The Jack Moss painting of the Battle of Packsaddle Mountain is now on display at the Llano County Historical Museum.
According to the artist, the painting depicts the last battle in Llano County between ranchers and Comanche Indians. This battle occurred on top of Packsaddle Mountain, which is located on the eastern edge of the county off of Highway 71.
The first planning meeting of the “Llooking Forward in Llano” initiative will be held on Wednesday, June 15.
The meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. at the East Llano County Annex, located at 8347 RR 1431 in Buchanan Dam.
The meeting will be held to explore strategies that address Llano County’s environmental and community renewal needs.
Beverages will be provided, so feel free to bring a lunch.
For more information, contact Mike Delgado, Llano County Code Enforcement/County Attorney Inves ...
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 ...
