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Browning Garden Club to tour home garden with native plants

News Staff
Thursday, October 5, 2023
The Browning Community Garden Club will hold its next monthly meeting Oct. 17 at 10 a.m. Note the change in meeting location: Certified Master Gardener Gail Eltgroth will present “Landscaping with Texas Natives,” followed by a tour of her home gardens outside Lometa.

Hydroponics gardening program scheduled for Oct. 21

News Staff
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Cleaton’s 4E Farms & Nursery will host a program on “Introduction to Hydroponics & Microgreens Indoor Gardening” from 9-11:30 a.m. Oct. 21 in the Lampasas County Office Building conference room, 409 S. Pecan St. Pre-registration is required by Oct. 14 at https://cleatons-4e-farms. square.site/.

Mills & Lampasas County Range Tour set for Oct. 27

News Staff
Thursday, October 5, 2023
The AgriLife Extension Service will offer a Mills & Lampasas County Range Tour Oct. 27 at the Bar J Ranch, 32 County Road 220 in Goldthwaite. Speakers will be landowners, Extension agents and Natural Resource Conservation Service personnel.

community calendar

News Staff
Thursday, October 5, 2023
bingo, 10 a.m. Lampasas Multi-Service Center, 901 S. Live Oak. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Fourth Street and Chestnut. classics at the classic, 5 p.m. Storm’s Drive-In back parking lot, 201 N. Key Ave. Bring a lawn chair for this family friendly event.
Ronnie Jung, former executive director of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, speaks to the Lampasas County Retired Teachers Association during its monthly meeting Tuesday. His presentation included information on the cost-ofliving adjustment sought for retired educators. erick mitchell | dispatch record

Ronnie Jung, former executive director of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, speaks to the Lampasas County Retired Teachers Association during its monthly meeting Tuesday. His presentation included information on the cost-ofliving adjustment sought for retired educators. erick mitchell | dispatch record

Retired Teachers Association receives update on Proposition 9

Erick Mitchell
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Election Day 2023 has a lot of meaning for retired teachers across Lampasas County. Former public schoolteachers are hopeful voters will say “yes” on Proposition 9 so they can receive a cost-of-living adjustment.
courtesy photo

courtesy photo

LPD welcomes new police officer

News Staff
Thursday, October 5, 2023
The Lampasas Police Department has welcomed Officer Megan Hale to the department. Hale graduated from the Central Texas College Police Academy Sept. 22 and began her field training last week.

Lometa teen arrested after crash in Kempner

Alexandria Randolph
Thursday, October 5, 2023
A Lometa teen was arrested on a felony charge Sunday morning after authorities said he stole a vehicle and wrecked it. At 7:01 a.m. Sunday, Texas DPS troopers responded to a report of a one-vehicle crash on County Road 4390 about three miles southwest of Kempner. DPS Sgt.
This structure, listed in the 1700 block of South Main Street, burned to the ground last week. No one had been living in the single-story house. The fire is the second at that location in recent years, according to Lampasas Fire Marshal J.P. Harris. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

This structure, listed in the 1700 block of South Main Street, burned to the ground last week. No one had been living in the single-story house. The fire is the second at that location in recent years, according to Lampasas Fire Marshal J.P. Harris. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

Abandoned house burns; officials still investigating the incident

Alexandria Randolph
Thursday, October 5, 2023
An abandoned house on Main Street burned to the ground Friday evening, and officials said the cause of the fire is still under investigation. Lampasas Fire Department officials said a single-story home in the 1700 block of South Main Street burned down Friday at about 8 p.m.

Man hospitalized after collision on South Key Avenue

Erick Mitchell
Thursday, October 5, 2023
A 54-year-old male from San Saba was injured Friday evening after hitting a stopped vehicle that was partially in the travel lane at the 1400 block of South Key Avenue. Agencies on the scene included the Lampasas Police Department, Lampasas Fire Department and Hamilton EMS.
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