Lampasas man dead after U.S. 281 rollover

A Lampasas man is dead after a single-vehicle rollover wreck on North U.S. Highway 281 Thursday night. Texas DPS Sgt. Bryan Washko said 54-year-old Shawn Thomas Figurski was traveling northbound in a 2007 Dodge pickup truck on U.S. 281 when the crash occurred at 11:17 p.m.

Tow truck driver killed in "hit and run"

A Buchanan Dam man with ties to Lampasas was killed Saturday in what authorities have said was a hit-and-run crash near Goldthwaite.  Texas DPS authorities said 61-year-old Patrick Morin of Buchanan Dam was killed by a passing vehicle while operating his tow truck on U.S. 183 near Goldthwaite.