The Llano High School football program received significant news last week when five senior players from the Jackets Varsity football squad were named to the Padilla Poll Coaches 2020 All-State Team for 3A-1.
The Jackets had Case Kuykendall, Quincy Prince, and Aiden Cuthbertson selected as first-teamers while both Cade Ligon and Lance Pierce were selected as second-teamers.
CASE KUYKENDALL: QUARTERBACK, FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
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Llano voters made their choices known in several local races that were decided yesterday, including the Llano City Council, for which five candidates competed for two spots, and the Llano Independent School District Board of Trustees.
Voters decided to keep their LISD board president, Rick Tisdale, at Place 3, but school board newcomer Carlos Strand unseated the vice president at Place 4.
Llano City Council
Folks will see familiar faces at City of Llano City Council meetings.
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A slew of civil lawsuits and Governor’s Executive Orders have made this fall’s election different than any we have witnessed – and that’s not even taking into account a hotly contested Presidential Election.
The Texas Legislature amended the Texas Election Code in 2017 to end straight party voting beginning with the 2020 General Election, so we knew to anticipate having to mark each race on the ballot.
In a small town like Llano, it’s quite possible that you know at least one of the five candidates who are running for three at-large spots on Llano’s City Council. But for those who don’t know the candidates, The Llano News wanted to give each alderman candidate a chance to introduce themselves and to elaborate on what local issues are important to them.
First, a brief introduction, in alphabetical order.
Although COVID-19 cases in Llano County have been on a downward trend after a spike in cases in July, one local high school student tested positive late last month.
As of Sept. 18, the county has logged 166 positive cases, five of which have resulted in death. The most recent death was a man in his 60s from Llano.
The student’s case was reported to Llano County Health District officials on Aug.
The Llano County Elections Office mailed Overseas and Military Ballots before September 19 and is in the process of mailing the Absentee Ballots By Mail (ABBM) requested by 1,930 Llano County voters.
Llano County Elections Administrator Cindy Ware said the ABBM will be be put in the mail late this week.
The Llano County Commissioners Court and the Llano County Hospital Authority Board of Directors participated in a public workshop Monday afternoon to discuss the options for continued Llano Hospital and EMS service after the current contract with Baylor Scott & White expires at the end of this year.
All speakers seemed to agree that the only path for the Llano Hospital to continue functioning is to obtain Medicare's Critical Access Hospital designation which helps rural hospitals to financi ...
There is a hopeful and cautious optimism among administrators and parents as the vast majority of Llano Independent School District students have returned to the classroom. A minority of families chose the district’s online option and those students are learning at home.
“You could literally feel the excitement,” said Kim Stubblefield, principal of Llano Elementary School.
Just in time for the start of high school football season, sports aficionados soon will be seeing a new sports editor for the Llano News around the fields.
Andrew Salmi, who is from Southern California, recently made the big move from Oklahoma, where he covered sports for several newspapers.
Salmi also will be the sports editor for sister papers in San Saba and Mason.
He might be new to Llano, but he’s no greenhorn when it comes to sports.
“My family and pretty much any of my frie ...
It might be hard to believe, but school is starting in less than a month. There’s still plenty of time to help kids who are in need of some of the basics before they hit the books.
For the third year in a row, the Back to School Blast will be distributing backpacks, school supplies, and socks and shoes directly to all four Llano Independent School District schools.
“Each year, we give out hundreds of pairs of shoes and socks; this past year, we gave out at least 500 pairs of shoes and ...
