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Former Llano Police Officer, Steve Andrew Sifford, was arrested in East Texas on charges originating in Llano. At this time, the following information is all that has been revealed to The Llano News. Sifford’s wife called the police about 5:30 on Friday morning, July 26. From that call, the Llano City Police charged him with domestic violence and unlawful restraint.
Cassie VFD Fire Chief, Derick Curtis, came to the meeting of the Llano Commissioners Court last Monday to present awards to Dispatchers Veronica White and Jamie Christopher for their role in a successful rescue of a person in distress on Lake Buchanan. Chief Curtis also recognized Llano County’s then Corporal Tim McLean for his role in the rescue.
Sheriff Bill Blackburn recognized the following officers for their promotions: Deputy Ashley, Les Hartman and John Gillespie were promoted from ...
The City Council discussed the proposed budget and tax rate for 2019-2020 at their regular meeting on September 9. The proposed tax rate discussed is $.68737/$100. That is the same as the last budget. The public hearing notification for the proposed budget was published in the August 7 and 14 issues of The Llano News.
I got a call around 3:30 that morning; a driver in Big Spring had not shown up for work. At that time we were living in Midland and I was over distribution at Gandy’s Dairy. Big Spring was not my territory, but the other supervisor was already busy so I got the call.
Llano Recycling Opportunities, located at 1209 N. Bessemer Ave., celebrates 53 years in operation. The recycling center has had a positive impact on the Llano community since opening on September 7, 1966. The Llano News will publish a future article about the center and what the community can do to help it.
David Miller, President of the Board of Directors of the Llano Crawfish Open, presents a donation from the proceeds of this year's event to the Hill Country Children's Advocacy Center. Accepting the check for them is Ken Nickel.
Llano Wild Game Dinner
Driving past the John L Kuykendall Event Center and Arena on Saturday night would cause someone to wonder what was happening out there. Cars were parked nearly to the soccer fields and once inside it was crowded quarters, even for the 25,000 square foot room. Not only was the Event Room full, the fully enclosed, air conditioned concession area of the arena was packed with folks lined up for the evening fare.
It was time for the 10th Annual Llano Wild Game Dinner wit ...
A couple of things, we are going to have a hectic weekend coming up and hope everyone is ready for it. Motorcycles will be rolling in all week with the big parade on Saturday at noon through downtown Llano. I will be broadcasting it live on https://www.facebook.com/TexasHillCountry/ where a million people will be able to hear and view it.
Llano offers some of the most beautiful scenic views in the Texas Hill Country. With lush, rolling hills to clifftop views, riding in and around Llano is picturesque. Returning to Llano for the second year is the largest women’s biker parade in the country: Ladies in Leather. The group was created to bring women together through sisterhood and unity.
Originally formed as a different organization, Ladies in Leather is a new chapter in the female motorcycling community.
By Sheri Zoch, Director of Llano Cultural and Art Alliance
The Llano Cultural & Art Alliance’s mission is to promote and stimulate participation in the arts and cultural events in Llano to citizens, plus regional, state, national and international tourists.
Their vision is to make Llano a cultural destination for tourists, encourage and promote art and culture in schools, entice artists to move to Llano, and to improve performing venues in the city of Llano.
The core cultural institutions are the Fine Arts Guild, made up of local artists dedica ...
Friends of the Llano Red Top Jail 2019-2020 Board of Directors. Front row L-R: Patty Pfister, Ovetra Hartman, Inell Franks, Dave Franks. Back row L-R: Frank Rowell, William Van Arnam, Kim Webb, Matt Hilton. Not pictured is Gene Hall, Tommy Nelms and Tony Guidroz.
What’s the most valuable card in your wallet? Is it that credit card that racks up reward points or miles? Is it the one with no annual fee and a low interest rate? Or maybe it’s one of the many cards for organizations you belong to that give you road-side assistance, prescription discounts, etc.
Texas author and songwriter W. C. Jameson is among the 21 writers to be inducted into the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame on September 14 in a ceremony in Denver. The organization is dedicated to recognizing and preserving the history of the accomplishments of past and present authors who have created and published books in or about Colorado.
A resident of Llano, Jameson lived in Colorado for six years while pursuing writing projects and engaging in the music scene.
The Llano County Democratic Club is gearing up for the 2020 Elections and will hold its monthly business meeting on Tuesday, September 24, at the Kingsland Library, 125 W. Polk. A new check-in time is 11:00 a.m. with a light lunch, followed by guest speaker, Llano County Elections Administrator Cindy Ware.
Ware will demonstrate the new voting equipment, which will be utilized beginning with the November 5, 2019 Constitutional Amendment elections.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved the Lower Colorado River Authority’s Transmission Services Corporation’s (LCRA TSC) Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and associated Incidental Take Permit (ITP). The HCP is designed to minimize potential impacts of power transmission line construction and maintenance across 241 Texas counties on 22 federally endangered species of birds, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates and a mammal, and one unlisted lizard species.
LCRA TSC’s plan take ...
Hill Country Community Theatre opens its 2019-20 season with the World Première of the new musical comedy More Senior Moments, book, music and lyrics by Linda Kaufman.
This sequel to Senior Moments, produced by HCCT in 2017, is a series of rollicking musical vignettes dealing with aging. Growing older has many facets and can be uproarious at times and deeply moving at others.
“I wanted to make the band better,” reported Brianna Desai when she was asked why she wanted to be a section leader for the 2019-2020 LHS Yellow Jacket Band. The senior leader may be soft-spoken and rule with a velvet glove, but her charges in the clarinet section have definitely responded to her gentle style and earned “Section of the Week” honors during the first week of the band’s marching season.
The Llano Freshman Black and Llano JV recorded their second victories of the year, while the Llano Freshman Orange suffered their first defeat.
Comfort JV 28, Llano Freshman Orange 6
Although there were no stats to report, the loss evens the Orange record to 1-1.
Llano Freshman Black 24, Jarrell Frosh 6
The Llano Black team relied on a stingy and opportunistic defense.
The turning point was when the parents of Braxton Vickers and Case Kuykendall were told, “It’s a boy!”
The Jackets had this one won in about the time it takes to sweat through Barney Fife keeping a prisoner in the Mayberry jail.
Llano (2-0) scored a remarkable 30 points in the second quarter and a co-remarkable 49 in two periods.
HORSESHOE BAY—There haven’t been too many coaches to succeed legends and be as successful as Fred Akers was. Those who followed Red Blaik at Army, Wilkinson and Switzer (OU), Lombardi (Green Bay) and Bryant at A&M and ’Bama, had their problems, but Akers led Texas to an 11-1 record in 1977, his first year after the retirement of Darrell Royal.
The cross country Jackets were on school soil, September 7, and produced fine numbers. The boys’ junior varsity, a young bunch, finished second in the team standings, and Anna Casey may not have won the varsity girls’ division, finishing fourth, but she posted her best clocking of the year: 12 minutes, 52 seconds for two miles.
“I am happy with my time,” she told me.
Our beloved Gary passed away Saturday morning, September 7, 2019. He was born October 7, 1947 in Pampa, Texas to Rooster and Betty Parsons. Gary was a resident of Llano for 36 years. He attended Llano Special Opportunity Center and enjoyed his school, seeing his friends and attending the Llano Crawfish boil every year.
Joe Kenneth Connally, 92, of Llano, TX passed away peacefully on Sept. 5, 2019.
Joe was born October 2, 1926 in Lubbock, Tx to Plemon Oscar Connally and Ida Mae (Cale) Connally. He was the youngest of 8 children. Joe spent his early years in Floresville, TC. until his family moved to San Antonio.
Harold Wilson Underwood passed away Sunday, September 8, 2019 in Cedar Park, Texas at the age of 83. He was born July 15, 1936 in Brady, Texas to Webster Wilson and Claudie Mae (Stockbridge) Underwood.
Harold was a resident of Llano since 1959 since coming from San Antonio. Harold married his wife Zeola (Zee) Underwood, June 9, 1957 in Mason, Texas.
Lonnie Ralph Dean, 76, of Kingsland, Texas passed away on August 26, 2019 surrounded by his family. He was born to Wallace and Elaine (Bigelow) Dean on September 24, 1942 in Bristol, South Dakota.
Lonnie’s family moved from South Dakota to Washington State while he was young and then settled in Omaha, Nebraska.
A certain situation has been building in the parsonage for the last several months. At first, I did not think it too serious but alas, we have reached a terrible impasse.
It started a few months ago when I came home, walked into the house and was hit in the face so hard I almost passed out.
As hunters and lovers of the outdoors, we all have places that are near and dear to our hearts; places that the mere thought of brings a smile and rekindles great memories. Red River County in northeast Texas is such a place for me. I spent my formative years growing up on our broiler farm in the northern part of the county.
On Thursday, September 19, the Phoenix Center is holding a special reception from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at Marta Stafford Fine Art studio, located at 200 Main Street in Marble Falls. Original works of art by the Phoenix Center’s youth will be featured alongside works by local artists in the Mosaic: Fractured Realities & New Hope exhibit September 17-20.
The children’s art therapy exhibit features mosaics and artwork that represent personal journeys of healing towards renewed hope and ...
