Rickey Oestreich, foreman of the Llano Parks Department, was named the city’s employee of the quarter for the second quarter of 2016. He was presented the award at Monday’s city council meeting.
It was week four of summer camp and 400 campers were in camp, but the five from the Llano troop were the best.
Earlier this month five Llano Boy Scouts and three adult leaders spent a week at Lost Pines Scout Reservation near Bastrop. The main goal was to have fun, but also to earn badges and learn new life skills.
The Llano troop hadn’t won a blue ribbon in living memory.
This past Saturday was a big day for the Llano Red Top Jail, beginning at 10 a.m. with tours of Llano’s oldest bed and breakfast. Manned 100 percent by volunteers from the Friends of the Llano Red Top Jail, the tours take about 20-30 minutes depending on the participation from those taking the tour.
From the “booking room” to the “throne room,” to the “maximum security cells,” the Red Top Jail is full of history.
The Llano Economic Development Corporation could look at the feasibility of a second arena or an amphitheater among projects in the next fiscal year.
The Llano City Council on Monday approved the first reading of the LEDC’s budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year.
The projection is for a $296,119 budget in the next fiscal year.
Big changes at Llano Elementary School were the lead item in Dean Sharp’s report on the 2014 bond projects at the July meeting of the Llano ISD Board of Trustees.
Mainly, the old “main” building. “For all intents and purposes, it’s gone,’ he said. The building has been demolished and a new connecting wing will be built.
Emergent Order has announced the filming of its television pilot of Freedom on Trial will take place Aug. 8-12 in Llano.
The company said it chose Llano after an extensive search throughout Texas. Llano was chosen due to both its status as a “Film Friendly Texas” community and the array of beautiful architecture and picture perfect locations.
“After visiting Llano, we knew it was the perfect location to serve as the backdrop for our script.
Joe Randerson served in the United States Air Force in World War II, in the 2nd Fighter Squadron.
“I flew P51 Mustangs. Forty-nine missions in all by the time the war ended,” he said. “On my 17th mission, I was shot down over Yugoslavia with burns to 40 percent of my body.”
Randerson has not been in a P51 since 1949.
The Llano County Sheriff's Office reports that a drive by shooting occurred Wednesday morning.
At about 8:44 a.m., a residence on RR 2323 approximately 4 miles west of the Llano city limits was fired upon multiple times by an individual or individuals, according to a LCSO press release. It is believed that the suspect(s) were traveling in a vehicle when the shots were fired and a resident was home at the time of the incident.
The victim was unable to provide a description of the suspect or susp ...
There will be a four class Llano High School reunion held Saturday.
The LHS classes of 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1953, along with anyone who wishes to join them, will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 16, at the LISD community building.
The group will meet, have a barbecue lunch, tour the O’Henry school building and dismiss about 2:30 p.m., said Lane Tow, co-organizer of the reunion.
Tow said the reunion has been held yearly since the 50-year reunion, later added the class of 1952 and this year added ...
For the sixth consecutive year, Brenda Schneider, associated with Landmasters Real Estate - Llano Office, was chosen as a FIVE STAR Real Estate Agent, as seen in Texas Monthly, June 2016 edition.
The award states that FIVE STAR agents have proven to be outstanding in their field by receiving high client satisfaction ratings and exceeding objective criteria involving experience, production levels and disciplinary history.
Agents receiving the FIVE STAR honor were chosen based on surveys of Centr ...
