The Lampasas High School Class of 1946 met at St. Mary's Episcopal Church Parish Hall for its 62nd class reunion. Class members present included Charles Lancaster, left, Sherwood Yancy, second from left, and Kenneth Willy, right, with guest Wilma Dycus. Others on hand included Nita V. Smith, Dorothy Simon Shroyer, Fay Smart Crooks, Bobbye Alexander Behlau, Fay Rathman Mullins, Edna Baker Bleimeyer, Ted Roberts, Elbertine Lively Ware, Jack Nobles and Joann McGuire. Among the guests present were Daphne Harris Blanton from the Class of 1938; Martha Bales Bloss from the Class of 1947; and Ann Rathman Hughes from the Class of 1948. Other guests included Stuart Bloss, Joe Behlau, Cecilia Nobles, Sue Lancaster, Carolyn Yancy, Elizabeth Roberts, Kelli Beaty, Brooklyn Beaty, Ashley Beaty, Nancy Andress and Janet Brown. More...

It's a nutty year, a crazy time in our national life, and I've decided to decide — you'll be glad to hear this, John McCain — that the ostensibly nutty choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is nutty in all the right ways. More...

I just want to offer a little public service announcement regarding Ms. Sarah Palin's acceptance speech at the Republican convention. When she said, "I put it on eBay," in talking about the previous governor's luxury jet, she implies that she sold it on eBay. It did not sell on eBay. More...

Virginia Dale McBryde of Brownwood died Aug. 24, 2008. She was 70. Visitation is Sept. 13 from 2-4 p.m. at the Holiday House in Lampasas. Her body will be cremated. Mrs. McBryde was born Jan. 15, 1938, in Oakalla, to Daily and Juanita Smith Kendrick. More...

Scott Brockman, Ricky McQueen and J.D. Prosise of Ron Ischy Masonry erect scaffolding on one wall of Jerry Goodson's surveying business downtown. The site is earmarked for a mural coordinated by Vision Downtown Lampasas! in its ongoing efforts to beautify the city and promote the downtown area. More...

It only took a five-minute span in the second quarter for the game to get away from the Badgers on Friday night. More...