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Lampasas council close to vote on 2022 budget, tax rate

Monique Brand
Thursday, September 9, 2021
A public hearing Tuesday on the city tax rate lasted five minutes, with no comment from residents. The Lampasas City Council proposed a maximum rate of $0.3370 for the upcoming fiscal year, a 14.73% decrease. The proposed rate of $0.337 per $100 tax valuation is lower than the current rate of $0.
Ceremony to honor those lost in 9/11 attacks

Ceremony to honor those lost in 9/11 attacks

Ceremony to honor those lost in 9/11 attacks

News Staff
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Reviewing plans for a Sept. 11 memorial event are, from left, Kempner City Manager David C. Williams, Kempner Mayor John Wilkerson, County Judge Randy Hoyer, Lampasas Mayor TJ Monroe and Sgt. 1st Class Dominic Brenner of the 62nd Engineer Battalion. The remembrance event will begin Saturday at 9 a.

BRIEFLY

News Staff
Thursday, September 9, 2021
FIRST RESPONDERS’ LUNCHEON A First Responders Appreciation Luncheon is set for Sept. 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Young’s BBQ & More, located at 504 N. Key Ave. The lunch is sponsored by Heritage Funeral Home.
Buildings around downtown square served as courthouse sites prior to 1884

Buildings around downtown square served as courthouse sites prior to 1884

Buildings around downtown square served as courthouse sites prior to 1884

Jeff Jackson
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
EDITOR’S NOTE: Lampasas historian Jeff Jackson has researched numerous local history topics — including the various courthouse sites that Lampasas County had in the county’s first three decades. This column discusses sites 11-17. A story about the first 10 courthouse sites appeared in the Aug.

Nextlink expands in Lampasas

News Staff
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Nextlink is providing high-speed internet service to America’s heartland and now is operational in Lampasas. The rural-focused provider offers internet and phone service to residential, business, institutional and governmental customers in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska.
Badgers trounce Elgin Wildcats

Badgers trounce Elgin Wildcats

Badgers trounce Elgin Wildcats

News Staff
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Josh Carter catches a touchdown pass from Dylan Sanchez during the second quarter of the Badgers’ 56-13 home victory over the Wildcats on Friday. 

‘It’s about unity’

Monique Brand
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
As Sept. 11 approaches, county and city officials are planning a remembrance ceremony to commemorate the lives lost 20 years ago in the World Trade Center attacks.
This is one of three buses dedicated by The HOP to serve Lampasas County residents. THE HILL COUNTRY TRANSIT DISTRICT | COURTESY PHOTO

This is one of three buses dedicated by The HOP to serve Lampasas County residents. THE HILL COUNTRY TRANSIT DISTRICT | COURTESY PHOTO

The HOP continues to offer services in Lampasas County

Monique Brand
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
The Hill Country Transit District operates The HOP, and its service offers programs to Lampasas County residents that include taking younger riders to school.
Richard Stockman

Richard Stockman

Former Lometa school superintendent Richard Stockman dies

News Staff
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Richard Paul Stockman, 74, died on Sept. 4, 2021, at his residence in Lampasas. He had been superintendent at Lometa ISD before his retirement. Stockman was born Aug. 5, 1947, in San Antonio on Lackland Air Force Base to Durward and Helen Stockman.
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