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Meteor shower to be visible this week

News Staff
Monday, August 10, 2026
Those who enjoy star-gazing and watching celestial bodies will want to find some dark sky Wednesday night to observe what NASA calls “the best meteor shower of the year.”
Western Avenue is filled for the 2025 Western Night on Western concert and street dance that featured local fiddler Jason Roberts and his band. The Derailers will perform this year for the Lampasas County Museum’s fundraiser. FILE PHOTO

Western Avenue is filled for the 2025 Western Night on Western concert and street dance that featured local fiddler Jason Roberts and his band. The Derailers will perform this year for the Lampasas County Museum’s fundraiser. FILE PHOTO

Museum preparing for annual street dance

Erick Mitchell
Monday, August 10, 2026
After a summer of rebuilding, the Lampasas County Museum is gearing up for its annual Western Night on Western street dance in September.The museum has been empty and on the recovery trail since it sustained flood damages on Mother’s Day.
Lampasas ISD buses will be on roadways beginning Thursday when students return for the new term. FILE PHOTO

Lampasas ISD buses will be on roadways beginning Thursday when students return for the new term. FILE PHOTO

Back to class means start of school zones, more traffic on area roadways

News Staff
Monday, August 10, 2026
Students in the Lampasas ISD will head back to school on Thursday for the start of classes, while in Lometa the new school term will commence on Aug. 18.Drivers will need to gear up for the return of school-related traffic, buses on the roadways and the initiation of school zones with reduced speed...

Matching gift opportunity available to help Lampasas Senior Center

News Staff
Monday, August 10, 2026
Hill Country Community Action Association invites the local community to support the Lampasas Senior Center through a special matching gift opportunity provided by the Anderson Foundation.Every donation designated for the Lampasas Senior Center helps provide nutritious meals, wellness checks and...
RANDOM DISTRACTIONS BY MARK MONTGOMERY

RANDOM DISTRACTIONS BY MARK MONTGOMERY

I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date!

Mark Montgomery
Thursday, August 6, 2026
Afew years ago while driving home from work, I was listening to Star Date on NPR (I’m a “woke” kinda guy), and the reporter was talking about astronomers discovering two stars that were destined to collide.
Forward Lampasas completed its trail along Sulphur Creek between the Western Street and Fourth Street bridges in 2025. While that project remains a focus for the group, the nonprofit is looking to expand its reach in new avenues. COURTESY PHOTO

Forward Lampasas completed its trail along Sulphur Creek between the Western Street and Fourth Street bridges in 2025. While that project remains a focus for the group, the nonprofit is looking to expand its reach in new avenues. COURTESY PHOTO

Forward Lampasas seeks input on next project

Erick Mitchell
Thursday, August 6, 2026
Forward Lampasas is eyeing community input on what projects the local nonprofit organization should take on next.Until Monday, residents may fill out a short survey that asks what the Lampasas community is doing well and what it needs to add in the next three years.In 2025, Forward Lampasas...
Bill Yick attended the Piano Technicians Guild Annual Convention and Technical Institute in Virginia during July. COURTESY PHOTO

Bill Yick attended the Piano Technicians Guild Annual Convention and Technical Institute in Virginia during July. COURTESY PHOTO

Local technician participates in international piano institute

News Staff
Thursday, August 6, 2026
Bill Yick of Lampasas was among more than 700 attendees – including piano technicians, manufacturers and suppliers – who attended the Piano Technicians Guild Annual Convention and Technical Institute.The annual event, first held in 1958, is designed to provide piano technicians with world-class...

New farmers market launches in Kempner

Erick Mitchell
Monday, August 3, 2026
The Sylvia Tucker Memorial Park in Kempner is home to a new up-and-coming farmers market.In July, Alexandria Garcia was given the green light by the Kempner City Council to host The Cozy Kitchen Market at the park on the first and third Sundays of each month through September 2027.Garcia, a...
The Lampasas Badger Band practices songs from its upcoming 2026 marching show. The band has received over $200,000 in community donations to aquire new instruments and two band equipment trailers. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

The Lampasas Badger Band practices songs from its upcoming 2026 marching show. The band has received over $200,000 in community donations to aquire new instruments and two band equipment trailers. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

Badger Band bolstered by $200,000 in donations

Erick Mitchell
Monday, August 3, 2026
When an anonymous donor told Lampasas High School Band Director Eduardo Zambrano they were looking to recruit 100 donors who would give $1,000 each to the band program, he couldn’t believe his ears.What started as initial skepticism quickly grew into reality.
Volunteers such as these pack shoebox gifts to be sent to children around the world. Operation Christmas Child is a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse. National Collection Week for the shoeboxes will be Nov. 16-23. COURTESY PHOTO | SAMARITAN’S PURSE

Volunteers such as these pack shoebox gifts to be sent to children around the world. Operation Christmas Child is a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse. National Collection Week for the shoeboxes will be Nov. 16-23. COURTESY PHOTO | SAMARITAN’S PURSE

Lometa residents partner with Operation Christmas Child

News Staff
Monday, August 3, 2026
The Mid-TX West Area Operation Christmas Child Team will host a kick-off event Sept. 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at Covenant Life Church, 4001 E. Elms Road in Killeen.
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