Early voting: April 24-May 2 • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Dispatch Record provided a questionnaire to Lampasas City Council candidates so residents could learn more about them and their interest in holding public office. The candidates seeking the Place 2 Lampasas City Council position are featured here. Profiles on other candidates will appear in an upcoming edition of the newspaper.

A Kempner man was sentenced last week to 95 years imprisonment in a child rape and pornography case. On April 14, Tracy Allen Davis, 59, pleaded guilty in the 27th District Court of Lampasas County to five counts of possession of child pornography with intent to promote, a second-degree felony; one count of indecency with a child by sexual contact, a second-degree felony; and one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child, a special firstdegree felony.

Lampasas County 27th District Court convened last week with Judge John Gauntt presiding over the day’s hearings. Defendant Jessica Beth Helgesson of Copperas Cove entered a plea of guilty to two charges: assault on a public servant and burglary of a habitation.

A Lampasas man was indicted last week on felony charges stemming from child sexual abuse that allegedly occurred between three and nine years ago. On April 12, Vincent Lee Martinez, 27, was indicted by a Lampasas grand jury on four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child by contact.

Lampasas County grand jury met last week as part of the January 2023 term. The Lampasas Police Department, represented by Sgt.

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.

Texas Department of Transportation’s contractor was scheduled to begin a mill overlay job on FM 2657 this week. Limits of the project will be from FM 2808 to FM 3046.

With the May general election nearing, citizens had the opportunity to hear three Lampasas municipal candidates speak at Tuesday’s gathering of the Lampasas Area Republican Women. CANDIDATES FOR LAMPASAS MAYOR Mayoral candidates Herb Pearce and Cathy Kuehne, along with Lampasas City Council Place 2 candidate Robert Goodart, explained their “why” for seeking office.

AGGIE MUSTER Aggie Muster is today at 5:30 p.m. at the Crawford Party House.