BRIEFLY
News Staff
Thursday, January 27, 2022
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FOOD PANTRY St. Mary Catholic Church will hold its monthly drive-through food pantry today from 10:30 a.m.
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Precinct 1 justice of peace candidates offer their priorities
News Staff
Monday, January 24, 2022
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Leading up to the early voting period before the March 1 primary elections, the Lampasas Dispatch Record will provide a glimpse at candidates in local contested races. Featured below are the responses to questions posed of the three candidates running for justice of the peace for Precinct 1.
Streetcars and capitalists: tale of success, failure and changing times
Jeff Jackson
Monday, January 24, 2022
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Lampasas historian Jeff Jackson has researched numerous local history topics. The following story offers details about the railroad coming to town and the city’s streetcar line.
Small ranchers struggle to stay profitable
Veronica Butler
Monday, January 24, 2022
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Beef. Made from cows.
SHEEP AUCTION
News Staff
Monday, January 24, 2022
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The Jan. 20 market report from Mills County Commission Co.
January sales tax numbers remain high
Gail Lowe
Monday, January 24, 2022
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The local sales tax allocations for Texas cities and counties continue to reflect economic growth. All entities tracked by the Dispatch Record posted percentage gains this month, and most saw double-digit increases.
House District 68 race
Monique Brand
Monday, January 24, 2022
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At last Tuesday’s Republican candidate forum, those running for the State House District 68 seat addressed questions about education and the Second Amendment. Lampasas County has been in District 54, represented by State Rep.
Hanna Springs Elementary partners with McDonald’s on incentives for reading
Monique Brand
Monday, January 24, 2022
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One local elementary school is partnering with a major restaurant chain to encourage reading. McDonald’s is expanding its Happy Meal Readers program this school year, and Hanna Springs Elementary School will join the incentive to motivate students to read 20 minutes each night.
BRIEFLY
News Staff
Monday, January 24, 2022
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BLOOD DRIVE The next American Red Cross Community Blood Drive is Jan. 31 from 11:30 a.m.
Working from home -- it’s not all couches and roses
Alexandria Murrell
Friday, January 21, 2022
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After spending the first 10 years of my career as a reporter, I never thought I would work from home, but the advent of COVID-19 threw my world for a loop in 2020. Since then, I’ve changed industries and went back again, moved twice, started large-scale personal projects — and did it all from the comfort of my couch.