The Llano County Commissioners had a full agenda Monday morning.
It started off with a public service announcement that the Llano Library is offering fine amnesty from April 1-30 in honor of National Library Week. Fines will be excused for overdue books and materials that have been previously checked out from the library.
I consider myself, and all of you reading this feel the same way I am sure, very lucky. We survived one year of this silent but war-like virus. A lot of people were “very good,” and, if they weren’t working, stayed at home the great percentage of the last 365 days.
Spring has sprung, and left any remnants of “SNOWVID” far behind, other than some repair work in places. Sunshine and warmer weather has things blooming, as evidenced in these photos. Mother Nature is now on the side of sunshine and springtime for a while. Get out and enjoy the Texas Hill Country if you can.
Four Llano County Jail employees have either resigned or been fired following an accusation by an inmate at the county jail, according to a county official on Tuesday.
“Two people resigned and two people were fired,” said Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn on Tuesday.
The four people were jailers with the Llano County Sheriff’s Office.
“There’s an ongoing investigation,” Blackburn said.
Eric Contreras, Crystal Barrington, LP Ladouceur and Trace Morrow (not pictured) were the El Guantelete golf tournament winners. The tournament was spearheaded by Paul Lucas to support the new Escondido Employee Scholarship Fund.
Horseshoe Bay Resort Assistant Director of Golf Bobby Haby greeted MGA St. Patrick’s Day tournament golfers Friday clad in emerald green. Don’t you wish you had a suit like that?
There’s a new law enforcement team in town and they’re already getting down to the business of finding drugs, people on drugs or people in peril.
K-9 Cezar and Deputy Byron Cervantez just joined the Llano County Sheriff’s Office in January but the pair have been partners for a few years at another law enforcement agency.
“Our most successful track was when he helped find an old lady who had Alzheimer’s,” Cervantez said.
Fireplaces roared and generators hummed, working overtime to keep away the chill that descended on Horseshoe Bay during the now-infamous winter storm that turned out the lights and then shut off the water for many folks.
However, it wasn’t just fireplaces and generators working overtime: it has been utility workers, city employees and, of course, plenty of plumbers who still are busy mending burst pipes.
Horseshoe Bay’s mayor said that city staff members--including first responders an ...
Llano County officials are encouraging residents to report to the state any damage that occurred because of the winter storm that wreaked havoc last week.
“The February 2021 freeze was truly an historic event for Llano County,” said Llano County Judge Ron Cunningham, in a news release on Monday. “We declared a local disaster on Feb.
After receiving a robust response from Llano County residents regarding a proposed sand mining plant along the Llano River arm of Lake LBJ, the Lower Colorado River Authority set a public hearing and extended the deadline to submit comments or protests.
The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 10, at 6 p.m.