BRIEFLY

SEE YOU AT THE LIBRARYOn Aug. 16, families across the country will gather for “See You at the Library,” a nationwide event to celebrate faith, freedom and the power of storytelling.Lampasas Public Library will participate in this endeavor, sponsored locally by Texas First Conservative Alliance.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

friDAY, aug. 8bingo, 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.saturDAY, Aug. 9Lake victor homecoming, noon. Lake Victor Community Center.

Historical Commission recognized by state

Lampasas County Historical Commission representatives pose for a photo alongside County Judge Randy Hoyer after the Commissioners Court recognized the commission for being named one of 60 across the 254 Texas counties that received the Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Historical...

TxDOT offers safety tips for driving in school zones, around buses

As children across the state gather school supplies, say goodbye to summer and prepare for a new year of classes, Texas drivers are also getting ready for school traffic to return.

The building of St. Christopher’s, a church for the Spanish-speakers of Lampasas

EDITOR’S NOTE: Lampasas historian Jeff Jackson has researched a number of topics. The following is part of a series on the establishment of Catholic churches in this community.

District Court

Lampasas County 27th District Court convened Aug. 1 with Judge Debbie Garrett presiding over the light docket.Defendant Amanda Jean Wilkerson of San Saba had her pretrial hearing reset for Aug. 8.

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.Aug.

School district seeks appeal in decade-long boundary dispute with Copperas Cove ISD

After a nine-year dispute, Lampasas ISD is not preparing to surrender more than 300 acres of land to Copperas Cove ISD.The Lampasas district will appeal a Texas Supreme Court ruling that would allow Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Morath to shift 335 acres of land from the LISD to CCISD.