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The Lampasas High School Badger Band practices some drill movments for its James Bondthemed show away from the heat on Tuesday afternoon. Erick Mitchell | dispatch record

The Lampasas High School Badger Band practices some drill movments for its James Bondthemed show away from the heat on Tuesday afternoon. Erick Mitchell | dispatch record

‘The name is Band, Badger Band’

Erick Mitchell
Thursday, August 14, 2025
The Lampasas High School Badger Band will bring the spy tales of Agent 007 to life for this year’s marching season.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans participated in the DeLeon Peach and Melon Festival & Parade, where members handed out candy and shared their Southern heritage with the crowd. The SCV float also took third place in the parade. courtesy photo

The Sons of Confederate Veterans participated in the DeLeon Peach and Melon Festival & Parade, where members handed out candy and shared their Southern heritage with the crowd. The SCV float also took third place in the parade. courtesy photo

SCV camps participate in DeLeon festival parade

News Staff
Thursday, August 14, 2025
The Sons of Confederate Veterans’ entry placed third in the DeLeon Peach and Melon Festival & Parade on Aug. 9. Three SCV camps participated together in the event: the Capt. Walter T. Saxon Camp #1982 of Hico, 2nd Texas Frontier No. 1904 of DeLeon and the Saltworks Camp No. 2353 of Lampasas.
Kline Whitis students, from left, Jentry Jones, Christianna Gonzalez, Nikita Olsen, Kylee Davis, Hazel Cecil, Nadia Martin, Brooklyn Alderson, and Autumn Hiller welcome classmates on the first day of school. erick mitchell | dispatch record

Kline Whitis students, from left, Jentry Jones, Christianna Gonzalez, Nikita Olsen, Kylee Davis, Hazel Cecil, Nadia Martin, Brooklyn Alderson, and Autumn Hiller welcome classmates on the first day of school. erick mitchell | dispatch record

Welcome back to school, Badgers!

News Staff
Monday, August 11, 2025
Newsmakers

Newsmakers

Newsmakers

News Staff
Monday, August 11, 2025
National court reporters associationCindy Isaacsen, a 1985 Lampasas High School graduate, was installed as president of the National Court Reporters Association last week at an annual conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She will serve in the position for one year.
Dorothy Person, a local Salvation Army volunteer, pauses for a photo in front of the flood damages on Avenue H last month. COURTESY PHOTO

Dorothy Person, a local Salvation Army volunteer, pauses for a photo in front of the flood damages on Avenue H last month. COURTESY PHOTO

Lampasas civic groups continue local flood recovery efforts

Alexandria Randolph
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Amonth after the July 5 flood, local volunteers are still needed to help families with flood damages.Salvation Army volunteer Dorothy Person said she witnessed the effort of local civic organizations and neighbors who came together to lend a hand.“Mostly people are helping each other,” she said.
An AAS trial garden at Boerner Botanical Gardens offers a setting that evaluates plants for qualities suitable to the home garden. courtesy photo | melindamyers.com

An AAS trial garden at Boerner Botanical Gardens offers a setting that evaluates plants for qualities suitable to the home garden. courtesy photo | melindamyers.com

Gathering ideas for next year’s garden

Melinda Myers
Monday, August 4, 2025
Summer is a time when many gardeners begin making plans for new additions to next year’s gardens. You may already be doing ongoing evaluations of your own plantings and may want to include tours of others’ gardens.
erick Mitchell | dispatch record At left, Elias Vawter applies the finishing touches to his bike before taking it out for a ride during last week’s Wrenches to Wheels event at Lampasas Middle School.

erick Mitchell | dispatch record At left, Elias Vawter applies the finishing touches to his bike before taking it out for a ride during last week’s Wrenches to Wheels event at Lampasas Middle School.

LMS students build bikes, bonds and skills at ‘Wrenches for Wheels’ program

Erick Mitchell
Monday, August 4, 2025
Lampasas Middle School students had the chance to build and take home their own bike for free during last Tuesday’s “Wrenches to Wheels” program hosted by Workforce Solutions of Central Texas.Workforce Solution’s Chelsea Hershberger said this marks the program’s fourth summer in operation.
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