February 5, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

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Feral hogs spreading

Wild pigs can carry disease, disrupt property
By DAVID LOWE Staff Writer
They come by night and seem to vanish during the day. While difficult to track, they leave their marks everywhere -- on fences, in uprooted soil and in other animal populations. More...

Perfect season

Three Lady Badger freshman basketball players swarm a Vista Ridge player Friday night in the Lampasas girls' 44-30 win. The Lady Badgers improved their record to 25-0 and will play host to Dripping Springs at 8 p.m. More...

Flower sale

Lometa L-M Garden and Civic Club will hold its annual Valentine's Day flower sale. Orders will be taken this week. Cost is $12 for a dozen carnations in a vase, and $6 for three carnations in a vase. More...

Open meeting

Preservation Lampasas Inc. will hold a public meeting regarding restoration of the historic Lampasas Colored School. The meeting is Feb. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Lampasas City Council Chambers, 407 S. Main St. More...

 

Editorial

Political Cartoon

Full Story

Can the Republicans win?

William Murchison

The impression takes root and grows. Say! The Democrats could lose this one. Could lose big, in fact. On which premise no one should stake even his subprime mortgage. More...

The politics of foreclosure

Michelle Malkin

of foreclosure Who says bipartisanship is dead? More...

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Deaths

Mrs. Coleman

Margie Parthene Coleman, 98, of Lampasas died Jan. 31, 2008, at Rollins Brook Community Hospital. Funeral services were Feb. 3 at First Street Church of Christ with Minister Rocky Moncus officiating. Burial was at Hillsdale Cemetery near Izoro. More...

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Sports

THE HOME STRETCH

Badger defense stymies Rangers
By JEREMY HEATH Staff Writer

The Lampasas High School boys' basketball team assured its head coach of two things on Friday night: 1) a winning season and 2) it plans to make a strong stretch run despite being out of the playoff race. More...

Home Games Tonight

The Lady Badgers and Badgers are scheduled to play host to Dripping Springs tonight, starting with the girls' game at 6:30 p.m. More...

Lady Rangers rally past LHS

VR Girls 54, LHS 49
By JEREMY HEATH Staff Writer

In a game that strangely resembled the first meeting between the two teams, the Vista Ridge Lady Rangers used an early third-quarter run to upend the Lampasas Lady Badgers, 54-49, on Friday at Bozarth-Fowler Gymnasium. In the first meeting on Jan. More...

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LISD helps students deal with violence

By LISA CARNLEY Staff Writer

O rtralla Mosley's death in 2003 at age 15 served as a wake-up call to school districts and Texas legislators that something must be done about violence in schools and protecting children. More...

Commissioners eye revamped ordinance; seek to add officer

By DAVID LOWE Staff Writer

The Lampasas County Commissioners Court may rewrite the county junkyard ordinance to limit the number of unregistered vehicles residents may keep on their property. More...

Crime increases as population continues to grow; Police Department fully staffed

By LISA CARNLEY Staff Writer

With the Lampasas Police Department at full staff, Chief of Police Tim Angermann and Assistant Chief Sammy Bailey say keeping the community safe and serving the public are at the forefront of their operation. More...

Pancakes

St. Mary's Episcopal Church Women will host a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper tonight at 6 p.m. Ash Wednesday services with imposition of ashes will be Wednesday at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. A covered-dish supper and program will begin at 6:30 p.m. More...

Candidates

Joe Lorette and David Whitis, Republican candidates for Lampasas County sheriff, will speak at a forum Monday at 7 p.m. at the Lampasas County Courthouse's District Courtroom. More...

Lifestyles

Church plans Valentine's events

School Creek Baptist Church will have a Valentine's banquet and show Feb. 17 from 4-6 p.m. More...

Sculptor showing in Temple

T.J. Mabrey's exhibition, "The Boat Show, an Exhibition of Vehicles, Vessels and Viewpoints in Marble," opened last month at the Azalee Marshall Cultural Activities Center in Temple and will remain open to the public until Feb. 22. More...

Candidate forum set at Killeen post

The Area Veterans Advisory Committee will host a candidates' forum Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Killeen American Legion Post 223 at 208 S. Park Ave. Incumbents, U.S. Rep. More...

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Letters

Veterinary services

Lampasas is a nice community-minded small town. Great interest has been put into making our square more attractive and inviting to tourists. We have had famous artists fashion sculptures in our park in the last year or so. More...

Poor ballot choices

2008 is the year of the empty ballot. On the Republican side, the best-qualified -- Newt Gingrich -- was not accepted into the Republican clique. More...

Analysis of congressional term length

The nice thing about the Internet is that data for almost anything can be found. One of my hobbies is playing with the data to see if anything interesting pops up. More...

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News

Severe wildfire season predicted

Long-term forecasts of drierthan normal weather indicates wildfire conditions will not subside for a while. More...

Government contracting conference set Wednesday

The Central Texas Business Resource Center will conduct the second annual Fort Hood Region Government Contracting Conference & Expo Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Killeen Civic & Conference Center. More...

Nominations are accepted for environmental awards

Keep Texas Beautiful, a statewide nonprofit dedicated to litter prevention, beautification and waste reduction, is accepting nominations for its 2008 awards through Feb. 19. More...

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Agribusiness

Cattle Auction

The report from the Jan. 30 sale at Lampasas Cattle Auction is as follows. Cattle and calves: Estimated receipts 682 compared to 579 last week and 1,036 last year. More...

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