Court upholds jury's findings
      The Third Court of Appeals this month affirmed on remand from the Court of Criminal Appeals the guilty verdict handed down against Craig Jonathan Warner by a 27th District Court jury Jan. 28, 2004. District Judge Joe Carroll presided over the original case.
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Collision sends woman to hospital
      A two-vehicle collision Monday afternoon at the entrance to Jim Hoffpauir Inc. sent a Lampasas woman to Rollins Brook Community Hospital. Stacey Dickens, driving a 1998 Mazda 2500 pickup, attempted to turn left into Hoffpauir at about 4 p.m.
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Pretrial hearing set for May 30 in murder case
      In recent 27th District Court action with Judge Joe Carroll presiding, John Robert Martinez, 28, of Copperas Cove is set for a May 30 pretrial hearing for capital murder. Martinez is charged in the death of 31-year-old Copperas Cove resident Hidi Gower, whose body was discovered last July at the ...
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Local law enforcement officials note recent arrests
      The following arrests were reported by law enforcement officials. April 20 -- Charles Chester Cockrell Jr., 47, of Lometa for driving while intoxicated and no insurance. He made bond the same day. -- Brent Justin Herring, 27, of Lampasas for driving while intoxicated. He bonded out the same d...
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