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January 4th, 2008
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Many news events graced the front pages of the Lampasas Dispatch Record during 2007. A sampling of the major happenings for the second half of the year follows. JULY The Board of Trustees of the Lampasas Independent School District authorized the issuance of school building bonds and voted to ... More...

Charles Edward Wernette, 63, of Lampasas County died Dec. 31, 2007, at Metroplex Hospital in Killeen. Funeral services were Jan. 3 at Sneed Funeral Chapel in Lampasas with Bruce Crawford officiating. Burial was at Nix Cemetery in Lampasas County. More...

At a recent meeting, the Lometa ISD Board of Trustees named Jamie Smart as principal of the Lometa Alternative School. Smart previously served as the school's director. After a public hearing on House Bill 621 regarding the taxing of goods in transit, the board took action on a taxing policy. More...

Violence in teenage dating relationships threatens the health and safety of youths throughout Texas. Dating violence is the intentional use of physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse by a person to harm, threaten, intimidate or control another person in a dating relationship. Teen dating viole... More...
Funeral services for Lometa resident Charlie Boyd, 92, were Jan. 3, 2007 at First Baptist Church in Lometa with Minister Doyle Combs officiating. Burial was at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lampasas. Mr. Boyd died Dec. 31 at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple. More...
Arson severely damaged a one-family rental property at 507 N. Ridge St. Monday afternoon. The fire, which started in the living room, displaced a family of five, including four children, City Fire Marshal Reece Oestreich said. Lampasas Fire Department received a call about the blaze at 1:28 p.m. More...
Lampasas High School girls' basketball coach Mitzi Lancaster listened to the final 19 seconds of her team's 56-40 home win against Pflugerville Hendrickson Wednesday via cell phone. Lancaster, who was with her newborn son in a Georgetown hospital, liked what she heard. More...
The Lometa boys' basketball team improved to 12-4 on the year with a 67-40 road win against Jonesboro on Wednesday, following up its third-place finish at the Zephyr Tournament Dec. 27-29. The Hornets are scheduled to play host to Buckholts today at 3:30 p.m. More...