Four Lampasas County young women will vie for the title of Miss Lampasas County Farm Bureau, and one will earn the right to represent the Farm Bureau at various engagements and competitions. The contest will be Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Farm Bureau Building on U.S. Highway 281 North. More...

In recent action in Judge Joe Carroll's 27th District courtroom, James Kelly Loiseau, 25, of Copperas Cove was sentenced to three years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division for possession of a controlled substance. More...

Chris Gaffney refused to use the word. He did not want to tarnish the meaning. So, for years, the Lady Badgers' head softball coach avoided using the term like it was tainted with the plague. More...

Small, non-farm businesses in 162 Texas counties (plus neighboring counties in New Mexico and Oklahoma) may now apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The disaster loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought, above-normal temperatures, and associated wildfires beginning Jan. 1, 2009, said Alfred E. More...

Members of the L-M Garden and Civic Club gathered for the annual flower show recently. Show chairman Sheri Stone set the stage for the event by following the show theme "New York, New York" with posters reflecting the famous sites in New York. More...