September 17, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

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King and queen candidates

The 2010 homecoming queen will be crowned, and the homecoming king will be announced, tonight at halftime of the Badgers’ game versus Leander Rouse. More...

Trying to regroup

Lorena defenders give Badger fullback Secondy Howard (24) no room to gain yards during the Leopards’ 27-7 win last Friday. More...

New Lampasas budget includes 1-cent tax hike

Utility changes may decrease some customers’ bills
By DAVID LOWE
Staff Writer

The Lampasas City Council on Monday approved a 2010-2011 budget that will raise the tax rate by one cent per $100 property valuation. More...

Project Grad

McDonald’s will contribute a portion of its profits earned Thursday from 4-8 p.m. to the 2011 Project Graduation fund. The public is encouraged to patronize Lampasas McDonald’s to support the senior class. More...

Early voting

Early voting for the Lampasas Independent School District’s tax ratification election continues weekdays through Tuesday. Early voting will be from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. More...

Poll

What was the best moment from Lampasas' spring sports season?

Lifestyles

Club selects artist of month

As Lampasas Art Club's September Artist of the Month, Sheila Ringer's art work is on display at the front of the art gallery in the foyer of My Girls on East Third Street. Mrs. More...

LCHEC chief to speak at library

Lampasas County Higher Education Center Chief Operating Officer Dr. S. Chuck McCarter will speak at the Lampasas Public Library Sept. 28, at 6 p.m. More...

Reception set to celebrate anniversary

Barney and Christine Groves will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Sunday at a reception from 2-5 p.m. at the Crawford Party House. The couple were married on Sept. 29, 1950, in Austin. More...

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Lometa Reporter

Hornets roll past Zephyr at home

By CLAY WHITTINGTON
Staff Writer

The Hornets like to keep their games short and sweet. For the third consecutive week, Lometa put away its opponent before regulation was complete and won by the mercy rule. This time, however, the Hornets put on a show on their home turf. More...

Lometa Senior Center

111 N. W. Railway St. • 752-3693 • 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Reservations for lunches must be made a day ahead and before noon. No lunch served on Fridays. Monday, Sept. More...

Runners place second

By CLAY WHITTINGTON
Staff Writer

The Hornets’ cross country team has room for improvement, but not much. In the first meet of the season at San Saba Saturday, Lometa’s boys’ team finished second overall, as three harriers placed in the field’s top 10. More...

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Badgers top Leander Rouse 17-14 in homecoming game

After trailing 14-7 at halftime, the Badger football team shut out Leander Rouse in the second half and connected on a field goal with less than a minute left in the fourth quarter to take the lead. More...

TxDOT work on Key to start

By DAVID LOWE
Staff Writer

Sewer improvements on Key Avenue could start this fall, and some traffic lanes could be closed by early 2011 to allow for other work on the highway. More...

After the storms

The past week’s rains didn’t quite match the biblical 40 days and nights of flooding, but Lampasans eventually were treated to the same sign shown to Noah: a rainbow, seen here from East T More...

LISD officials report strong attendance

By JIM LOWE
Staff Writer

Lampasas Independent School District’s enrollment the day after Labor Day stood at 3,386, Superintendent Randy Hoyer told trustees this week. The attendance figure for Sept. More...

Taco supper

The Lampasas Association of School Nutrition will hold its annual Taco Salad Supper Friday before the Badgers’ homecoming game. Serving is 5-8 p.m. at the middle school cafeteria. Tickets are $5.50 each and may be purchased at the door. More...

Farm Bureau

The Lampasas County Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting Sept. 25 at 6 p.m. at the Farm Bureau building in Lampasas. Guest speaker will be Texas Farm Bureau President Kenneth Dierschke. More...

 

News

Water main repair

Brandon Kepler of OMI operates a backhoe Wednesday on East Sixth Street, where he and a fellow employee, Mike Blair, removed an older broken six-inch main earlier. The OMI staff members stopped a leak by capping a water valve. More...

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Sports

Time to get gritty

Badgers’ coach wants team to get ‘down and dirty’ tonight against Raiders following first loss of season
By CLAY WHITTINGTON
Staff Writer

Joey McQueen is up to his old tricks again. More...

District 25-3A Standings

District 25-3A Standings Overall W-L District W-L PF PA Liberty Hill 2 1 0 0 90 65 More...

Dessert Night on the Court

The Lady Badgers’ volleyball program held its annual Dessert Night on the Court fund-raiser Tuesday evening at the LHS gymnasium. More...

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Obits

Mr. Martinez

David Martinez, 74, of Goldthwaite died Sept. 4, 2010, in Lampasas at the home of his daughter, Lucy Walker, where he was being cared for by the Walker family and his youngest son, Jaime Martinez. Mr. Martinez was born Feb. More...

Mr. Richardson

Graveside funeral services for Franklin Edward Richardson are Sept. 17, 2010, at 10 a.m. at Center Cemetery with full military honors. Mr. Richardson of Lampasas died Sept. 14 at Santa Rosa Medical Center in San Antonio at the age of 75. More...

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