All three propositions on the City of Llano ballot passed Saturday. Residents approved bond propositions to fix the city’s streets, and repair the swimming pool and give funds to parks. Residents also approved a local option election to allow the sale of all alcoholic beverages, including mixed beverages.
Proposition 1, the $4.785 million bond measure to repair all of the city’s streets, passed with 66.36 percent of the vote (288 to 146).
Stationed on the south side of the Llano Courthouse, the row of tailgaters, otherwise known as the Llano Farmers Market, is now in its seventh season and offers up a variety of personalities and produce.
The opening act is Jimbo Miller, who is appropriately outfitted in overalls and Converse All Stars, turns up with his turnips then tunes up his fiddle to help pass the time and entertain the shoppers.
Family members, friends and co-workers recently surprised Carol Sheppard, longtime office manager of The Llano News, with a lunch in her honor. Sheppard (pictured front, center) spent more than 11 dedicated years at the newspaper before her retirement last week. Thank you for all of your hard work, and best wishes as you “move on to your next assignment!”
A new nursing home facility could soon find its home in Llano. The county commissioners on Monday approved a request from Jason Caraway of Llano Senior Living Facility, LLC, to ask for a rural county waiver from the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services for additional Medicaid nursing facility beds in the county.
On Saturday night, the Hill Country Livestock Raisers Association (HCLRA) held its 67th annual banquet at the John L Kuykendall Event Center. This night is reserved for honoring the working cowboy, the way of life by many in Llano County, and singling out one that has stood out over the years.
For 2017, Robert Cowan introduced a gentleman that has devoted his entire life to being a cowboy, a man that turned down a chance in the professional sports arena, to remain a rodeo cowboy, Jimmy Duecker.
The Llano Special Olympians traveled to Fredericksburg High School to participate in the Local Special Olympics Track meet on April 27. Llano was well represented with 10 students participating, each in one field event and one track event. The athletes trained for seven weeks prior to their competition.
A very special Thank You goes out to Madox Green, Jackson Dillard, Brock Fly, Remi Easley, Erin Waters, Ross Prokop and Paige Keele.
Members of the Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter of the Sons of the Republic of Texas fire this cannon during a salute on Saturday to honor 12 Texas Rangers who are buried in Bluffton Cemetery. The event, which honored the Rangers, was put on by the Former Texas Rangers Foundation, Llano County Historical Commission and the Bluffton Cemetery Association.
Llano’s crumbling streets could get a complete makeover if voters approve a $4.785 million bond measure in Saturday’s municipal election. Also on Saturday’s municipal ballot is a $500,000 bond election to fix the swimming pool and give money to parks, in addition to a local option election which would allow the sale of all alcoholic beverages, including mixed beverages.
Early voting ended Tuesday on the three measures on the municipal election ballot.
In 2014, Llano County Precinct 1 commissioner Peter Jones became concerned about the litter building up along the county roads and spearheaded a program to get it under control.
That is how the adopt-a-road program started in Llano County, by the commissioners court.
“The Llano County Adopt-a-County Road Program was established to maintain the natural beauty of our county and to decrease the cost of litter pickup,” said Jones.
The program is modeled after the statewide Adopt-a-Highway progr ...
