Lampasas, thanks for everything

  • During Monique Brand’s time at the Dispatch Record, she visited the state capitol often to speak on behalf of rural newspapers. monique brand | Dispatch Record
    During Monique Brand’s time at the Dispatch Record, she visited the state capitol often to speak on behalf of rural newspapers. monique brand | Dispatch Record
  • Monique Brand
    Monique Brand

    “It’s not about where you are; it’s about the impact that you’ve made in the community … and vice versa.” — Voice United of Killeen publisher and renowned jazz musician Rick Perkins

    My Pops, Rick Perkins, gave me this advice just one day before I applied for a position at the Dispatch Record and two weeks before he passed away in February 2021.

    My first week here in Lampasas ended with me giving him…