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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

News Staff
Thursday, February 26, 2026
We would like to help get your group’s event(s) listed in the Dispatch Record Calendar. The listing of community events and meetings is free.Calendar items must be in writing.
The site of the future Thomas Cameron BESS along County Road 2275 sits directly across the street from Ted and Sharon Newsom. The facility is one of four planned for Lampasas County, according to ERCOT. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

The site of the future Thomas Cameron BESS along County Road 2275 sits directly across the street from Ted and Sharon Newsom. The facility is one of four planned for Lampasas County, according to ERCOT. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

Lometa couple sound alarm over battery storage plant

Erick Mitchell
Thursday, February 26, 2026
It was the nightmare before Christmas for Ted and Sharon Newsom when they looked out their windows Dec. 17 to see the first battery energy storage system (BESS) in Lampasas County under development.The 200 MW Thomas Cameron BESS facility on County Road 2275 is expected to be in operation by May...

ARRESTS

News Staff
Thursday, February 26, 2026
The following arrests were reported to the Lampasas Dispatch Record by area law enforcement officials.

DISTRICT COURT

News Staff
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Lampasas County 27th District Court convened last week with Judge Debbie Garrett presiding over the day’s hearings.Defendant Refugio Gauna of Lampasas waived a jury trial, and the court assessed him four years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on a charge of possession of a controlled...

American Red Cross blood drive planned for March 10

News Staff
Thursday, February 26, 2026
The next American Red Cross Community Blood Drive will be March 10, from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at First Street Church of Christ’s Family Life Center, 201 W. First St.Appointments may be made online or through the Red Cross app.
Lometa senior Selie Hodge poses for a photo with her 2026 ag mechanics project, a shelf to hold belt buckles aquired through livestock show competitions over the years. ADAM BARRIOS | DISPATCH RECORD

Lometa senior Selie Hodge poses for a photo with her 2026 ag mechanics project, a shelf to hold belt buckles aquired through livestock show competitions over the years. ADAM BARRIOS | DISPATCH RECORD

FFA is life for Lometa senior Selie Hodge

Erick Mitchell
Monday, February 23, 2026
When it comes to living by FFA’s motto – “Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve” – few do it better than Lometa High School senior Selie Hodge.For a decade, the two-year FFA chapter president has been a constant figure in the show ring at the Lampasas County Youth...
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