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A variety of stories highlighted the front pages of the Lampasas Dispatch Record over the past 12 months. Excerpts from the top events in the first half of 2007 follow. JANUARY Lampasas County Judge Ed Lilley, who served two terms, retired with his wife, Sue, who had been the city library dire... More...

Richard Hardin hopes the old Santa Fe Depot is on its way back to health. Most ongoing work at the former railroad station and onetime Lampasas County Chamber of Commerce building focuses on protecting the facility while trying to maintain a historic look, said Hardin, stockholder in Hardin Inter... More...

Lampasas residents will have the choice to attend one of two blood drives scheduled Monday in Lampasas. The first American Red Cross Community Blood Drive of the new year is set at AMVETS Post 80, U.S. Highway 281 South, from 12:30- 6:30 p.m. More...

Lampasas Middle School students, under the guidance of Norma Shifflett and Laura Liverman, teamed up with the Lampasas School Food Service Association to purchase stockings and filled them with goodies for children in Lampasas Head Start. More...
The movie trailers sure look enticing, with majestic polar bears, rapid-fire action and a cast that includes Nicole Kidman. Behind the advertising campaign for "The Golden Compass," though, lurks a dark secret. For all its glitz and seeming similarities to the friendlier fantasy works of C.S. Lewi... More...
Edward Raymond "Shorty" Dimas, 56, of Lampasas died Dec. 26, 2007, at Rollins Brook Community Hospital in Lampasas. Funeral Mass was Dec. 29 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lampasas with Father Pedro Castillo officiating. Burial was at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lampasas. More...
Geraldine Annabelle McCraney, 84, of Copperas Cove died Dec. 28, 2007, at her residence. Funeral services were Dec. 31 at Sneed Funeral Chapel in Lampasas. Burial was at Kempner City Cemetery. Mrs. McCraney was born Oct. 7, 1923, in Waterloo, Iowa, to Earl and Neva Murphy Conerd. More...
Superlatives Offensive MVP: Garrett Gilbert, Sr., QB, Lake Travis. Defensive MVP: Bo Maldonado, Sr., DL, Burnet. First Team Offense Quarterback: Thor Woerner, Jr., Marble Falls. Running backs: Evan Gilbert, Jr., Vista Ridge; Bubba Richards, Jr., Burnet; DelVonta Glenn, Sr., Hendrickso... More...