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In San Antonio, 45-year-old Kelley Ranae Jones was sentenced to three years in federal prison for stealing over $900,000 from her employer, Arrowhead Bank in Llano, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs.
U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez sentenced Jones to the prison term followed by five years of supervised release and ordered that she pay $905,372.49 in restitution to the bank.
On January 28, 2019, Jones pleaded guilty to one count of ...
On Wednesday, March 27, 25-year-old Brandon Michael Jacque was shot and killed by a Burnet police officer in the 300 block of S. McNeil St. in Burnet. According to a statement given by Burnet Police Chief Paul Nelson later that morning, the Burnet Police Department received a dispatch in reference to a loud music call.
Mudbugs and More Mudbugs
And just like that, the 30th annual Llano Crawfish Open has come and gone, leaving behind one of the largest Friday nights in recent history. Team Roping began on Thursday, along with a special Opportunities Golf Contest at the City of Llano Golf Course. But Friday was the day it really kicked off at Robinson Park located two miles west of town, and it ended up larger than anyone ever predicted.
The Llano Special Olympians travelled to Vandegrift High School to participate in the Area Special Olympics Track meet on April 27, 2019. Llano was well represented with 12 athletes from all campuses in the district participating each in one field event and one track event. They trained for seven weeks prior to their competition.
More than 700 athletes participated in the Track and Field Competition.
For 27 years the Llano Special Opportunities Center has held a golf contest for persons receiving services through the Hill Country MHDD. This event is to celebrate the Llano Crawfish week. The Llano Crawfish Organization has provided much needed funding and support for the center for 29 years. “We will always remember the Beaumont connection; a group of extra fine individuals who helped start the Llano Crawfish Open in 1989,” said Jerry Land of Llano Special Opportunities.
For the past ...
Llano Parks Project, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is excited to update you on our current project, Llano Parks & Recreation Master Plan. We are very fortunate for our donors, sponsors, and support of the community who helped us raise funds at our 2019 Antler Drop Gala to hire Halff & Associates, a professional firm who specializes in park & recreation planning. Our plan will include ALL City of Llano parks, recreation facilities, trails, and open spaces for the next 10 years and will be adopted ...
Austin—The Senate Education committee gave the public its first look at that chamber's proposal for sweeping education finance reform on Thursday, April 25. The bill would include property tax relief, a teacher pay raise, and funding provisions aimed at making the system more equitable and effective. Committee chair and Friendswood Senator Larry Taylor says the plan focuses resources on those students that need the most help.
You need to have your calendar in hand before you even start reading this article! There are programs for all ages every month at the library, and it seems there are more than ever right now.
Ms. Roberta, Llano Library Adult Programming Librarian, schedules a variety of programs each month. This month’s programs include Hip and Knee Arthritis: Joint Solutions That Fit Your Life, presented by Baylor Scott & White’s Orthopedic Surgeon Thomas Eastman, MD.
Masonic Lodge scholarship winners: Jamie Osbourn community builder award winner, Joe Long Worshipful Master, Lauren Young Lamar medal winner, Kendall Wenzel scholarship recipient, Kendall McPherson scholarship recipient, Rolando Napolez Lamar medal winner, Terrie Smarr Lamar Medal winner and assistant superintendent Jamie Payne.
AUSTIN—Only a month is left for lawmakers to get the state’s business done in the 86th regular session of the Texas Legislature.
Still unfinished are the issues at the top of a list shared by Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen: the passage of a state budget for fiscal years 2020-2021, property tax reform and school finance reform.
Last week, a conference committee of 10 House and Senate budget writers began negotiations over the two chambers’ bu ...
No matter the location, people need help meeting their needs or the needs of their family, and often times have nowhere to turn. The Community Resource Center recognizes this and works hand in hand with agencies to assist those in need.
In the spring of 2005, the first CRC (then known as the Seriff Foundation) opened in Marble Falls, Texas, which is now the organization’s headquarters.
You may soon receive an appraisal notice from the Llano Central Appraisal District. The appraisal district will mail about 25,000 appraisal notices on May 1, 2019. Your city, county, school district and other local taxing units will use the appraisal district’s value to set your 2019 property taxes.
Under Texas law, county appraisal districts are required to notify property owners about changes in their property’s value.
This year’s Llano County Beef & Range Field Day is set for Tuesday, May 28.
Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the John L. Kuykendall Arena & Events Center, located at 2200 Ranch Road 152, about 1.7 miles west of Llano. The program will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. and there is no charge to the participant.
The Lower Colorado River Authority Transmission Services Corporation (LCRA TSC) has developed a proposed plan to minimize potential impacts of power transmission line construction and maintenance across 241 Texas counties on 22 federally listed endangered species of birds, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates and a mammal, and one non-listed lizard species.
LCRA TSC is a significant electricity provider in Texas.
On Friday, May 3, at 9 a.m. a check for the High-Demand Job Training Grant will be presented at River City Grill, located at 700 1st St., Marble Falls.
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has awarded Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area (WSRCA) in collaboration with Workforce Network, Inc., and the Marble Falls, Burnet, and Llano Economic Development Corporations (EDCs) a $52,500 High-Demand Job Training grant.
By David Bordewyk, South Dakota Newspaper Association
To sit in the courtroom of the Supreme Court of the United States and watch the nine justices in action is one thing. To sit in the courtroom and watch the justices in action when the issue is about freedom of information and the public’s right to know in America is a privilege.
It was on April 22 that I witnessed the Supreme Court hear oral arguments in the case of Food Marketing Institute v.
The Llano Special Olympians travelled to Vandegrift High School to participate in the Area Special Olympics Track meet on April 27, 2019. Llano was well represented with 12 athletes from all campuses in the district participating each in one field event and one track event. They trained for seven weeks prior to their competition.
More than 700 athletes participated in the Track and Field Competition.
For 27 years the Llano Special Opportunities Center has held a golf contest for persons receiving services through the Hill Country MHDD. This event is to celebrate the Llano Crawfish week. The Llano Crawfish Organization has provided much needed funding and support for the center for 29 years. “We will always remember the Beaumont connection; a group of extra fine individuals who helped start the Llano Crawfish Open in 1989,” said Jerry Land of Llano Special Opportunities.
For the past ...
Rockets2019, the event where students from 21 high schools across Texas launch 50 rockets, will be held this week in Stonewall, Texas, on Thursday, May 2, through Saturday, May 4.
This is the first time Rockets2019, the culminating event for students in the SystemsGo program, will happen in Stonewall. Launches take place on the Segner Ranch, located at 2187 Double Horn Road, Stonewall, Texas.
Nothing to it.
Douglas Hodo did not get a hit off Justin Low. Hodo, of Boerne, is a Texas commit. His teammates, on this historic April 23 night, didn’t get any hits, either, as Low fired his second no-hitter of the year (third, counting a combo with Justin Lange) in the biggest game of his life.
Taylor is next for the Jackets, as bi-district baseball begins May 2 at 7 p.m. on the Ducks’ diamond. Game 2 is the following evening in Llano at 5, with a deciding contest to follow if the series is 1-1.
“Taylor’s a baseball town,” said LHS Head Coach, Todd Doucet. “Always play good defense {and} as of late, good baseball.”
The Ducks lost six games (combined) to Liberty Hill, Lampasas and Salado in 27-4A, but came on to defeat Eastside Memorial and Burnet four straight to mak ...
KINGSVILLE—Don’t think of her just as a wild card, and don’t think of her as “number nine” in the state. Courtney Reina earned a trip to Mike Myers Stadium, May 11, in the shot put with a throw of 38 feet, 11-and-a-half inches. She was third in the Region IV Meet, April 27, and only two advance to State.
AUSTIN—They are ready to take the trip of their lives. They won’t be going to the Grand Canyon, to the Sistine Chapel, Mount Rushmore or Miami Beach—but they are going to the beaches of Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno and Sword. The University of Texas Longhorn Alumni Band will be at Normandy in France to take part in the 75th anniversary of D-Day: June 6, 1944, the beginning of the attack by U.S., British and Canadian troops to liberate France and later Europe.
Llano High School graduates, K ...
Matt Anastasio, shown here with his family, is the new co-defensive coordinator of the Llano High football team. Anastasio’s 25-year career has included DC jobs at Westlake High and Odessa Permian. He has been Head Coach at Gregory Portland. Anastasio succeeds Clint Easley, who will remain in the Llano ISD.
Llano Parks Project, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is excited to update you on our current project, Llano Parks & Recreation Master Plan. We are very fortunate for our donors, sponsors, and support of the community who helped us raise funds at our 2019 Antler Drop Gala to hire Halff & Associates, a professional firm who specializes in park & recreation planning. Our plan will include ALL City of Llano parks, recreation facilities, trails, and open spaces for the next 10 years and will be adopted ...
Music fans will get a rare opportunity to hear an award-winning songwriter perform his own songs, when Jimmy Webb appears at the Cailloux Theater in Kerrville on Saturday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Webb penned some of the top hits of the 1960s and 70s, including “MacArthur Park” and “Up, Up, and Away”.
You need to have your calendar in hand before you even start reading this article! There are programs for all ages every month at the library, and it seems there are more than ever right now.
Ms. Roberta, Llano Library Adult Programming Librarian, schedules a variety of programs each month. This month’s programs include Hip and Knee Arthritis: Joint Solutions That Fit Your Life, presented by Baylor Scott & White’s Orthopedic Surgeon Thomas Eastman, MD.
Masonic Lodge scholarship winners: Jamie Osbourn community builder award winner, Joe Long Worshipful Master, Lauren Young Lamar medal winner, Kendall Wenzel scholarship recipient, Kendall McPherson scholarship recipient, Rolando Napolez Lamar medal winner, Terrie Smarr Lamar Medal winner and assistant superintendent Jamie Payne.
Learning how to grow something in your garden can be hard enough, but after you harvest, you may be left wondering “What do I do with this now?”. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension office in Gillespie County can help you. We are pleased to announce that the second program in our three-part program series “Grow it Cook it” will be held on May 10, from 12:00 p.m.
No matter the location, people need help meeting their needs or the needs of their family, and often times have nowhere to turn. The Community Resource Center recognizes this and works hand in hand with agencies to assist those in need.
In the spring of 2005, the first CRC (then known as the Seriff Foundation) opened in Marble Falls, Texas, which is now the organization’s headquarters.
You may soon receive an appraisal notice from the Llano Central Appraisal District. The appraisal district will mail about 25,000 appraisal notices on May 1, 2019. Your city, county, school district and other local taxing units will use the appraisal district’s value to set your 2019 property taxes.
Under Texas law, county appraisal districts are required to notify property owners about changes in their property’s value.
This year’s Llano County Beef & Range Field Day is set for Tuesday, May 28.
Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the John L. Kuykendall Arena & Events Center, located at 2200 Ranch Road 152, about 1.7 miles west of Llano. The program will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. and there is no charge to the participant.
Rockets2019, the event where students from 21 high schools across Texas launch 50 rockets, will be held this week in Stonewall, Texas, on Thursday, May 2, through Saturday, May 4.
This is the first time Rockets2019, the culminating event for students in the SystemsGo program, will happen in Stonewall. Launches take place on the Segner Ranch, located at 2187 Double Horn Road, Stonewall, Texas.
Writer/historian Bob Alexander, author of Texas Rangers: Lives, Legend, and Legacy, will speak on the Texas Rangers on Thursday, May 9 at the Herman Brown Free Library. The presentation is part of the library’s free lecture series, Coffee Talks.
Coffee Talks brings authors to the library in Burnet to speak on topics related to their books.
By David Bordewyk, South Dakota Newspaper Association
To sit in the courtroom of the Supreme Court of the United States and watch the nine justices in action is one thing. To sit in the courtroom and watch the justices in action when the issue is about freedom of information and the public’s right to know in America is a privilege.
It was on April 22 that I witnessed the Supreme Court hear oral arguments in the case of Food Marketing Institute v.
Hill Country Astronomers (HCA) will meet on Monday, May 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the HEB Activity Room at Hill Country University Center in Fredericksburg.
Lindsay Fuller, Ph.D., will present “Exploring the Neighborhood of Supermassive Black Holes.” Dr. Fuller uses data from SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy), a 2.5-meter telescope that is mounted on a Boeing 747, to explore the material surrounding the black holes at the center of active galaxies.
The Highland Lakes Democratic Women held their monthly meeting and luncheon on April 25, 2019, at the Meadowlakes Restaurant. Dana Rushing, HLDW Vice President, introduced the featured speakers: Jane Schneider, City Council Member of Bertram; Mary Ann Raesener, Mayor of Meadowlakes; and John Watson, candidate for District 5 Board Member of the Pedernales Electric Cooperative.
HLDW has made it a 2019 goal to encourage its members to run for local office.
Matt Anastasio, shown here with his family, is the new co-defensive coordinator of the Llano High football team. Anastasio’s 25-year career has included DC jobs at Westlake High and Odessa Permian. He has been Head Coach at Gregory Portland. Anastasio succeeds Clint Easley, who will remain in the Llano ISD.
Beryl Harris, better known as simply “Cowboy” went to his heavenly home April 26, 2019. Cowboy was born July 25, 1943 in Clyde Texas. Beryl was born to be a cowboy and true to his calling, he spent the first 20 years of his adult life as a “Cowboy” for Swenson Land and Cattle company of Stamford Texas.
Doris Henderson, born March 12, 1926, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on April 22, 2019, she was 93. Doris grew up in San Angelo, she was an amazing daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. Doris never met a stranger, always smiling and sharing kind words and was still a very active member within her church and community.
Joe Thomas “Tom” Wallace passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2019, in Fredericksburg, Texas, at age 66.
Tom is survived by his wife of 38 years, Becky Wehmeyer Wallace of Fredericksburg; three sons and their spouses, Jamie and Dustin Kramer of The Woodlands, Jessica and Thomas Cullen Wallace of Houston, Jourdy and Bryson Wallace of Dallas, and seven grandchildren.
On Sunday morning I took a drive on north Hwy. 16 looking at the many different kinds of wildflowers along the road and in the fields and creek beds. Llano is becoming a destination for people from all around the world for many different reasons, but it all revolves around our natural beauty, whether it be the hills, river, state parks, or wildflowers.
My wife and I attended our precinct's April 2019 town hall meeting in Buchanan Dam. We were pleased to see our commissioner, justice of the peace, constable, county judge, librarian, and a TxDOT engineer.
Attendees enjoyed cookies and bottled water whilst the officials answered their questions with an abundance of knowledge, transparency, and integrity; a demonstration of democracy at its best.
One hot-button issue discussed was the state-wide problem of skyrocketing pro ...
This is the wildflower extravaganza! Everywhere you go is filled with the beauty of the Hill Country's oaks, towering pecan trees, and a deep flowering layer of every color imaginable. There is flowing as far as you can see. No need to take any special drives; simply go outside. With our rainstorms that have been rolling through, they are nitrogen-rich and making seeds for their reproduction.
Nature is consistent in its continued restoration and making ready for next year.
Austin—The Senate Education committee gave the public its first look at that chamber's proposal for sweeping education finance reform on Thursday, April 25. The bill would include property tax relief, a teacher pay raise, and funding provisions aimed at making the system more equitable and effective. Committee chair and Friendswood Senator Larry Taylor says the plan focuses resources on those students that need the most help.
Music fans will get a rare opportunity to hear an award-winning songwriter perform his own songs, when Jimmy Webb appears at the Cailloux Theater in Kerrville on Saturday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Webb penned some of the top hits of the 1960s and 70s, including “MacArthur Park” and “Up, Up, and Away”.
AUSTIN—Only a month is left for lawmakers to get the state’s business done in the 86th regular session of the Texas Legislature.
Still unfinished are the issues at the top of a list shared by Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen: the passage of a state budget for fiscal years 2020-2021, property tax reform and school finance reform.
Last week, a conference committee of 10 House and Senate budget writers began negotiations over the two chambers’ bu ...
Learning how to grow something in your garden can be hard enough, but after you harvest, you may be left wondering “What do I do with this now?”. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension office in Gillespie County can help you. We are pleased to announce that the second program in our three-part program series “Grow it Cook it” will be held on May 10, from 12:00 p.m.
This is the wildflower extravaganza! Everywhere you go is filled with the beauty of the Hill Country's oaks, towering pecan trees, and a deep flowering layer of every color imaginable. There is flowing as far as you can see. No need to take any special drives; simply go outside. With our rainstorms that have been rolling through, they are nitrogen-rich and making seeds for their reproduction.
Nature is consistent in its continued restoration and making ready for next year.
The Lower Colorado River Authority Transmission Services Corporation (LCRA TSC) has developed a proposed plan to minimize potential impacts of power transmission line construction and maintenance across 241 Texas counties on 22 federally listed endangered species of birds, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates and a mammal, and one non-listed lizard species.
LCRA TSC is a significant electricity provider in Texas.
Rockets2019, the event where students from 21 high schools across Texas launch 50 rockets, will be held this week in Stonewall, Texas, on Thursday, May 2, through Saturday, May 4.
This is the first time Rockets2019, the culminating event for students in the SystemsGo program, will happen in Stonewall. Launches take place on the Segner Ranch, located at 2187 Double Horn Road, Stonewall, Texas.
On Friday, May 3, at 9 a.m. a check for the High-Demand Job Training Grant will be presented at River City Grill, located at 700 1st St., Marble Falls.
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has awarded Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area (WSRCA) in collaboration with Workforce Network, Inc., and the Marble Falls, Burnet, and Llano Economic Development Corporations (EDCs) a $52,500 High-Demand Job Training grant.
Writer/historian Bob Alexander, author of Texas Rangers: Lives, Legend, and Legacy, will speak on the Texas Rangers on Thursday, May 9 at the Herman Brown Free Library. The presentation is part of the library’s free lecture series, Coffee Talks.
Coffee Talks brings authors to the library in Burnet to speak on topics related to their books.
By David Bordewyk, South Dakota Newspaper Association
To sit in the courtroom of the Supreme Court of the United States and watch the nine justices in action is one thing. To sit in the courtroom and watch the justices in action when the issue is about freedom of information and the public’s right to know in America is a privilege.
It was on April 22 that I witnessed the Supreme Court hear oral arguments in the case of Food Marketing Institute v.
Hill Country Astronomers (HCA) will meet on Monday, May 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the HEB Activity Room at Hill Country University Center in Fredericksburg.
Lindsay Fuller, Ph.D., will present “Exploring the Neighborhood of Supermassive Black Holes.” Dr. Fuller uses data from SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy), a 2.5-meter telescope that is mounted on a Boeing 747, to explore the material surrounding the black holes at the center of active galaxies.
The Highland Lakes Democratic Women held their monthly meeting and luncheon on April 25, 2019, at the Meadowlakes Restaurant. Dana Rushing, HLDW Vice President, introduced the featured speakers: Jane Schneider, City Council Member of Bertram; Mary Ann Raesener, Mayor of Meadowlakes; and John Watson, candidate for District 5 Board Member of the Pedernales Electric Cooperative.
HLDW has made it a 2019 goal to encourage its members to run for local office.