Kempner Water Supply Corp. will begin construction soon on the Cliff and Eldine Poe Water Treatment Plant at Stillhouse Hollow Lake. A groundbreaking ceremony is planned for Wednesday. Town hall meetings -- which will explain construction progress, the timeline for completion and the overall costs associated with the project -- will be held Dec. 9, Dec. 16 and Jan. More...
A construction zone will be in place this week on U.S. Highway 281 South from Key Avenue south to the Burnet County line in preparation for a project that includes two traffic signals and an improved intersection at the new Lampasas High School campus. More...
Osteoporosis is the most common type of bone disease, and as many as 80 percent of individuals at high risk who have already had at least one osteoporotic fracture are neither identified nor treated. More...
Thursday night's unveiling of "The Boot Roundup," a mural that Lampasas Countians have been working on for several months, was a smashing success. There was food -- a free chili supper -- music, a slide-show and comments by Vision Downtown Lampasas! Art Committee members who have worked so hard to make the project a memorable one. More...
I really wish I could say President-elect Barack Hussein Obama is the fault of the Democrat voter. The Democrats have pushed a socialist agenda for decades, and now they have one in the White House. The truth is the fault lies within my own party. More...
Funeral mass for Regina Rogers, 97, of Lampasas was Nov. 17, 2008, at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father Pedro Castillo officiating. Burial was at Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Rogers died Nov. 14 at her residence. She was born Sept. 21, 1911, in Smiley, the daughter of Emilio and Anastasia Pena Mejia. More...
The U.S. is failing hundreds of thousands of its youngest citizens on the day they are born, according to the March of Dimes. Texas faces a crisis level of premature births that is driving up health-care costs and special education budgets, and preventive action is needed starting now, said an organization official. More...
If one asks coach Scott Harrelson about the prospects for his team, the Badgers have the potential to be good. Real good. "When they pass, they are the Celtics," Harrelson said recently at the team's public meet-and-greet event. "They are awesome. More...
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