February 26, 2010 RSS feed / News

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Adamsville VFD receives truck

The Adamsville Volunteer Fire Department recently received a 2009 model, 1,000-gallon brush truck, funded by a $155,000 grant from the Texas Forest Service. More...

Doesn’t look like noon

In this photograph taken to the south, near East Fifth and South Main streets, heavy snowfall and low cloud cover descended on this neighborhood. Activity in the area was at a standstill. More...

Animals in snow

Bear, a chocolate lab, above, doesn’t seem to mind the snowy conditions in his Kempner yard. At right: Birds continue to feed unmindful of the swirling white stuff around them. More...

Accident occurs on icy U.S. Highway 190

Icy conditions on U.S. Highway 190 in Kempner resulted in a onevehicle accident Wednesday. Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper III Monte Carroll gave the following account of the incident. More...

Snowy plant

It’s not usual to see a cactus covered in snow, especially in the Central Texas area. But that was one of the rare sightings during Tuesday’s weather event. More...

Law Enforcement Report

The following arrests were reported by law enforcement officials. Feb. 21 -- Joshua Aaron Knox, 21, of New Braunfels for driving while intoxicated. He bonded the same day. Feb. More...

Frosty visits LHS

An enterprising person took advantage of a rare occasion in the area -- daylong snowfall -- and fashioned a snowman, who then was placed in the bed of a pickup truck. More...

Mobile home fire investigated

By DAVID LOWE
Staff Writer

Lampasas County Fire Marshal Gene Harrison, with assistance from the Lampasas Fire Department and criminal investigator David Thorp, is investigating what Harrison called “a suspicious fire” that started on Wednesday. More...

District Court

For driving while intoxicated and felony repetition, Jose Felix Ortiz, 46, received a two-year term in the Texas Department of Corrections. The sentence was given in recent 27th District Court action. More...

No one hurt in collision

A Lometa woman and a Round Rock man avoided major injuries despite a two-vehicle collision Wednesday at the intersection of Key Avenue and Farm-to-Market Road 580 East. Sgt. More...