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COURTESY PHOTO | MELINDAMYERS.COM A rosemary topiary offers attractive foliage for holiday décor, a pleasant pine aroma and herbs for holiday meals.

Add a rosemary topiary this holiday season

Melinda Myers
Monday, December 11, 2023
Add a fresh look and fragrance to your holidays with a potted rosemary plant. This favorite herb of cooks, crafters and gardeners can be sheared into the shape of a wreath, small tree or orb, and it can be found readily at garden centers and florists.
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Shooting suspect arrested

Alexandria Randolph
Monday, December 11, 2023
Kempner police officials have arrested a suspect charged in a November shooting. On Thursday, Kempner Police Department, with the assistance of the Lampasas County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Department of Public Safety Rangers Division and Highway Patrol division, took 21-year-old Timothy Wayne Chaudoin Jr.
Heat lamps for livestock can be made safer by using clamps to secure them above an animal's reach. ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH | DISPATCH RECORD

Steps to prevent home fires

Erick Mitchell
Monday, December 11, 2023
As temperatures get colder, heating equipment is needed to warm a residence through the chilly months of January, December and February. According to the National Fire Protection Association, 46% of home heating fires in the U.S.
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Student exhibits champion steer at FFA show

News Staff
Monday, December 11, 2023
Lometa High School sophomore Kari Greiner was named the 2023 grand champion steer exhibitor at the Lometa Stock Show. Greiner also earned the senior showmanship distinction in Saturday’s competition.

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Eclipse Town Hall
Monday, December 11, 2023
To assist the community in preparing for the April 2024 solar eclipse and its expected visitors, the chamber of commerce will join with city and county officials in presenting a town hall Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. at the former middle school cafeteria, 103 N. Western Ave. in Lampasas.
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