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Kempner City Council will have a regular session at 7pm tonight at city hall. Wendell Jackson of Jackson Signs will be present to discuss the size of the new Dollar General Store sign. Preston Singleton of Singleton, Moore and Company will also be present to discuss the audit report.

Council will consider abandoning a portion of the right-of-way of Oak Ave., Signal Street, Conductor Street and an alley in block 4 of the original town of Kempner, and they will begin the annexation process for 1.82 acres on Hwy 190 where the new Dollar General Store is planned.

According to the DPS, two local men were killed in a head-on collision Saturday night on S. Hwy. 281.

At approximately 10:18pm Saturday Stacey Allen Kirk, 39, of Lampasas was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado southbound on Hwy 281 while Jimmy Wayne Meeks, 71, of Lometa was driving a 1998 Ford Taurus northbound. Near the Mesquite Creek Crossing Kirk’s vehicle drifted into the northbound land and hit Weeks head-on.

Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. Kirk’s 10 yr old  daughter, Hanna, was a passenger in his vehicle and was transported to Scott & White Hospital in Temple. She was reported to have suffered a broken leg, wrist and nose.

Lampasas City Council will meet tonight at 5:30pm for a workshop session and at 7pm for a regular session.

During the workshop session, members will discuss details for this summer’s Spring Ho Parade.

In the regular session, they will consider a new purchasing policy, the resolution for the Spring Ho Parade Permit, and rights of access for youth groups for Turner Field baseball complex and the Gavin Garrett Soccer Complex.

The Texas Workforce Commission says the state's unemployment rate held steady at 8.2% in January, matching the revised figure from December. That puts Texas’ jobless rate well below the national figure of 9.7 percent.

On the local business scene Lampasas sales tax revenue data, that tracks local retail trade, is in. Retail businesses turned in sales tax revenues that were 4.21% higher than January ‘09. Over the past 12 months it appears revenues are up about 1.74%.