retire from practice in La Grange after close to 45 years of community service in the healthcare field primarily in Fayette and Lee counties. He has been a leader, a friend and an excellent physician. 04/10/2024 23:00
Seelke new WISD superintendent
Seelke new WISD superintendent
WEIMAR - Chase Seelke was officially voted in as the new superintendent of Weimar Independent School District on March 29. 04/10/2024 23:00
Texas Select Custom Cutlery event fills hall
Texas Select Custom Cutlery event fills hall
BELLVILLE – The largest custom knife show in Texas lived up to its name on April 6, when over 150 individual knife makers converged on the Austin County Fair Convention and Expo Center in Bellville. 04/10/2024 23:00
ERVIN ADOLPH MIETH JR.
ERVIN ADOLPH MIETH JR.
September 10, 1944 – March 29, 2024 04/03/2024 23:00
DEBRA JANIK SANDELL
DEBRA JANIK SANDELL
December 1, 1954 – March 27, 2024 04/03/2024 23:00
JANIE (KANA) KRISTYNIK
JANIE (KANA) KRISTYNIK
June 22, 1933 – March 30, 2024 04/03/2024 23:00
Garden Club to host talk on plants of the Bible
Garden Club to host talk on plants of the Bible
COLUMBUS – A program about “Plants of the Bible” will be offered at the Columbus Garden Club meeting on Wednesday, April 10, at 10 a.m. at The Lighthouse at St. Paul Lutheran Church at 201 Veterans Dr. in Columbus. Come early for coffee and refreshments at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome. 04/03/2024 23:00
Registration begins for WCJC
Registration begins for WCJC
WHARTON – Registration for Wharton County Junior College’s May 2024 Mini-Term and Summer 2024 semester opens on Tuesday, April 2. 04/03/2024 23:00
Pollinator Garden Lunch and Learn
Pollinator Garden Lunch and Learn
LA GRANGE – The Bluebonnet Master Gardener Lunch-N-Learn educational program is a series of nine meetings designed to provide gardening or general landscaping information for homeowners. Fayette County Master Gardeners plan and present a variety of programs from experts in the area and across the state. This series is designed with the homeowner in mind; bring your lunch and learn about a variety of topics that help you have a more pro- ductive garden, prettier flower beds, or how to better understand your landscape ecosystems. 04/03/2024 23:00
CHPT to host Curtain Call Conversations
CHPT to host Curtain Call Conversations
COLUMBUS–The Columbus Historical Preservation Trust will host several conversations about the theater. 04/03/2024 23:00
Sporting Clays event to support Grassland and Wildlife Conservation
Sporting Clays event to support Grassland and Wildlife Conservation
SEALY – Cat Spring-based nonprofit Wildlife Habitat Fed eration (WHF) will hold a sporting clays fundraiser April 18 at Texas Premier Sporting Arms located at 7311 TX-36 in Sealy. The event starts at noon with a catered barbecue lunch followed by refreshments and an awards ceremony with custom trophies. Team registrations are available online at https://whf-texas.org; pre-registration is required. 04/03/2024 23:00
Walk Across Texas sponsored event
Walk Across Texas sponsored event
Take it to the bank! The Walk Across Texas program sponsored by Friends of the Weimar Public Library and Colorado County AgriLife will jump-start your "get fit" New Year's resolution promises. 04/03/2024 23:00
Ease Stress, Anxiety, & Depression with a Vitamin
Ease Stress, Anxiety, & Depression with a Vitamin
Stress, anxiety, and depression appear to be epidemic in our modern culture. Recent studies reveal that nearly 1 in 4 Americans are currently taking prescription mental health medication. Reasons for this increased societal anxiety may be difficult to determine. 04/03/2024 23:00
Bluebonnet raising awareness in April during Child Abuse Prevention Month
Bluebonnet raising awareness in April during Child Abuse Prevention Month
BASTROP – Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative and several local organizations have joined the campaign to raise awareness during National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA, agencies that serve 11 counties in the Bluebonnet region, the Children’s Advocacy Center that serves Bastrop, Lee and Fayette counties, and the SAFE Alliance are among the local organizations that support families affected by abuse and neglect. 04/03/2024 23:00
“Perfection”
“Perfection”
I was lying in bed the other night in the little apartment my husband, Peter, and I rent in Mexico, and thinking that things were perfect. Then I wondered what that meant. 04/03/2024 23:00
Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum to host 25th anniversary celebration
Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum to host 25th anniversary celebration
SCHULENBURG – The Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum, located in Schulenburg Texas, is thrilled to mark its 25th anniversary with a special celebration on from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20. 04/03/2024 23:00
Solar eclipse means big money to Texas
Solar eclipse means big money to Texas
One economist is calling it “the most profitable 22 minutes in Tex - as history," according to the Texas Standard. The total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8 is expected to draw up to a million visitors to the Lone Star State, especially in its narrow path of totality. 04/03/2024 23:00
Once the Texas GOP’s “weak link,” Attorney General Ken Paxton is growing more popular and powerful
Once the Texas GOP’s “weak link,” Attorney General Ken Paxton is growing more popular and powerful
Ten months ago, impeached and suspended from office, things looked bleak for Attorney General Ken Paxton. 04/03/2024 23:00
Husband-and-wife World War II correspondents will be inducted into The Daily Texan Hall of Fame at the University of Texas
Husband-and-wife World War II correspondents will be inducted into The Daily Texan Hall of Fame at the University of Texas
VERY Reuters correspondent Bill Stringer of Teague, was killed as the U.S. Army advanced on Paris in August 1944. His wife, Ann, born in Eastland and raised in Tyler, was a groundbreaking journalist in her own right. 04/03/2024 23:00
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