As the summer activity at Lampasas Public Library slows down somewhat, staff are taking a break from events for the rest of July and looking ahead to a full fall schedule. “We’re just taking a break right now, taking a breath,” Library Director Shanda Subia said.

The Kempner City Council agreed to update city policy surrounding council meeting structure and purpose during Tuesday’s regular scheduled meeting. Council members Dan Long and Debbie Hernandez were absent from the session.

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With the first day of the 2023-24 school year scheduled for Aug. 10, parents soon will begin the task of purchasing school supplies for their students.

A 57-year-old female received injuries last week after being backed into by a vehicle at the Valero gas station at the intersection of South Key Avenue and EE Ohnmeiss Drive in Lampasas. After the incident, the driver at fault fled the scene.

The following arrests were reported to the Lampasas Dispatch Record by area law enforcement officials. The Dispatch Record prints the name and charge(s) of people arrested on at least one Class B misdemeanor – or more serious – charge.

Lampasas County 27th District Court convened last week with Judge John Gauntt presiding over the day’s hearings. Defendant Melissa Jean Jackson of Lampasas pleaded guilty to a charge of tamper/fabricate physical evidence with intent to impair and received two years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.