A large crowd gathered in front of the former Hill Country Healthcare Center on Green Street early Tuesday morning, to see a new beginning.
Dr. Alice Smith, headmaster of Llano Christian Academy, couldn’t keep her tears of joy back as she offered a short prayer to officially open the 2017-18 school year.
The run on gas that started in Dallas last week also hit Llano, and it has lasted into this week.
Most stations in town were completely out of fuel over the weekend, while more than one did not have any fuel as of Tuesday morning.
Lengthy lines started forming Thursday afternoon and went for as long as gas was available in town.
Gas was available at some stations Monday or Tuesday.
Last Wednesday night, the committee for Keep Llano Beautiful met for the third time and is on its way to becoming an official Keep Texas Beautiful city.
There are eight requirements to becoming an affiliate with the state program, and after Wednesday night, Llano is just about there. They include: 1.
From in-person volunteer work to fundraising or donating items, Llano County residents have more than chipped in to help Hurricane Harvey victims.
Many groups or businesses are still raising funds or collecting donations to help Hurricane Harvey victims.
The Llano County Farm Bureau is currently holding a non-perishable food drive to donate to Hurricane Harvey victims.
Hurricane Harvey has battered much of the Texas Coastal Bend, while flooding has caused devastation throughout a large portion of the state.
For those in and around Llano County, there are several immediate ways to help.
Llano Elementary School is accepting donations of water (gallon jugs or cases of drinking water), diapers, wet wipes and canned goods through 8:30 a.m.
One man spoke at a brief public hearing on the Llano County tax rate Monday morning.
Richard Maddern, who lives in the Kingsland area, was supportive of the proposed tax rate.
“In my view, providing for a tax rate that meets the needs and services that are efficient as you can possibly make them, is the key job for the commissioners and the judge,” he said.
Held bi-monthly, the Fourth Friday Artwalk came of age this past Friday night. With stores participating all around the Llano Courthouse Square, and the Oldies but Goodies Car Show and Social Club, Llano was hopping on this warm August evening.
The idea of the Art Walk was dreamed up by Valerie and Marcus Hammons from Calamity & Grace, who thought “this happens in other towns, let’s do this in Llano.” Now, over a year old, and this being its second White Linen night, if Houston and Ne ...
