Lampasas, TX

City seeks grant to keep Oil States By DAVID LOWE Staff Writer       The city is applying for a $1 million grant in an effort to keep Oil States Industries in Lampasas. The City Council on Monday voted 7-0 to submit an application for a Texas Capital Fund "jumbo" grant that would provide for water and sewer extension at the industrial park on U.S. Highway 183. More ... Trustees approve district's tax rate By LISA CARNLEY Staff Writer       The Lampasas Independent School District Board of Trustees on Monday unanimously adopted a general operating fund budget of slightly more than $29.1 million for the 2007-08 school year. That represents an increase over the 2006-07 budget of $22.7 million. More ... Board discusses new LHS campus By LISA CARNLEY Staff Writer       Architects and builders made a presentation Monday night to the Lampasas Independent School District Board of Trustees on the new high school's schematic design. LISD voters in May passed a $48.85 million bond issue that will provide a new high school campus, construct an east-end elementary scho... More ... An exhausting day       Kindergarten can be trying for a 5-year-old, which is why Sage Thompson was caught catnapping against a bookcase during free time Wednesday afternoon. The Lometa Independent School District began the 2007- 08 school year with 317 students, up from 306 the previous year. More ... County budget gets preliminary okay; jail election slated By DAVID LOWE Staff Writer       Lampasas County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a preliminary county budget Monday with a 3.14-cent proposed tax increase. If commissioners approve the budget in their final vote Sept. 24, the total tax rate would rise to 58.9 cents per $100 taxable value, up from 55.76 cents for the cu... More ... Tractor-trailer collides with pickup on FM 580 By JIM LOWE Staff Writer       A truck tractor struck a pickup Tuesday morning on FM 580 East, 2.5 miles north of FM 2313, sending the driver of the pickup to Temple's Scott & White Memorial Hospital. The driver of a 1999 Ford F250 extended cab pickup, James Horton of Blanco, was airlifted from the scene. At Scott & White, he ... More ...