John McConchie, general manager of the Benny Boyd Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram auto group, and Blaine Boyd are surrounded by members of the Spring Ho Committee with a commemorative $5,000 check to the festival. Benny Boyd C-D-J-R sponsors the Saturday night Spring Ho Concert on the Square..

Summer fun was in full effect over the weekend, as the city of Lampasas Parks and Recreation Department hosted a KidFish and Camping in the Park event last Friday and Saturday at W.M. Brook Park.

Staking a claim and recording property boundaries brought numerous challenges -- some deadly Editor’s note: Lampasas historian Jeff Jackson has researched a number of history topics. The following tells of an early-day surveying expedition that encountered a large band of Comanches on the frontier northwest of Austin.

Class of 1983 Lampasas High School Class of 1983 will hold its 40-year reunion on July 8 at 175 Private Road 3020 in Lampasas. The schedule of events: Friday, July 7 will be set-up day, so come on out.

During the first full week of June each year, National Garden Clubs across the country celebrate National Garden Week. The week is set aside as an opportunity to encourage pride in the community, interest new members and work with other groups.

City crews add fish to Sulphur Creek in advance of the KidFish and camping in the park event last weekend at W.M. Brook Park.

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A Lampasas man is set to make a plea in his second child sexual assault case in two years. Zachary Austin Kelley, 25, is scheduled for a plea hearing July 21.

During Monday’s Lampasas County Commissioners Court meeting, County Judge Randy Hoyer presented members of the Lampasas County Historical Commission with a Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Historical Commission.

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.