ANDY HOVORAK and Amy Jurica were named the 2026 Kolache Festival King and Queen at Saturday’s Kolache Festival. Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
CHS ALUMNA STEPHINA DiDonato, Class of 1951, crowns this year’s CHS Homecoming Queen, Lucy Ferguson. Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
CALDWELL HIGH School Homecoming Queen Lucy Ferguson and King Grant Leubner are crowned on Friday at the game.
THE FIRE BURNS this building on Sunday off County Road 331. Photo courtesy of Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
A grass fire burned 37 acres of pasture and wooded acreage and two buildings on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 13, off County Road 331, but the cause remains unknown.No foul play is suspected, and there was no burning on site, said Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department Chief Harry Bowers.
THE KOLACHE FESTIVAL Bake Show grand champions included, from left, Susan Vajdak; Callie Barnes, Olde Towne Kolaches of Houston including Craig Knappick, Carter, Lisa and Chloe Knappick, and Frankie Muehlstein. All were recognized at the awards presentation.
ANETTE REYNA gets a kill during Somerville’s match against Aggieland HomeSchool last Friday in Somerville. Tribune photo by Denise Squier
SOMERVILLE’S KARYS ELLIS gets the ball past the outstretched arms of an Aggieland HomeSchool blocker during Somerville’s match against the Lady Panthers last Friday in Somerville. Tribune photo by Denise Squier
LYNDA LOU RUDD YORK
GARRY WAYNE ROBERSON
MARIA MALDONADO ALVAREZ
