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Lampasas FFA members, from left, Chandler Boultinghouse, Ava Rojas, Jacie Resa, and Janie Turner. | COURTESY PHOTO

Lampasas FFA members, from left, Chandler Boultinghouse, Ava Rojas, Jacie Resa, and Janie Turner. | COURTESY PHOTO

More Lampasas students seek ag majors, reflecting renewed importance of FFA

Lampasas Ffa Students
Monday, February 23, 2026
Lampasas High School has seen an increase in the number of senior FFA members who are choosing to major in an agriculture field in college. That highlights both their personal passions and the growing importance of agricultural education in today’s world.
Raising goats has helped build Mason Luna’s work ethic, although he plans to enter a different field after high school graduation. COURTESY PHOTO

Raising goats has helped build Mason Luna’s work ethic, although he plans to enter a different field after high school graduation. COURTESY PHOTO

Sophomore exhibitor learns business side of breeding goats

Hunter King
Monday, February 23, 2026
One Lampasas FFA student is working to build his own breeding stock of goats to show and sell through the next couple of years.Sophomore Mason Luna recently had success at the Lampasas County Youth Livestock Show with goats that he has raised, and he has seen it as an amazing experience.
Kari Greiner is shown with her father, Corey, at a major show. Greiner competed in San Antonio, Houston and Fort Worth in each of the three years she showed animals. COURTESY PHOTO

Kari Greiner is shown with her father, Corey, at a major show. Greiner competed in San Antonio, Houston and Fort Worth in each of the three years she showed animals. COURTESY PHOTO

Lometa senior on path to veterinary studies

Erick Mitchell
Monday, February 23, 2026
Without FFA, life wouldn’t quite be the same for Lometa High School senior and FFA chapter vice president Kari Greiner.Since her freshman year, Greiner has been involved in multiple FFA events along with exhibiting steers in the show ring.“FFA means everything to me. I love FFA so much,” she said.
Dusty Mahan

Dusty Mahan

Advisor has 25 years’ experience teaching ag

News Staff
Monday, February 23, 2026
Name: Dusty Mahan Hometown: Colleyville High school graduation: Grapevine High SchoolFFA participation in high school/college: Showed cattle and swine, Livestock judging, Chapter Conducting, TSU Saddle and Sirloin.
COURTESY PHOTO

COURTESY PHOTO

Maintenance work on bridge

News Staff
Monday, February 23, 2026
Texas Department of Transportation announced last week that it would have a contractor in Lampasas to work on the U.S. Highway 183 bridge at Sulphur Creek. Crews planned to perform routine maintenance that would require brief closures overnight on the structure.
JANA DAVIS | COURTESY PHOTO

JANA DAVIS | COURTESY PHOTO

Dance squad brings home awards

News Staff
Monday, February 23, 2026
The Flames competed in Dripping Springs Saturday where they won Best in Class-Comtemporary, second runnerup in Jazz, Best in Class-Open, first runnerup in Pom and second runnerup Grand Champion.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture aima to counter the spread of the New World Screwworm by releasing millions of sterile flies. Female NWS flies mate only once. If they mate with a sterile male, they lay unfertilized eggs that fail to hatch. courtesy photo

The U.S. Department of Agriculture aima to counter the spread of the New World Screwworm by releasing millions of sterile flies. Female NWS flies mate only once. If they mate with a sterile male, they lay unfertilized eggs that fail to hatch. courtesy photo

Efforts to combat New World Screwworm continue

Erick Mitchell
Monday, February 23, 2026
Federal and state agencies are continuing to prepare for the arrival of the New World Screwworm on U.S. and Texas soil.On Feb. 9, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated the completion of a U.S.-based sterile fly dispersal facility in Edinburg.
COURTESY PHOTO

COURTESY PHOTO

Fog hovers across the roadway

News Staff
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Fog settles in a low area on FM 580 west of Lampasas on Wednesday morning. Relatively high dew points and unseasonably warm mornings followed last weekend’s rain, but the county remains below its average rainfall for this point in the year. 
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