The report from the Aug. 31 Lampasas Cattle Auction follows.

Fun. Community-building.

After nearly four decades of service to the community, Randy Lake, assistant chief for the Lampasas Volunteer Fire Department, will step down. Lake will have served 38 years in the department as of Saturday.

Those who watch “True Crime” on the Oxygen television network may have seen a familiar face last week: Sheriff Jess Ramos. Ramos was interviewed late last year for the “Mastermind of Murder” documentary series.

After years of coaching and teaching at the middle school level, Warren Scott has stepped into the role of director for Lampasas’ Disciplinary Alternative Education Program. After learning that previous director Ray Otterson was stepping down, Scott said he had not planned on applying, “but something in my heart told me to go ahead and try it, so I did.” Scott’s experiences in the school district have equipped him to take on the role.

Acancer diagnosis didn’t stop fifthgrade math teacher Tammy Sheard from pouring into her new students at Taylor Creek Elementary School. Principal Shona Moore said Sheard “keeps knocking it out of the park,” with her students scoring highest in the district on their STAAR math tests.

The Knights of Columbus will offer an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast Sunday from 7 a.m. to noon at St.

They say the eyes are the window to the soul, so the mouth must be the gatekeeper to the body. With students returning to school, it’s a great time to build healthy habits and daily routines that they can carry for the rest of their lives.

The Aug. 18 market report from Mills County Commission Co.