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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

News Staff
Thursday, January 2, 2025
We would like to help get your group’s event(s) listed in the Dispatch Record Calendar. The listing of community events and meetings is free.Calendar items must be in writing. Email to news@lampasas. com, or mail to: Calendar Lampasas Dispatch Record P.O.
Showing their best to the judge

Showing their best to the judge

Showing their best to the judge

News Staff
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Poultry exhibitors hold their entries for the judge to examine at last year’s Lampasas County Youth Livestock Show. The 88th annual stock show will kick off next week with rabbit, poultry, goat, swine, sheep and cattle divisions, in addition to the Ag Mechanics Show and Food Fair.

Bird flu cases confirmed in Texas

Erick Mitchell
Thursday, January 2, 2025
A U.S. Department of Agriculture database reveals more than 25 cases of bird flu have been reported across multiple Texas counties.Good news for Lampasas County residents: None of the incidents have been reported within Lampasas or its neighboring counties.

ARRESTS

News Staff
Thursday, January 2, 2025
The following arrests were reported to the Lampasas Dispatch Record by area law enforcement officials. The Dispatch Record prints the name and charge(s) of people arrested on at least one Class B misdemeanor – or more serious – charge.JAN.
The American flag flies at half staff at Sylvia Tucker Memorial Park in Kempner in memory of Jimmy Carter. The former president died Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100. COURTESY PHOTO

The American flag flies at half staff at Sylvia Tucker Memorial Park in Kempner in memory of Jimmy Carter. The former president died Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100. COURTESY PHOTO

Former president Jimmy Carter dies

News Staff
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died Sunday at the age of 100 in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Elected to a single term in 1976, Carter was the most recent Democrat to win Lampasas County and Texas in a presidential race.
After the city received recognition as the No. 6 spot in North America from which to observe the April 8 total solar eclipse, Lampasas area officials spent months and months planning for ways to accommodate the thousands of visitors expected for the event. FILE PHOTO

After the city received recognition as the No. 6 spot in North America from which to observe the April 8 total solar eclipse, Lampasas area officials spent months and months planning for ways to accommodate the thousands of visitors expected for the event. FILE PHOTO

Total eclipse a once-in-lifetime event

Erick Mitchell
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Residents and thousands of visitors from near, far and across the globe soaked in the 2024 total solar eclipse experience here on April 8.

Stock show ahead!

Alexandria Randolph
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Call home the cattle, as the Lampasas County Youth Livestock Show is set for Jan. 8-11. It will feature a brandnew schedule and new category this year.Lampasas County Livestock Association President Jeff Rutland said the organization has added a contest for Wednesday, which is a first for the show.
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