latest
The Weimar High School National Honor Society hosted their fall Blood Drive Wednesday, Sept. 8. A total of 32 students, staff and community members donated on this day.
Read moreThe annual Zach’s Hope walk will take place Saturday, Oct. 9 from 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. at Memorial Stadium in Columbus.
Read moreNearly a dozen painters visited the Live Oak Art Center in Columbus Thursday, Sept. 10 to work challenge themselves with painting portraits outdoors. The painters arrived at the center at 8 a.m., and found locations of inspiration around town. “Painting outside is a unique challenge because light, shadows and sun are changing basically every couple of hours,” Amanda Danning, LOAC Board Director and fellow outdoor painter said. “We are hoping to have an outdoor painter’s society con text here in the spring. It’s advantageous to a town to have an event like this because it’s promoting visitors to our town and get more participation in our art shows .” Works of the outdoor painters are on display at the Live Oak Art Center.
Read moreThe Eagle Lake Farmers Market will start Saturday, Sept. 18 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. in downtown Eagle Lake. The event will have local vendors and growers of fresh produce, and live music. EL Farmers Market will be the third Saturday of each month. For more information, call (979) 253-0068.
Read more“He called a little child to Him, and placed the child among them. And He said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:2-3).
Read moreI came to Eagle Lake and the Texas ChalleNGe Academy from Waskom, a small East Texas town near Louisiana. My school was small, but it had a lot of drugs in it and other bad things. It was pretty hard to focus in class and I didn’t do very well.
Read moreThe Raider of the Week for the week of Sept. 7 is Bubba Henderson. Bubba is the son of David Henderson. He is a junior this year and is a member of the welding program at Rice High School. His favorite teacher is Ms. Quintero.
Read moreThe Eagle Lake Police Department has issued a number of warrants after a crime spree that took
place for several days beginning on September 8.