The Nov. 17 market report from Mills County Commission Co.

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Lometa Independent School District approved the District of Innovation plan at last week’s meeting, a plan that will extend through 2027. The plan is focused on ways the district can increase innovation as well as student learning, school officials said.

Dr. Alton Arnold Bishop, 95, of Lampasas died on Nov.

Last week, representatives of the Texas Department of Transportation were in Lampasas for a second public hearing on the potential relief route around the town that would connect U.S. Highways 190, 281 and 183.

According to the last census of agriculture taken by the United States Department of Agriculture, Lampasas County ranks 148th out of 251 counties in hay production and 135th of the 254 Texas counties in beef production.

Area ranchers and landowners know wild pigs are a threat to waterways and ecosystems. Feral hog numbers increase across the state every day, and these animals cause annual damages estimated at $500 million.

A Texas-based meat company recalled approximately 93,697 pounds of raw ground beef that may be contaminated, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Wednesday.