BURN BAN IN EFFECT
A county burn ban is in effect, prohibiting many types of outdoor fires outside Lampasas, Kempner and Lometa city limits. The ban forbids open campfires -- as well as brush fires that do not meet specific conditions.
Exceptions to the ban allow:
• barbecues in above-ground grills.
• the burning of household trash in a receptacle “covered with a mesh material with no more than 1/4-in…