BRIEFLY

BURN BAN LIFTEDCounty Judge Randy Hoyer has lifted the countywide burn ban until 5 p.m. March 23. Property owners who plan to burn are encouraged to exercise caution and to notify the sheriff’s office ahead of time at 512-556-8255.W.M. BROOK PARK PLAYGROUND The city has announced that the W.M.

History tells a tragic story of the Jones brothers

EDITOR’S NOTE: Lampasas historican Jeff Jackson has researched a number of local topics. The following is his research on a Lampasas County family from the Civil War era.Tauthor’s Introductionhe story of “Saving Private Ryan” came to the big screen in 1998.

friDAY, march 13

bingo, 10 a.m. Lampasas Multi-Service Center, 901 S. Live Oak.Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Fourth Street and Chestnut.hicks chapel Church of God in Christ, 11 a.m. worship service. 1102 S. Chestnut St.Alcoholics Anonymous, 5 p.m. St.

Sculpture piece moves to Third Street

“Fun Flowers XL,” a salvaged steel structure created by Delbert Beckham, has moved from the Lampasas County Chamber of Commerce site to the Jack Calvert Municipal Building.

community calendar

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Badger powerlifters heading to regional meet Saturday

Fourteen Lampasas boys powerlifters are hitting the road to the regional meet in Gatesville on Saturday.

DISTRICT COURT

Lampasas County 27th District Court convened last week with Judge Debbie Garrett presiding over the day’s hearings.Defendant Triston Martin Holloman of Lampasas was given 15 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on a charge of sexual assault of a child.

Lampasas man receives 30 years for assault of child

Jarren Wade Morua pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony, during 27th District Court proceedings March 6.Morua, 29, of Lampasas, was sentenced to 30 years in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice facility.

Water alliance accepts Lampasas County, city as members

Lampasas County and the city of Lampasas are official members of the Central Texas Water Alliance.At the CTWA Board of Directors meeting March 5 in Waco, members accepted the two Lampasas governmental entities into the alliance along with four water purveyors.

ARRESTS

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.