After a two-year hiatus, the Llano Christmas Lighting Committee is teaming up with Llano County Sting to back the annual Fourth of July event, held on the banks of the Llano River at Badu Park.
This year they are introducing the high-speed sport of jet ski racing - which will be held on Town Lake beginning Saturday, July 4 at 1pm.
Heaven has a new angel, our beloved Mother and Grandmother flew away today. Lorene Merkel Gavit was born August 10, 1919 in Llano, Texas, and passed away July 20, 2015 and will be laid to rest in the Moffat Cemetery. She will always be remembered for her fierce love and loyalty to her family.
The Llano ISD Board of Trustees organized itself at the regular meeting Tuesday night. After the swearing in of newly elected member Rob Wilson and re-elected member Ron Cunningham, officers were selected to be: Ronnie Ruud, President; Cody Fly, Vice President, John Buttery, Secretary, and Gena Schuessler, recording secretary.
Coach Mike McIntosh recognized the golf team for placing third at State.
Grab your golf clubs and head for San Saba River Golf Course in San Saba for the Hill Country Area Crime Stoppers Fundraiser Golf Tournament this Saturday, May 23. There will be a shotgun start at noon.
In addition to Llano County, Crime Stoppers serves Burnet, Blanco, Mason, Lampasas and San Saba, as well as 11 independent school districts including Blanco, Burnet, Marble Falls, Llano, Johnson City, Mason, Lampasas, Lometa, San Saba, Cherokee and Richland Springs — the same geographic region ...
Nearly 50 citizens and onlookers witnessed "The Changing of the Guard" ceremony at the Llano City Council Monday night. The ceremony brought on board the "new" mayor Mike Reagor, and new Aldermen Paul Hull and Glenn Conner.
Outgoing Mayor Mike Virdell and Aldermen Bryan Miiller and Todd Keller were recognized for "outstanding service and commitment while serving the citizens of Llano.
Oaths of office were administered, and John Ferguson appointed Mayor Pro-Tem.
One consent item was approval of ...
The Llano Woman's Culture Club announces the 2015 scholarship recipients. Elizabeth Claire Scott will be majoring in biomedical engineering at Texas A & M University and Dalton Ward will major in electrical engineering as a student at Texas Tech University.
Since 1974, 50 Llano High School students have been awarded scholarships that have been made possible through the fundraising projects of The Llano Woman's Culture Club and community support.
The club would like to extend appreciation to ...
The Llano County Historical Society held its annual meeting May 7 at the Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Members and guests enjoyed a delicious roast beef dinner. Out-going president Mike Reagor welcomed the attendees and proceeded with approval of the minutes from the 2014 meeting and presented the financial report.
A summary of museum activities during the past year was then given by Mike Reagor.
Friday night lights Llano style, minus the lights, in the old Llano Stadium known now as the "Dauber Dome". The old stadium stood proud once again as the 2015 version of Powder Puff Football took place on the grass and weed field from days gone by. It was going back to a time where football was just a game played for fun in a stadium with stone and grass bleachers.
I'm going to talk about something you may have read a little about: The Brady Bunch—Tom and his partners in an alleged Jenny Craig crime.
I will begin by saying I have no idea whether he or the ball boys are guilty of deflating footballs. Until all this happened, I thought it was PEOPLE who were deflated when they were depressed.
The investigation has become too murky to know if Brady sent coded messages to the boys, maybe saying, "Let's take care of our Pound of Flesh."
If you're like me—a ...
Ronald Reagan was in the middle of his presidency. Hoosiers would be called by some (including me) the greatest sports movie ever. 46-year-old Jack Nicklaus won the Masters, his 18th and final professional Major crown. And Llano High began playing baseball on grass and dirt near the elementary school. The year was 1986.
"I just remember the amount of pride we had in protecting our home field,"
