Bad Day for Structures



Saturday, November 10, appears to have been a bad day for certain structures in the south end of Lee County. At one point during the day, Deputy Mastronardi with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office assisted Giddings Police with a report of a dark truck that ran into the porch of someone’s house in the 800 block of North Leon Street. […]

Lee County Sheriff’s Report



November 5, 2018 A motorist advised of a one vehicle accident on Hwy 290 near CR 202. Deputy West responded to the accident, along with EMS and Fire. A crash report was taken. Sgt Liles and Deputy Ledenbach were dispatched to CR 314 for a welfare check. A concerned citizen stated that she received a call from a male subject […]

Lexington Police Report



November 5, 2018 Officer Reyna was dispatched to the 500 blk of Third St in reference to a Welfare Concern. Officer made contact with subject of concern, who was not in need of any assistance. Officer Reyna was asked to be available to respond to the Lexington Elementary School by staff due to an upset parent. School staff handled the […]

Tanglewood Welcomes New Pastor



Blue Santa Gets Underway



This year’ s Blue Santa, orchestrated by the Lee County Sheriff’s Department, starts this week as area people are invited to submit names of needy children in the county. Names will be gathered, beginning November 17 through December 7. Simply call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office (979-542-2800) if you live out in the County or the Giddings Police Department (979-540-2700) […]

Lexington’s Past Reported



Nov. 10, 1858 – (Austin) Southern Intelligencer: With the Washington County railroad expected to reach Brenham by January 1860, an 82.6 mile route has been surveyed for a proposed link to Austin. After a short stretch in Burleson County, then back into Washington County; the route will pass about 3 ½ miles south of Evergreen into Bastrop and Travis counties […]

Chef’s Corner

Hot and Spicy Turkey Legs

Eat turkey legs at home without a long wait in line. There are some monster turkey legs out there, so look for the 1 ½ lb. drumsticks. Then grab the seasonings and go for it! 4 turkey drumsticks (1 ½ lb. ea)2/3 cups Louisiana style hot sauce1/3 cup canola oil1 Tbsp. reduced sodium soy sauce1 Tbsp. chili powder2 tsp. ground […]

Big words, Little person



She was only five years old when she came out of the baptismal water. The smile on her face was like the sun and the moon and the stars carrying her and me far above the physical place that we were that Sunday night. Even now, so many years later, I can vividly see her face in my minds eye. […]

A Limit to God’s Patience



The Bible indicates that there is a limit to how much God will put up with from us. We would do well to remember Biblical occurrences of hearts becoming hardened as well as the admonition in Scripture that the Spirit of God will strive only so long with man. Because of the great patience and lovingkindness of the Lord, we […]

Open Stage



This week, I am interviewing longtime friend and fellow musician Lannie Hilboldt about being a part of the community as a musician. Ed: So, Lannie, tell me a little bit how you first started playing music Lannie: Like most people, it was a band at school. I was 12 or 13 years old and started playing trumpet in the stage […]