Spring Ho 2008 is history, but the Lampasas Dispatch Record will share photos, contest results and a wrap-up story of the 37th annual festival in Friday's edition. More...
During its regular session last week, the Lometa City Council agreed to a fee increase at the Lometa Regional Park. With Mayor Pro Tem Doug Brister presiding in the absence of Mayor David Ivey, the council agreed the new rates would be a viable means of increasing revenue to the city. More...
The desire for a slower pace and the chance to serve fellow Lampasans has spurred Dr. Jay Elder to open Sulphur Springs Dental at 300 Central Texas Expressway. Elder opened a practice in Copperas Cove in 1992, but for several years has been planning to open a dental clinic in Lampasas, where he a... More...
Lighthouse Hospice of Burnet is seeking volunteers to be friendly visitors and provide companionship for another person. Office help also is sought. Free training is provided. For information, phone Jean Munson, volunteer coordinator, at (512) 525-3853. More...
The Senate has finally passed the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 69-28, after months of dithering, but one vote among the yeas comes as quite a surprise. Sen. Barack Obama, who just a few months ago threatened to filibuster the bill, had a change of heart - or was i... More...
Small-town America is alive and well as seen in the late evening of July 4 at the Lometa Regional Park. Thanks go to one individual who took it upon himself four years ago to provide a fireworks display for the citizenry of our town. More...
A memorial service and burial of ashes will be held for John Ronald Bryant (Big John), 64, July 19, 2008, at Smith Cemetery at School Creek. Mr. Bryant died June 23 after a long battle with cancer. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam. More...
New student registration and orientation for the 2008-09 term at Lampasas High School will be as follows. Aug. 11: new 11th- and 12th-graders. Aug. 12: new 9th- and 10th-graders. Both sessions will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the high school library. More...
Trent Lancaster's expectations for his Blue Blazes track athletes at Friday and Saturday's Region V Meet in Temple were pretty high. That didn't keep those athletes from exceeding those expectations. More...