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Zoch Laundry Burns - Lexington Leader

Lexington · Lexington

Zoch Laundry Burns - Lexington Leader

PHOTO BY PHILIP CONCAN. On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at approximately 10:30pm an officer with the Giddings Police Department noticed a structure fire at a well known business establishment that has been in the community for decades. Zoch Laundry, located at 288 N. Burleson Street was completely engulfed when the officers arrived. Officers assisted with traffic control once the Giddings Fire Department arrived on scene. Giddings, Lincoln and South L…Read Article

It’s Noteworthy - Lexington Leader

Lexington · Lexington

It’s Noteworthy - Lexington Leader

God’s Girls “God’s Girls” will start Tuesday June 17, 2025. We meet at New Life Full Gospel Tabernacle from 10:00am to 11:30am. The address of the Church is 519 Rockdale Street Lexington, Texas.”God’s Girls” is a program showing girls how God wants them to be. Any girl can come. If you really want to do what God wants you to do come and join us. We will meet every Tuesday through the summer. Come check us out. The post It’s Noteworthy first appe…Read Article

TCEQ Plans Open House for Slop App - Lexington Leader

Apps · Lexington

TCEQ Plans Open House for Slop App - Lexington Leader

First a question: How is it that last week we learned that the bill related to protecting rural communities from becoming the literal dumping ground of large composting companies is headed to the Governor’s desk for his signature and today we learn of an event that implies, at least on the surface, that the Slop may still be coming to Lee County??? On Friday, May 30, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ( TCEQ) issued a letter addressed…Read Article

Lexington Announces Co-Valedictorians for 2025 - Lexington Leader

The numbers were too close to call, at least until a day or two before graduation! This is the second time in the not-so-recent memory that a similar thing has happened with regard to the graduating class of Lexington High School. This year, at the traditional awards and scholarship program, LHS Principal Sarah Garrison explained to the crowd that there would not be an announcement of Valedictorian and Salutatorian that night. She said the GPAs …Lexington · Lexington Read Article

Other Top Grads in Lee County - Lexington Leader

With all graduation ceremonies over for Lee County Schools, and since Lexington didn’t announce their top grads until after press time last week, we are happy to bring you the students who were Valedictorians and Salutatorians of Giddings and Dime Box schools. Congratulations to these young people! The post Other Top Grads in Lee County first appeared on Lexington Leader.Lexington · Lexington Read Article

A Tragedy for so Many - Lexington Leader

The three lives lost in last week’s triple fatality accident on Tuesday, May 20th at 7am included a man from Rockdale, a senior from Lorena High School and a young father of four children. According to the initial report, Landon Dean Harris, an 18 year old young man from Lorena, was driving a 2000 Toyota Tacoma southbound on Hwy 77 while Daniel Ward Phillips, a 49 year old man from Rockdale, was driving a 2015 Dodge Ram northbound, in the right …Lexington · Lexington Read Article

DeShazo Wins State Again! - Lexington Leader

Jacquelynn DeShazo, now a 2025 graduate of LHS, wins State again! by Cody Church – LHS Speech, Debate, and Theatre For the second time in her high school career, Lexington senior Jacquelynn DeShazo has claimed a state championship in oral interpretation – this time in poetry. After earning top honors in prose at last year’s UIL State Meet, Jacquelynn returned this spring to prove her range and versatility, taking home the gold medal in poetry in…Lexington · Lexington Read Article

Triple Fatality - Lexington Leader

On Tuesday morning, at 7:03, Lee County EMS was dispatched to the Lee/Milam county line on Hwy 77 for a “two vehicle major accident with a possible pin in.” The highway was closed from just north of Lexington up through Milam County while emergency personnel worked the accident, investigating the cause and the affects. The unofficial report, as of press time, is that two pickup trucks hit head-on in a devastating wreck that killed all three peop…Lexington · Lexington Read Article

Senate Bill 7 will Save Our Aquifers - Lexington Leader

Below is a wet-weather creek at the author’s ranch in Milam County one day after three days of rain. The lack of water flow supports the conclusion that overpumping of the Carrizo Aquifer in Milam and Burleson Counties has prevented the discharge of groundwater into the creek. “Texas officials fear the state is gravely close to running out of water.” That 13 March 2025 Texas Tribune quote was followed by a discussion of Senate Bill 7 which propo…Senate · Lexington Read Article

Favorite Pizza Parlor Closing Down - Lexington Leader

Lexington’s favorite pizza shop, Pizza Pro, is closing its doors, after serving our community for almost 30 years! Kelley Brown owned the establishment and she announced her decision in a Letter to the Editor. She wrote, “Dear Editor: I got old making pizza. One thing led to another, and what started out as a lark buying a video store from our late and dear constable, Buster Dussetschleger, became a career in small town retail. I’ve closed Pizza…Lexington · Lexington Read Article

One Act Play Wins State Championship! - Lexington Leader

Lexington ISD’s UIL One Act Play cast and crew took First Place at the 2025 State Competition! Congratulations to all! For the first time in school history, Lexington High School’s One Act Play company has brought home a state championship title, an achievement that marks a historic moment for our community and our theatre program. The journey began back in November when fellow director Kayla Stanley and I selected The Haystack by Al Blyth and s…Lexington · Lexington Read Article

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