Lampasas County News

By Jackie Stone Killeen Daily Herald LAMPASAS - A spike in Lampasas County's prisoner population raised again the question of the county's need for more jail space Monday morning.

A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for Dec. 14 for a man charged with capital murder in the beating a 2-and-a-half-month-old infant in Lampasas County.

Save Our Scenic Hill Country Environment, an organization that supports sensible development in the Hill Country, has scheduled an informational meeting to provide an update on area transmission line developments.

Eleven possible routes for a new high-voltage power line proposed to link substations in Lampasas and Gillespie counties have been filed with the Public Utility Commission by LCRA Transmission Services Corporation.

A former Lometa schoolteacher was free on bond on Monday, after she was arrested and charged with improper relationship with a student.

Herald/DAVID MORRIS Judge Sheila Hood, left, and Judge Dick Lockett make their way through the dog kennels as they tour the Lampasas Animal Shelter, Thursday afternoon before a ribbon cutting ceremony officially opening the partnership with the city and county.

LOMETA a 'A Lometa ISD teacher has resigned days after the school district launched an investigation after receiving a complaint from a former student.

" Lampasas County has temporarily lifted its burn ban thanks to Friday morning's rains, allowing residents to do any controlled burns that may have been put off over the weekend.

From staff reports LAMPASAS COUNTY - A decoy posing as a 14-year-old girl helped snare a 26-year-old Lometa man.

Amnesty period to last 3 months Beginning Aug. 31, past toll violators on the Texas Department of Transportation's tollways will have 90 days to pay their overdue tolls and 10 percent of accrued fees, the agency announced Thursday.

Sheriffa TMs deputies and Texas Rangers are investigating after the death of a 2-month-old girl and the arrest of the infanta TMs parents, who are charged with injury to a child and may face additional charges, as well.

The Fort Hood Area Habitat for Humanity, an agency of the United Way, has completed its 55th home in the Bell, Coryell, and Lampasas county area.

By Rebecca Hertz Killeen Daily Herald LAMPASAS - The Lampasas City Council proposed that the tax rate remain at 39 cents per $100 of assessed property value for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from Oct.

By Rebecca Hertz Killeen Daily Herald LAMPASAS - The Lampasas County Commissioners Court approved an offer from the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to purchase a vehicle to transport patients to the county hospital at Monday's meeting.

By Rebecca Hertz Killeen Daily Herald LAMPASAS - The Lampasas County Commissioners Court approved an offer from the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to purchase a vehicle to transport patients to the county hospital at Monday's meeting.

A Lampasas man is in jail Friday, accused of passing himself off as a Texas Ranger.

A Lampasas man is in jail Friday, accused of passing himself off as a Texas Ranger.

By Rebecca Hertz Killeen Daily Herald LAMPASAS - Lampasas County commissioners reviewed the ongoing and escalating problem of theft and destruction of signs on county roads Monday.

One person is confirmed dead after a one-car crash early Thursday in Lampasas County.

A Lampasas man died and three others were injured in an accident in Lampasas County early this morning, according to reports by the Texas Department of Public Safety.