The Llano Crawfish Open presented funds to local charities on Thursday, which were raised at its annual event this spring. Funds were given to Meals on Wheels, represented by Gwen Brumm; the Llano Food Pantry, represented by Pat Culpepper and Doris Rainwater; New Horizons, represented by Martha Long and Frances Young; Hill Country Childrens’ Advocacy Center, represented by Jane Price; the LYJ Special Olympics Team, represented by Valerie Ozanne; the LHS Backpack Buddies; Hope Haus, represente ...
The Castell Community Center will host an open house at the Castell School honoring Dan and Hatty Sagebiel and Vera Honig for their many years of dedication and service to the Castell School, Castell community and Llano County.
The open house will be Saturday, Aug. 20, from 2-4 p.m. Refreshments will be served and there will be dominoes and games after the open house.
Daniel Sagebiel moved to the Castell community with his parents Ben and Nettie Sagebiel in 1930.
Donny Carpenter of the Llano Volunteer Fire Department gives Ronald Dexton Saltibus Jr. an up close demonstration of a working fire hose during Thursday as members of the Lutie’s Kids Club at the Lutie Watkins Memorial United Methodist Church visited the fire and police departments in Llano.
Llano ISD schools met the standards for accountability ratings, the Texas Education Agency announced Monday. All four campuses, along with the school district as a whole, met the standards in each of the four categories measured – student achievement, student progress, closing performance gaps and postsecondary readiness.
“It’s still in the very early stages, but we’re certainly happy with how things look at this point,” said David Waters, Llano ISD assistant superintendent.
Marilyn Hale, right, former Llano County Extension Agent, was recently awarded the Silver Clover Award in San Angelo for her service, time and effort in helping the 4-H Club in Llano County. Thirty leaders in the district were chosen through a competitive process to receive the Silver Clover recognition. The recognition includes a steak meal and awards presentation to present the coveted custom-made Silver 4-H Clover.
For the second time this year, Diane Wetz has brought her Heart of The Hills Barrel Racing Association to the John L Kuykendall Arena just west of Llano. Filling up the trailer stalls, and most of the horse stalls, this is an event that makes money for the arena and town.
Things have gotten easier for those wishing to research historical events in Llano County.
The Tocker Foundation awarded the Llano Library a $22,000 grant for the digitization of newspaper archives, and that process is largely complete. They will be available at no cost online at The Portal to Texas History, located at texashistory.unt.edu.
Newspapers that will be available online include The Llano News from 1904 to present, along with issues of the Llano Rural (1881), Iron City News (1891), Ll ...
The Llano County Commissioners proposed to keep the effective tax rate level at Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting.
They proposed a total rate of 0.30459 for fiscal year 2017, a slight decrease from the 0.31620 rate set a year ago. However, the rate will raise an additional $132,751 from last year due to increased property values.
A dispatcher for the Llano County Sheriff’s Office turned herself in last week after being wanted on a felony warrant.
Kathy Osbourn, 62, of Llano, was booked into Llano County Jail on Saturday after turning herself into authorities on a felony warrant for hindering apprehension or prosecution of a known felon, which is a third degree felony.
Llano Recycling Opportunity seeks funds for a new baler, and may have to reduce hours if it is not able to be purchased.
The equipment would replace a broken baler which cannot be repaired. The baler was a 20-year old piece of equipment. The cost for a new baler is $15,000.
If the non-profit LRO is unable to purchase a new baler soon, it could be forced to reduce its hours of operation.
