The American Legion Frank Griggs Post 370 installed newly elected officers for the 2017-18 term at its June 15 meeting.
Installed were Kenneth Poe, commander; Roy Buntyn, vice commander; John Sawyer Jr., adjutant; John Cutler, finance officer; Harvey H. Klee, judge advocate; Sue Ellen Cutler, chaplain; Vera Honig, historian; Harold Goehmann, sergeant-at-arms; and Warren Groff, service officer.
Llano County employees will now get personal/flex time through at least the end of the year.
The commissioners voted Monday to give 12 hours of personal/flex time to county employees through the end of 2017. The policy will be effective immediately.
County judge Mary Cunningham said this will stop a practice of adding unearned time when an office is closed early near a holiday.
The extra time off was listed on some time sheets as administrative time, which doesn’t exist in county policy, or i ...
Llano ISD officially welcomes Mac Edwards this summer as the district’s superintendent of schools.
Although he is new to Llano ISD, he is not exactly new to Llano. Over the years, the Edwards family has been frequent visitors to Llano. His wife, Courtney Osbourn Edwards, is from Valley Spring, and they have been coming to town to visit her family for many years.
Mac Edwards was reared in the northeast Texas town of Paris.
Evelyn Gould, of Llano, was taken for a helicopter ride last Thursday morning in celebration of her 96th birthday. One may wonder, why a helicopter ride to celebrate your birthday? Evelyn managed the Llano Airport for over 30 years, located on Hwy. 16 north of town, and the airport is located at 100 Evelyn Gould Drive - yes, the same Evelyn Gould in the photo.
Work is progressing quickly on the new multi-purpose facility behind Llano High School. The mainframe for the structural part of the pre-engineered 2,300 square foot building has gone up in a matter of days. The inside will have the same turf as the football field and can be marked for football, baseball, soccer or any other turf sport, so that those teams, as well as the band, can practice there.
MARBLE FALLS — Everybody loves a parade, or a bunch of two-car parades like the ones in the 8th Annual Adult Soap Box Derby Classic in downtown Marble Falls, June 16-18.
But the Derby had a pretty good “opening act” — which measured eight feet. Diagonal measurement, that is. A pizza.
Jake Gilligan and Rey Gonzalez, two young men from San Antonio, brought the dough, cheese, sauce, and toppings, and, oh, yes, a two-ton cooker, to make the biggest pizza most of us will ever eat — or see.
Franklin Smith thought it was a prank when he received a phone call last Friday declaring him Llano’s Luckiest Dad. However, he was elated to be wrong as he was the winner of gifts and gift certificates from 13 local businesses in the contest. Thanks to Corner Drug Health Mart, Olen’s Ice Box, A&A’s Fantasy Floral & Gifts, Charlie’s Store, Llano Feed & Supply, Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que, Don Paul’s Seasonings, Buttery Company, glitzi j’s, Inman’s Station, DustDevilDiver Pho ...
The Llano News earned several accolades from the Texas Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest.
The newspaper picked up four awards and earned fourth in the overall sweepstakes category in its circulation division in the annual newspaper contest for 2016. The awards were announced Saturday at the press association’s annual mid-summer convention.
“The Texas Press Association is one of the premier press organizations in the country,” said The Llano News Publisher Ken Wesner.
The turf at the Llano High School football stadium has been repaired, the board of trustees were told at Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting.
Consultant Dean Sharp gave updates on construction at various campus sites, and said everything is moving along on schedule. He said the turf at the football field has been completed and work is now underway at the indoor facility, where the same product will be installed.
The new addition for the agriculture shop is in place and framing of the exterio ...
