Sheriff Gordon Morris has not measured his success by how many people he arrested, but by the number of citizens he and his staff have helped over the years. With his retirement looming in December 2008, Morris is ending a 35-year law enforcement career, with 28 of those as Lampasas County sheri... More...
City officials need to receive results of a wildlife habitat survey before construction can begin on the Farm-to-Market Road 580 West sports complex. As a condition of the $400,000 matching grant Lampasas received from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, planners must organize construction s... More...
Lampasas High School senior Brittany Ham, the daughter of Sheila Ham and Elliott Ham, was crowned homecoming queen at Friday night's football game. She is escorted by Andrew McCatherine standing in for her father, who is deployed overseas. More...
Real de Catorce, Mexico -- The road stops here. That's right -- When you step off the bus at the end of the one-way tunnel, you're literally at the end. To travel further, you have no choice but to find your own way or follow an ancient mule trail. The town sits 9,000 feet above sea level. More...
In the response to the (Aug. 28) letter to the editor concerning facts about the emotional cost of delaying the jail, the responder ("Citizens should verify the facts, costs of jail," Sept. 11) implies that any legal action on the part of voters is not only legal but a responsibility. More...
When my husband and I decided to raise our kids in small-town, rural Texas, we did it in part for the community. It's nice to see friendly, familiar faces where you shop, live and play. So it was with a great deal of disappointment that I learned the Courtyard Square Association canceled trick or ... More...
The Lampasas FFA chapter recently received a $250 donation from the Lampasas Kiwanis Club as a result of a cooperative effort between both organizations during Spring Ho. More...
Bizarre doesn't begin to cover it. When Gatesville kicker Chance Taylor's 32-yard field goal plummeted to the earth roughly five yards beyond the same spot on the crossbar his 37-yard attempt bounced off minutes earlier, the capacity crowd at Badger Field fell silent. More...
Although rising corn prices are not affecting Lampasas County ranchers as severely as they are many Panhandle or Midwestern producers, feed and fuel costs have forced cattle raisers to economize. Feedlot operators, who often use corn to fatten cattle, are especially looking for ways to balance ou... More...
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Longtime local business owner, Paul Brown, dies