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Badger Jazz Band to hold annual fundraiser

News Staff
Thursday, April 4, 2024
The Lampasas Badger Jazz Band will hold its annual Tunes N’ Taters dinner and concert event April 20 at 5:30 p.m. at the Lampasas High School gym.Tickets are $20 each and can be purchased from LHS band members.Dinner can be enjoyed while the band members entertain from 6-7 p.m.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

News Staff
Thursday, April 4, 2024
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A sign outside The Trading Post on the downtown square advertises the sale of solar eclipse glasses. Many businesses and local residents are gearing up for the solar eclipse on April 8. Erick Mitchell | dispatch record

A sign outside The Trading Post on the downtown square advertises the sale of solar eclipse glasses. Many businesses and local residents are gearing up for the solar eclipse on April 8. Erick Mitchell | dispatch record

Researchers study emotions produced when witnessing the wonders of total solar eclipse

Erick Mitchell
Thursday, April 4, 2024
In less than one week, all of Lampasas County will experience the celestial beauty of a total solar eclipse. If the weather cooperates, onlookers should expect to be mesmerized by a sense of awe, researchers say.

Motorcyclist hospitalized following Avenue J wreck

Alexandria Randolph
Thursday, April 4, 2024
A motorcyclist was hospitalized after a wreck that police have attributed to speeding.On the afternoon of March 29, Lampasas Police Department received a report of a single-vehicle crash in the 800 block of East Avenue J near the intersection of Hackberry Street. Police were on scene at 2:36 p.m.

Library hosts NASA official today

News Staff
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Lampasas Public Library will host an outof- this-world experience this afternoon at 5 p.m. in advance of the total solar eclipse.Dive into the mysteries of the universe with a special presentation by a NASA scientist. The presentation titled “What is the Solar Corona and How Does it Affect Earth?

ARRESTS

News Staff
Thursday, April 4, 2024
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.
Snake volunteer Mac Pauly offers Lometa resident Ponice Medders a closer look of Saturday’s rattlesnake attraction. For more photos from the Diamondback Jubilee and rodeo results, see page 3. MASON HINES | DISPATCH RECORD

Snake volunteer Mac Pauly offers Lometa resident Ponice Medders a closer look of Saturday’s rattlesnake attraction. For more photos from the Diamondback Jubilee and rodeo results, see page 3. MASON HINES | DISPATCH RECORD

Snakes slither at Diamondback Jubilee

News Staff
Thursday, April 4, 2024
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Leroy C. Cloud, who died in combat on July 26, 1944, has been waiting in a grave in France marked as an unknown soldier. The native Texan's remains have now been identified, and he will be buried in Texas soil with full military honors 80 years after his death. COURTESY PHOTO

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Leroy C. Cloud, who died in combat on July 26, 1944, has been waiting in a grave in France marked as an unknown soldier. The native Texan's remains have now been identified, and he will be buried in Texas soil with full military honors 80 years after his death. COURTESY PHOTO

World War II soldier with ties to Lampasas will be laid to rest 80 years after his death

Joycesarah Mccabe
Thursday, April 4, 2024
The family of Army Staff Sgt. Leroy C. Cloud finally has received answers after 80 years of questions.Lampasas resident Janice Cloud Dishman-Skains is a niece of Cloud and said she grew up hearing stories about her uncle.
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