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District court

News Staff
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Lampasas County 27th District Court convened last week with Judge Debbie Garrett presiding over the day’s hearings.
FILE PHOTO

FILE PHOTO

Time change comes on Sunday

News Staff
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Daylight saving time will end Sunday at 2 a.m., and clocks will “fall back.” The sunrise will come one hour earlier and sunset will be one hour earlier. Although Gov.

GriefShare to offer ‘Surviving the Holidays’

News Staff
Thursday, October 30, 2025
The holiday season can be challenging for those who are grieving a loss. To help provide encouragement, support and resources to assist residents, GriefShare will offer its “Surviving the Holidays” seminar.The two-hour seminar will be Nov. 16 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Scouts to hold food drive

News Staff
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Scout Troop 200/400 will hold its annual food drive this coming week. Bags will be distributed in various neighborhoods the morning of Nov. 1.The Scouts ask that residents generously fill the bags with non-perishable food. They will collect the bags the morning of Nov. 8.
Courtesy Photo | Texas Parks and Wildlife.

Courtesy Photo | Texas Parks and Wildlife.

Concerns deepen about New World screwworm

Erick Mitchell
Monday, October 27, 2025
Many ranchers fear it will only be a matter of time before the New World screwworm appears in the Lone Star State. Just last month, the parasitic fly was discovered 70 miles south of the Texas border in the Mexican state of Nuevo León.
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Costumed children take center stage

News Staff
Monday, October 27, 2025
Dressed as her favorite cowgirl, Josie Gately takes a hula hoop to try and rope a wooden horse at Sunday’s Squared Silly event. Hundreds of children and their families surrounded the county courthouse for the event after it was postponed from Saturday evening because of inclement weather.
A walking path such as this one at Cooper Spring Nature Park is what Forward Lampasas members envision for the cleared area that lines Sulphur Creek. The intent is to use decomposed granite to create a six-foot-wide pathway from Western Avenue to the Fourth Street bridge. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

A walking path such as this one at Cooper Spring Nature Park is what Forward Lampasas members envision for the cleared area that lines Sulphur Creek. The intent is to use decomposed granite to create a six-foot-wide pathway from Western Avenue to the Fourth Street bridge. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

Creek project continues to move forward

Erick Mitchell
Monday, October 27, 2025
By Thanksgiving, Lampasas residents could have a developed walking trail available along Sulphur Creek between the Western Street and Fourth Street bridges, according to Forward Lampasas members Deorald Finney and Joe Abel.

BRIEFLY

News Staff
Monday, October 27, 2025
EARLY VOTINGEarly voting for the Texas Constitutional Amendment election will extend through Oct. 31 at the Lampasas County Election Office, 407 S. Pecan St. in Lampasas.Seventeen propositions are on the ballot. Early voting hours are weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended hours Oct.
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