The Columbus varsity football team’s postseason is officially over after suffering a huge 62-13 loss to the Lorena Leopards in the Regional round. The Cards struggled to get much offense going as Lorena used strong play on both ends to dominate the game.
The RHS boys’ basketball team opened up the season with a tough outing against Bay City on Nov. 16. The Raiders picked up a good amount of points in this one, but could not find a way to consistently stop Bay City as RHS eventually dropped the game 62-40.
The Weimar varsity girls’ basketball team has been tied up in some close games of late. One day after taking a 42-39 win over Hallettsville, the Ladycats once again found themselves in a tight affair against the Giddings Lady Buffaloes. Weimar needed a powerful push in the fourth quarter to finish with the 39-35 victory.
COLUMBUS — More than 1,000 women (and men) will descend upon Columbus to shop, sample fine wines and great food, and have a downright fun time Thursday, Dec. 2 for the annual Ladies Night Out. The fun starts at 3 p.m. and 24 local merchants and businesses will stay open until 9 p.m. that night.
LAS VEGAS — A local youth, Jakelyn Primrose, qualified to compete in the Vegas Tuffest Jr. World Championship this December.
The Lady Cards varsity volleyball team finished their season after suffering a tough loss against Bushland in the Final Four round. Though it was a disappointing finish to the year, the Lady Cards have plenty to be proud of from their performance.
The Weimar Ladycats hoops team put out a dominating effort in their Nov. 30 match up against Smithville. Multiple Ladycats had solid performances as they ran out to a huge 53-26 win.
The Weimar boys basketball team had a difficult appearance in its Nov. 30 game against Dime Box. The Wildcats just could not create enough offense or the defensive stops necessary to slow the opposition as they fell in this one 22-56.
SACRAMENTO, CA — Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 61 Texas counties and a neighboring county in Oklahoma of the Dec. 23, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These lowinterest loans are to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by winter storm, blizzard, snow, ice and high winds in the following primary counties that occurred Feb. 10-19, 2021.
While new cases of COVID-19 are spiking again in the Upper Midwest and Northeast, the number in Texas dropped during the past week to 14,745 — down 36% from the previous week. The number of new deaths reported in Texas by the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University in the past week totaled 254, down 57% from the previous week.
