Braedon Raub and his American breed steer garnered top show honors at the Lampasas County Youth
Livestock Show last weekend. Complete stock show results and additional photos will appear in Friday’s
edition of the Lampasas Dispatch Record.
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Trustees consider calling bond election for construction, renovation projects
By CHERI JAY-WIENECKE Special Correspondent
In the case of a bond election for improvements at the Lometa Independent School District, the decision rests in the hands of local residents.
A community meeting is scheduled Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the school cafetorium to obtain public input on the matter of school improvements and a possible bond election. More...
City staff still are waiting to hear whether Lampasas will receive a $2 million grant to build a solar energy facility at a former city landfill off Old Georgetown Road. More...
Do you ever notice how the smartest people are the ones who seem to do the most senseless things? It’s as if their brains are wired for either intelligence or common sense -- but not both. More...
Forget about no-fly lists, full-body scanners and air marshals. All the loud recriminations about who should have done what to stop the UndyBomber from boarding a plane to Detroit on Christmas Day miss a more fundamental point: Young, single, rootless foreign Muslim Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab should never, ever have received a temporary visa into our country in the first place. More...
A memorial service for Larry J. Gage, 76, is Jan. 13, 2010, at 4 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 5300 Main St. in Houston. Funeral services will follow on Jan. 16 at Sneed Funeral Chapel in Lampasas, with burial at Smith Cemetery in Oakalla. A reception will follow at Oakalla Community Center. More...
Pedernales Electric Cooperative invites members to a forum on Wednesday from 6-9 p.m. to discuss the ongoing effort to consider revisions, updates and improvements to PEC’s bylaws. The meeting also will include a discussion of a proposed member bill of rights. More...
Lady Badgers suffer worst loss of year, falling by 31 points at home against district foe Hendrickson
Unfortunately, the Lady Badgers never had a chance.
The No. 15 Hendrickson Lady Hawks were in no mood to play around after suffering a 12-point loss to Killeen in their districtopener, and they took out their frustrations on Lampasas.
Over and over again. More...
The report from the Jan. 6 sale at Lampasas Cattle Auction is as follows.
Cattle and calves:
Estimated receipts 840 compared to 953 last year. No sale to compare to last week. More...
Temperatures plummet in wake of first arctic blast of new year
