Lampasas News

A pregnant Lampasas woman and her unborn child both died when the woman was ejected from the back of a moving truck during a two-vehicle collision Tuesday night.

Spontaneous combustion of hay Thursday afternoon caused a fire that consumed 300 bales of hay and destroyed a barn and mobile home in Lampasas County.

By Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald The Central Texas Council of Governments postponed its household hazardous waste collection day in Belton on Saturday because it ran out of funds for the program.

By Rebecca Hertz Killeen Daily Herald LAMPASAS - Randall J. Hoyer has been named superintendent of the Lampasas Independent School District.

By Rebecca Hertz Killeen Daily Herald LAMPASAS - The Lampasas County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a contract Monday with the criminal justice facility in Burnet County to hold Lampasas inmates.

By Jason Chlapek Killeen Daily Herald LOMETA - Rodeos are more than just seeing who is going to get horned by an angry bull that has just thrown its rider.

By Evan Mohl Killeen Daily Herald The Lampasas Riata Roundup is undergoing a major face lift.

From staff reports This week, Glenda Carpenter of Lampasas has three of her favorite recipes to share.

The state collected $1.77 billion in sales tax revenue in May, 5.2 percent less than in May 2008, and payments to most Central Texas cities were flat or down from a year ago.

By Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald BELTON - The Bell County Expo Center's Assembly Hall was crowded with antiques and people Saturday at the first day of the City Wide Garage Sale.

LAMPASAS a 'The Lampasas County Sheriffa TMs Office and the Texas Rangers are investigating after a 12-year-old boy who was found unresponsive at a rural residence died at a Central Texas hospital.

LAMPASAS a 'A Lampasas County sheriffa TMs deputy who pulled over a suspicious vehicle that had stolen license plates thwarted an ATM burglary in Kempner and arrested three Central Texas men who may be linked to a month-long theft and burglary spree.

Herald/DAVID MORRIS Polly Peaks Elmore, 1948 Killeen Rodeo queen, and Apryl Cruzann, 2009 Rodeo Killeen queen.

T.J. Mabrey has a vision for her adopted hometown. As chairperson of the Vision Downtown Lampasas art committee, she has worked long hours to bring art appreciation to the area, but her commitment to the community runs much deeper.

By Rebecca LaFlure Killeen Daily Herald KEMPNER - Lampasas Independent School District officials didn't force Jonathan Harris through the cracks.

Special to the Daily Herald Carlyle Walton has been named president/CEO of Metroplex Health System in Killeen, effective July 6. Walton, the current president/CEO of Takoma Regional Hospital in Greeneville, Tenn., will provide administrative leadership for Metroplex Adventist Hospital, Rollins Brook Community Hospital in Lampasas, Metroplex ...

By Jason Chlapek Killeen Daily Herald SAN ANTONIO - A monthlong layoff can have multiple effects on people, especially high school track and field athletes.

It's a shame that Waco and Central Texas don't celebrate our most important contribution to American history - our role in the Populist Movement.

By Jade Ortego and Rebecca LaFlure Killeen Daily Herald Every vote counted in the Lampasas Independent School District board of trustees elections, with both incumbents, Andrew Irvin and Max Keele, losing in close races to challengers Mark Bishop and Dan Claussen.

By Jade Ortego Killeen Daily Herald Challenger Bradley Neely beat incumbent Robert McCauley, 298 votes to 168, in the Lampasas City Council election Saturday.