The Jones family hosted several visitors at its ranch during the eclipse, and many of them brought impressive camera equipment to capture the moment. Tonia Jones said her son AJ used a game camera he just bought for hunting purposes to help document the solar eclipse. “After seeing his pictures, I do believe his camera is capable of finding a tick on a deer’s behind from quite a great distance!” Jones said.

Lampasas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a double shooting incident that began in Killeen and ended in Lampasas County. According to a news release posted by Killeen Police Department, the KPD, Copperas Cove Police Department and Lampasas County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a shooting in Killeen on Wednesday and a connected shooting in Lampasas County that left two men dead.

Lampasas County 27th District Court convened last week with Judge John Gauntt presiding over the day’s hearings. Defendant Darrell Coleman Huffman of Killeen was sentenced to three years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on each of four separate charges of theft of property less than $2,500 with two or more previous convictions.

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.

The April 11 market report from Mills County Commission Co. follows.

After having posted declining sales tax revenue over the first quarter of 2024, the city of Lampasas saw its sales tax rebate rise 19% in April. That marks the highest one-month percentage gain since January 2022.

The Lampasas Fire Department will host an official Push-In Ceremony for its newest fire engine Saturday at 10 a.m. at the fire station, 1107 E. Fourth St. The ceremony will commission the new truck and officially place it into service.