Llano County Commissioners expressed their concerns about rising mandatory court and legal costs at Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting.
Precinct 2 Commissioner Linda Raschke asked that accounts payable be pulled from the consent agenda to discuss the rising legal costs. She said the Child Protective Services attorney and guardian ad litem expenses were more than $23,000 in the last month.
Dr. Gene Hightower has hunted in Llano for so long that he feels it is coming home. Hightower, 80, has hunted in Llano County for 69 years.
“When I come over the hill leading into Llano, I feel as though I am coming home. The fantastic memories that my family has accumulated over the last 69 years can only be equaled by the number of friends that we have made,” said Hightower, who has been coming to Llano to hunt since November 1947 when he was 11 years old and where he shot his first ...
Why the “11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month”? It marks the time World War I officially came to an end. Just after 5 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918. It was at that time that Germany and the Allies signed an armistice – a formal agreement to stop fighting.
The armistice, sometimes known as the Armistice of Compiègne after the location it was signed (around 60 miles north east of Paris), marked victory for the Allies.
David Waters is likely to be named the interim superintendent for Llano ISD. After a lengthy closed session at the Llano ISD board of trustees special meeting held Monday, the trustees moved to negotiate with Waters, who currently serves as assistant superintendent, to act as superintendent until a permanent superintendent is hired.
The current superintendent, Casey Callahan, is moving to head the Region 15 Education Service Center in San Angelo.
The trustees conferred with the firm of Edu ...
What started in 2010 as a project by David and Jamie Hawthorne, owners of Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne Funeral Home in Llano, the Babyland section of the Llano Cemetery is now complete.
“Through the years, we have felt there was a need for a special place in the cemetery designated for the burial of babies.
Earlier this month, the Llano Chamber of Commerce unveiled the new and improved city smart phone app.
The new app, designed by chamber executive director Briley Mitchell and developed by Chris Karrington of Blue Lynk Computer Services, will allow visitors and residents to stay more connected to community activity.
While Llano already had an app, the chamber board of directors felt that it was not living up to expectations and left a lot to be desired.
“The two-year old app needed to be update ...
First grade students at Llano Elementary School recently found a creative use for pumpkins. The students transformed their pumpkins into storybook characters. The students were in the first grade classes of Mrs. Shelby Lehmberg, Mrs. Carrie Plumley and Mrs. Stephanie Pittman.
Citizens packed Llano City Hall on Monday night to ask the council for help in stopping a concrete batch plant from locating near the city limits.
At issue is a proposed concrete batch plant to be located just west of Llano off Hwy. 29. Ingram Concrete, LLC, of Brownwood has filed a proposed air quality registration with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to build a plant at that location.
Ten citizens addressed the council during the public comments portion of the agenda, for more t ...
Darrell Staedtler’s father was never happier for his son’s direction in life than the time he took a long-term substitute teaching job at Llano High School.
At that time, the Llano native and songwriter had already seen three of his songs in the top 10 of the country music charts. But his father was concerned with how his son would make a living in music.
“People don’t believe you can make a living.
With the general hunting season for white-tailed deer just days away, landowners and hunters are reminded to use caution on all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).
“More Texans have died in ATV-related accidents over the last 30 years than in any other state,” Bill Tuckness, Llano County Farm Bureau president, said. “They’re a popular and important way to get around the farm, ranch or deer lease, but with that convenience also comes a certain risk we need to be aware of.”
The 753 people killed i ...
