The Fayette County Record

07/16/2025

Murder Suspect Arrested Friday Night in Schulenburg

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07/15/2025

Help For the Hill Country

Fayette County’s Vandever an Operations Chief in Disaster Area Fayette County EMS Director Josh Vandever, Captain Neil Watkins and EMT Sam Brychta deployed to Kerrville on July 4 to assist in the response to the devastating flood. They’re part of Texas Emergency Medical Task Force 7.

07/15/2025

Convoy of LG Heavy Equipment Cleaning Up in the Hill Country

A crew from Joe Rogers Dozer Service of La Grange went to the Hill Country last week to help with cleanup and recovery efforts from the July 4 floods. Rogers along with six of his heavy equipment operators arrived at Camp La Junta in Hunt last week with a convoy of dump trucks and 18 wheelers loaded...

07/01/2025

Stan Kitzman Announces Bid for Reelection

State Representative Stan Kitzman today announced his campaign for re-election to the Texas House, proudly representing House District 85, which includes Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Waller, and Wharton counties, along with a portion of Fort Bend County. Kitzman enters the race with the endorsement of...

06/30/2025

A Tradition Like No Other – 175 Years of July 4ths in Round Top

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06/30/2025

Ich bin ein Amerikaner’: Celebrate The 4th of July Weekend on the Bluff

Celebrate America’s patriotic past this 4th of July weekend with Kreische Brewery and Monument Hill State Historic Sites. On Saturday, July 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the sites will commemorate Independence Day in true 19thcentury style with “Ich bin ein Amerikaner” – a celebration including...

06/30/2025

Mac Brooks is this week’s Fayette County Athlete of the Week after hitting a hole in one on the Par 4 #1 Hole at Frisch Auf! Valley Country Club last week. Watch his interview here brought to you by FayCo Printing LLC.

06/30/2025

The 2025 Readers' Choice Awards are here! The full-color, 64-page Best of Fayette County magazine will go out with Tuesday's paper and it will be on newsstands starting today.

06/26/2025

Game Warden Shaun Bayless got an unusual call Tuesday afternoon about a man walking a whitetailed fawn on a leash in front of the Courthouse.

Game Warden Shaun Bayless got an unusual call Tuesday afternoon about a man walking a whitetailed fawn on a leash in front of the Courthouse. The man, who asked not to be identified, said he found the fawn a few weeks ago in the West Point area.

06/26/2025

Tonight's Parks Open House in La Grange Will Be About Broad Range of Amenities, Not Just a Pool

This Thursday the City of La Grange will be hosting a Parks Plan Open House Meeting Thursday June 26 at 5:30 p.m. at city hall for the public to provide input for the Parks, Recreation, Open Spaces, Trails Master Plan.

06/24/2025

Paradigm: What is Happening Behind Closed Doors?

There are now 26 registered s*x offenders living at Paradigm at the Oak nursing home in Schulenburg. This is the greatest number of s*x offenders residing at the facility since the Record began tracking it early this year after learning about a s*xual assault that took place there.

06/23/2025

La Grange High School long distance runners Abbot Acosta, Dilan Barron and Jacob Estrada are putting in a lot of miles this summer in both cross country workouts and Optimist Club Summer Track practices and meets. Watch the interview brought to you by Alpha One Ford La Grange.