Congressman Mike Conaway answered questions on presidential candidate Donald Trump, veterans issues and everything in between in front of about 50 people during an hour-long town hall Thursday morning at the Llano County Courthouse.
The Republican congressman said presidential candidate Donald Trump broke every rule known to man while campaigning, but he won fair and square.
“What he did was win by the rules,” Conaway said.
The congressman, along with eight other House committee chairs, end ...
Noessa Higa, producer of the “Man in the Can” movie, arrived early to Llano on Friday morning. Already here were 1,000 DVDs ready for the signing party to be held at Main Street Affairs on Saturday afternoon.
Along with the DVDs were giveaways from Yeti Coolers, Wrangler Jeans and Pendleton Whiskey.
On Wednesday evening the cancellations started coming in, from Lampasas, San Saba, Kingsland, Stonewall and Llano.
They continued early on Thursday morning, and at the same time, the chairperson for the parade and the Llano Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the parade, were in a heated discussion on what to do.
The Texas Transportation Commission has approved a $500,000 grant for the Llano Municipal Airport for paving improvements.
The $500,000 grant is a 10-1 matching grant, said Mayor Mike Reagor, meaning it will only cost the city $50,000 for the repair work.
“Every so often we have to do that,” he said. “It’s not like paving streets.
It started Wednesday night at the John L Kuykendall Arena with the Llano County Team Roping with contestants that have graduated Llano high school, lived in Llano county for six months, or pay taxes in Llano County to be able to rope.
The night began with over 150 teams and ended with Header, Truman Magnus and Heeler, Tutt Barnett taking the first place buckles.
Thursday night is slack night, rodeo term for overflow.
The Llano City Council voted on Monday to terminate the groundwater rights agreement between the city and William F. Leverett.
Following a closed session to discuss the matter with an attorney, the council passed the motion 4-1, with Gail Lang voting against it. In addition to terminating the agreement, the city will pay Leverett a one-time payment of $30,000.
Lang voiced her displeasure with the deal prior to Monday’s vote.
“I just want to say that I hope this council and future councils r ...
Special Education services have been available in schools since the passage of PL94-142 in 1975. By 1995 the number of students with disabilities served in Special Ed in the U.S. was around 5 million. In the next decade, those numbers would rise to over 6 million. The number of school-aged children with disabilities fell to a low of 5.67 million in the fall of 2011.
However the most recent statistics available (2014) shows a definite upswing to 5.83 million.
The Llano County Historical Museum has announced the winners of the Llano River Photography Contest.
Winners in each division are: Nancy Bardouche, Senior Division; Christy Haggerton, Adult Division; Heather Speckels, Teen Division; and Kyndall Rabb, Youth Division.
The winning photos, along with all the photos submitted, are on display at the museum.
