Lions Club has program on ACCSS

Presenting at the Schulenburg Lions Club meeting held last week were Susie Shank, director, and Sarah Nickel, student success coach, regarding the ACCSS program.

St. Mark’s names five as HeRO award recipients

St. Mark’s Medical Center (SMMC) in La Grange announces that five employees have been recognized to date in 2022 for excellence in adhering to HeRO (High Reliability Organization) principles.

Hunting, fishing licenses for 2022-23 on sale

Texas hunting and fishing licenses (except the Year-from-Purchase All-Water Fishing Package) for the current year expire at the end of August and the new licenses for the 2022-23 season went on sale Aug. 15. Annually, Texans purchase more than 2.7 million hunting and fishing licenses.

TPWD offers Big Time Hunts

This season, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Big Time Texas Hunts program offers Texans some of the very best hunting opportunities in the state. Ten premium guided hunt packages are offered in this year’s Big Time Texas Hunts drawing.

Courthouse Report

155th District Court Civil Court Cases Filed •Civil Case Related to Criminal Matter (Aug. 11) In re: Forfeiture hearing, Luis Miguel Salazar •Contract-Consumer/Commercial/Debt (Aug. 3) American Express National Bank vs. Micaul Bass •Contract-Other (Aug. 10) Joshua Vitek vs.

State Capital Highlights

Farmer’s Almanac predicting a white winter As Texas gets at least a temporary reprieve this week from the heat, with a nice round of rain blanketing much of the state, the Old Farmer’s Almanac is predicting January will bring significant snowfall to the state.

Police Report

Schulenburg Police Chief Troy Brenek reports that officers responded to 73 calls for service and three reportable incidents were investigated during the week of Aug. 13-19. Included  were one DWI arrest,  one felon in possession of weapon arrest and one stolen vehicle. •Aug.

August sales tax allocations total $1.2 billion

Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced Wednesday, Aug. 10 he was sending cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for August, 10.8 percent more than in August 2021.

Cocaine found during traffic stop near Ellinger

While patrolling the Ellinger area on Wednesday, Aug. 10 shortly after midnight, Deputy Austin Moore conducted a traffic stop on a blue Ford F-250 for an equipment violation, according to Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek.

Voter registration deadline for Nov. 8 General Election is Oct. 11

Texas Secretary of State John Scott encourages all eligible Texas voters to make sure they are registered to vote by Tuesday, Oct. 11 to participate in the Nov. 8 General Election. Texas law requires eligible voters to be registered 30 days before Election Day, and since the 30th day before Nov.