Dorothy Keith and Brenda Weaver of Llano Cowboy Church, along with the Master Gardeners, spent Thursday sprucing up the courtyard at the Llano Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Also pictured are Patsy Garcia, Naomi Adams and Roxanne Cordell.
Llano residents are likely to see a slight bump in property taxes in the coming year. The city council voted 4-1 in a first reading at its Sept. 6 meeting to increase the tax rate about 5 percent, from 0.39633 to 0.416. Finance director Lynda Kuder said the increase will mean the average homestead will see an increase of about $14 in taxes in the next fiscal year.
The council originally set the proposed tax rate at 0.43 in August.
Local Texas Hill Country cities continued to post strong sales tax figures during the summer compared to statewide totals.
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced last week that he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $629.2 million in local sales tax allocations for September, 1.4 percent less than in September 2015.
Llano has a special event each month that is the envy of many towns our size. The Llano Country Opry is held the second Saturday of each month at the Lantex Theater. There are entertainers that have spent decades performing for audiences, some that began their careers as early as the 1960s.
Nobody seems to know when the custom started, but the homecoming week tradition of giving and wearing the complicated, ornate and colorful arrangement known simply as “mums” is alive and well in Llano.
You’ll likely see them around town this week during homecoming, but especially on Friday night at the homecoming football game against Lago Vista.
Orders started pouring in to Hometown Floral in Llano a full two weeks before homecoming, said owner Lorilea Wenzel.
Llano County has a new library director.
Jackie Cundieff was hired to replace the retiring Dian Ray by a 3-1 vote at Monday’s commissioners court meeting. Precinct 4 Commissioner Jerry Don Moss cast the lone dissenting vote, while Precinct 3 Commissioner Ron Wilson was sick and not at the meeting.
A committee made up of County Judge Mary Cunningham, Precinct 1 Commissioner Peter Jones and former library board member Pam Fowler interviewed candidates for the position and made the recommendatio ...
Students at Llano Elementary School were faced with tragic news over the weekend as a language arts teacher at the school was killed in a traffic accident.
Jenica Barnard, 22, died shortly before 6 p.m. Friday in a collision on U.S. Hwy. 87 north of Fredericksburg. She attempted to pass another vehicle at the crest of a hill when she collided head-on with a tractor trailer, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Barnard started her first year of teaching just a few short week ...
Texas Secretary of State Carlos H. Cascos reminded Texans that voters who cannot obtain a form of approved photo ID now have additional options when voting in person.
These additional options apply to current and upcoming school tax elections and the November General Election.
“Currently, Texas voters who cannot obtain one of the seven forms of approved photo ID have additional options when casting their ballots,” said Cascos.
Webster’s defines hodgepodge as a mixture of different things. At the John L. Kuykendall Event Center this weekend it was just that as the HodgePodge Market came to Llano for the second time this year.
It was put together by Ray Craig, manager of the event center, and Dana Wood, promoter of the event.
“This one is so much larger than the last one, I am excited,” said Wood as she greeted guests to the show on Saturday morning.
Among the vendors, who came from all areas of Texas, was Shakey ...
It is that time of year again! The Llano County Junior Livestock Show Association will be hosting the 7th Annual Wild Game Dinner on Sept. 10 at the John L. Kuykendall Event Center.
This will be the third year the event will be held in the John L. Kuykendall Event Center located at 2200 Ranch Road 152 in Llano.
