Hurricane Harvey has battered much of the Texas Coastal Bend, while flooding has caused devastation throughout a large portion of the state.
For those in and around Llano County, there are several immediate ways to help.
Llano Elementary School is accepting donations of water (gallon jugs or cases of drinking water), diapers, wet wipes and canned goods through 8:30 a.m.
One man spoke at a brief public hearing on the Llano County tax rate Monday morning.
Richard Maddern, who lives in the Kingsland area, was supportive of the proposed tax rate.
“In my view, providing for a tax rate that meets the needs and services that are efficient as you can possibly make them, is the key job for the commissioners and the judge,” he said.
Held bi-monthly, the Fourth Friday Artwalk came of age this past Friday night. With stores participating all around the Llano Courthouse Square, and the Oldies but Goodies Car Show and Social Club, Llano was hopping on this warm August evening.
The idea of the Art Walk was dreamed up by Valerie and Marcus Hammons from Calamity & Grace, who thought “this happens in other towns, let’s do this in Llano.” Now, over a year old, and this being its second White Linen night, if Houston and Ne ...
The Women’s Ministry of the First Baptist Church of Llano will be holding the 13th annual Shannon Kaspar 5K for School Supplies on Saturday, Oct. 21.
The race is held each year to raise money to purchase school supplies for students in our school district whose families need assistance in providing supplies for their kids.
Water and sewer rates in the City of Llano will increase starting Oct. 1.
City council members voted Monday to approve a change in the master fee schedule to include increases in water and wastewater rates. The base water rate will climb from $28.50 to $42 per month, while the base sewer rate will rise from $39 to $68 per month.
“The city has been operating water and sewer at about a $330,000 deficit for several, several years,” said councilor Sammy Leverett.
Hunter Hampton is off to his first day of kindergarten last Wednesday at Llano Elementary School. Hunter is escorted by Burnet firefighters Travis Tschoerner (left) and James Schuetz (right). His parents are Lisa Hampton and late Burnet firefighter Daniel Hampton. See additional back-to-school photos in this week's edition of The Llano News.
No one spoke at a sparsely attended public hearing on the Llano County tax rate Monday morning.
Monday was the first of two public hearings on the tax rate. The second hearing will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 28, in the commissioners courtroom in the law enforcement center.
Last week, the commissioners unanimously approved a $0.30212 proposed tax rate per $100 valuation for Fiscal Year 2018 with a proposed budget of $15.3 million.
Saturday night, inside the Lantex Theater, another round of magic was unfolding with a musical group from Houston.
John, Paul, Ringo and George took the audience back in time to the 1960s. This was not the real Beatles band, but if you closed your eyes for a moment, and then opened them again, you would swear you were on the Ed Sullivan show watching the Beatles.
