Jones Florist has been doing business in Lampasas for 60 years. And to celebrate the occasion, it will host an open house Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The business is owned and operated by a third generation of the Jones family, as Laura Harrington and her mother, Nina Lee Rasmussen, and sister Karen Cambon continue to arrange flowers for a variety of occasions. More...

Funeral services for Douglas M. January, 76, of Port Lavaca were Aug. 19, 2008, at Richardson-Colonial Funeral Home Chapel in Port Lavaca with Brother Mike Gresham officiating. Burial was Aug. 20 at High Valley Cemetery at Bend. More...

A pretrial hearing is set Sept. 26 in 27th District Court for Jeremiah John Ellison, 26, of Copperas Cove for capital murder. He is charged in connection with the death of 31-year-old Hidi Gower of Copperas Cove who was the victim of an alleged murder-forhire plot by her husband, Donald Dean Gower, on July 4, 2007. More...

The Lady Badgers volleyball team showed some fight against Gatesville on Tuesday night, but it wasn't enough to notch its first victory of the season. Head coach Tracey Myers' squad lost the match in straight sets, falling 25-9, 25-19 and 25-22 to the familiar foe. More...

A Texas Watershed Steward Program is set Sept. 25 at the Lampasas County Farm Bureau building on U.S. Highway 281 North from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. More...

While some FFA chapters haven't even begun to dust off their jackets for the upcoming year, Lometa is still glowing from the success of July's State FFA Convention. The FFA chapter met with a host of success at the Lubbock event. More...