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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

News Staff
Thursday, June 25, 2026
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Saddle the Wind Band performs

News Staff
Thursday, June 25, 2026
A recent Friday night concert performance at the courthouse bandstand featured Saddle the Wind Band, with Junior Myers playing steel guitar and Barbara Myers the lead vocalist. Other band members are Ronnie Schulze, Kevin Grant and Tommy Horton.
Saltworks Camp members and spouses participated in the Holland Corn Festival’s parade June 6, where their float garnered third-place recognition. The group plans to participate in the Aqua Boom festival in Kingsland before coming to Lampasas for the Spring Ho Festival. courtesy photo

Saltworks Camp members and spouses participated in the Holland Corn Festival’s parade June 6, where their float garnered third-place recognition. The group plans to participate in the Aqua Boom festival in Kingsland before coming to Lampasas for the Spring Ho Festival. courtesy photo

Saltworks Camp places third in Holland Corn Festival parade

News Staff
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Saltworks Camp No. 2353 of Lampasas, Sons of Confederate Veterans, earned third place in the parade at the recent Holland Corn Festival. The recognition reflects the camp’s continued participation in area community events and festivals across Central Texas.

arrests

News Staff
Thursday, June 25, 2026
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.
Mayor Pro Tem Zac Morris clarified the process by which the Charter Review Committee will make recommendations, and the council will then determine what ballot language will go before voters. hunter king | dispatch record

Mayor Pro Tem Zac Morris clarified the process by which the Charter Review Committee will make recommendations, and the council will then determine what ballot language will go before voters. hunter king | dispatch record

Members named to city’s Charter Review Committee

Hunter King
Thursday, June 25, 2026
The Lampasas City Council named three members and two alternates to the City Charter Review Board. These appointees will join council members Cathy Kuehne and Zac Morris who also will be on the review board.The city received five applications, so all five residents were selected.
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COURTESY PHOTO

A sign of summer

News Staff
Thursday, June 25, 2026
A wild grape vine in east Lampasas begins veraison last weekend, coinciding with the longest day of the year on June 21. Veraison, the onset of ripening, takes several weeks and is shown by grapes beginning to turn color and gradually accumulate sugars in the fruit.

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Summer Meals
Thursday, June 25, 2026
The Lampasas ISD Summer Meal Program at Taylor Creek Elementary will end this week.Meals will continue to be offered at Hanna Springs Elementary School on Mondays through Thursdays until July 16, with breakfast from 7:30-9:30 a.m. and lunch served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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COURTESY PHOTO

Night music livens up the square

News Staff
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Lead guitarist Kevin Grant and bass guitarist Tommy Horton of the Saddle the Wind Band play the Merle Haggard song “Big City Turn Me Loose” during their recent Little Night Music performance at the courthouse bandstand.
The Texas Department of Transportation unveiled two possible paths for an Interstate 14 bypass around Lampasas. Alternative No. 1, shown in golden-yellow, would entail a route that crosses E. Avenue J and the railroad in northeast Lampasas. Alternative No. 2, in light blue, would be extend farther north of the city and cross over CR 2200 and CR 2001. An existing stretch of U.S. 190 between Lampasas and Kempner is shown in lime-green, and the pale red routes show other concepts contributed by the public.

The Texas Department of Transportation unveiled two possible paths for an Interstate 14 bypass around Lampasas. Alternative No. 1, shown in golden-yellow, would entail a route that crosses E. Avenue J and the railroad in northeast Lampasas. Alternative No. 2, in light blue, would be extend farther north of the city and cross over CR 2200 and CR 2001. An existing stretch of U.S. 190 between Lampasas and Kempner is shown in lime-green, and the pale red routes show other concepts contributed by the public.

TxDOT narrows I-14 route to two options

Erick Mitchell
Thursday, June 25, 2026
The Texas Department of Transportation Brownwood District has decided on two preliminary routes for Interstate-14 that will span east to west across Lampasas County.TxDOT unveiled its plans to a crowd of nearly 100 county residents at the Lampasas Middle School cafeteria on Monday evening.
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