This is--literally--the biggest moment of the year in squat in powerlifting in 2018 in the state. Llano High’s Dakoda Trull is in the midst of putting 800 pounds on his back. No one else has matched it in any classification. It also tied a school record.
Valentine week was special in our part of the woods as it was celebrated alongside Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras. On Tuesday evening, Lutie Watkins Memorial United Methodist Church held its annual Pancake and Sausage Supper, with decorations of masks and beads to celebrate the occasion. Members of the church helped prepare the meal, while others waited tables and helped with tea, coffee and orange juice.
Just a few blocks away at the Llano Library, another feast was taking place, the annual So ...
There will not be a contested election for the Llano City Council, while the Llano ISD board of trustees has one contested position.
For the Llano ISD board of trustees, Rob Wilson filed for re-election for place one and no one filed to oppose him.
Two candidates filed for place five. Ron Cunningham filed for re-election and will be opposed by challenger Dean Campbell.
Early voting is underway in both the Republican and Democratic primaries.
Early voting began Tuesday and goes through March 2. Election day is March 6.
Voters in Llano County may cast their votes early at the Llano County Library in Llano, the Kingsland Library and the Horseshoe Bay POA.
Voting at the Llano Library, at 102 E.
Over seven decades ago, Jim Foster met Joyce Stewart in a small north Texas town east of Wichita Falls.
Jim returned home to Spanish Fort in 1946, after serving in the European Theater in World War II. Joyce was still a high school student when they met, in the nearby town of Nocona.
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reported sending over $592.8 million in sales tax remittances to Texas cities in February, up 5.15 percent over the amounts sent to cities in February 2017. Some local municipalities soared above the statewide sales tax average increase for the month compared to last year, while others lagged last year’s figures.
With the smallest sales tax volume in this area, the City of Sunrise Beach posted a whopping 35.14 percent increase in sales tax remittances over la ...
Smokey the Bear made a brief stop at the Llano County Courthouse Tuesday morning, as he criss-crosses the state in advance of his 75th birthday, which will be next year. He also made stops in Burnet, Mason, Brady and Gillespie counties on Tuesday. Pictured, from left, are Kathryn Stephenson, Mike Sandoval, Smokey, Matt Rienstra, Melissa Wright and Layton, Jannelle Gray and Mary Cunningham.
Llano is so blessed to have the quality of music we have, from our local musicians that play week in and week out, entertaining audiences from 3 to 350, to super stars that make their way to town for larger concerts.
Every month, on the second Saturday, Heart of Texas Country Music Association brings the Llano Country Opry to the Lantex Theater for one or two shows that fill the 90-year-old venue.
“What a beautiful old theater you have” said one visitor, making her first visit to Llan ...
The Llano County Commissioners weighed whether to join a lawsuit in federal court seeking damages due to the nation’s opioid epidemic at Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting.
After a lengthy discussion, the commissioners took no action other than to allow the county attorney’s office to monitor the situation for any future potential decision.
Matt Rienstra, assistant county attorney, said the lawsuit in federal court in Cleveland, Ohio, is brought by many governmental entities again ...
On Tuesday, Feb. 6, two Llano High School freshmen competed at the annual district Cross-Examination Debate meet. Bailey McCorkendale and James Edmonson have been debating as a team since September and were the “long-shot” in this competition. Most of their opponents were upper-classmen who had successfully completed rigorous weeks of summer debate camps, yet the McCorkendale-Edmonson team managed to win rounds and earn themselves a fifth place title.
Llano has not had CX debate t ...
