After a three and a half-year journey, the Llano disc golf course is open. The 9-hole disc golf course, which is a joint venture between the Llano Alliance for Drug Intervention (LADI) and the City of Llano, opened Saturday with a ribbon cutting at its Badu Park location along the picturesque Llano River.
Bob Cunningham, one of those who spearheaded the project, said LADI was interested in started something that would connect with the youth and decided disc golf was the appropriate activit ...
Llano has been blessed with some amazing artists over the past years - art that hangs on walls, art that can be used as furniture, art that can be displayed outside, art that is made from glass, and art that can be worn.
Charles Wendt, owner and artist at Rocking W Spurs in Llano, is one such artist that creates art that can be worn.
The Llano County Commissioners heard a positive report from the much-used bulk clean-up event held earlier this month.
Precinct 2 Commissioner Linda Raschke reported that the event at the county’s East Annex had an extremely large turnout. She said that 320 yards of bulk material was collected, in addition to 80 yards of metal, one and a half 18 wheel trailers full of tires, 550 gallons of paint, an 18 wheel trailer full of electronics, 200 gallons of oil and 1,174 pounds of batteries.
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Members of the Llano City Council are continuing to look at bond options to repair infrastructure and make needed repairs, and they are now asking for input from citizens.
The councilors are asking citizens interested in advising the council on bond options and priorities to attend a meeting at 5:30 p.m.
Tania Quigley and her ghoulishly-dressed son, Wyatt, play Pumpkin Tic Tac Toe at the Lutie’s Kids Fall Festival at Lutie Watkins Memorial United Methodist Church on Saturday.
Several Llano citizens are concerned about a concrete plant that is proposed to be located just west of city limits. More than 25 people met last Thursday night at Inman’s Kitchen to discuss concerns about the proposed plant and to discuss what options may be available to stop it from locating there.
Members of the Llano Volunteer Fire Department gave safety presentations last week for Fire Prevention Week at Llano Elementary School. Here, volunteer firefighters are pictured with first grade students. Volunteer firefighters Jason Hackworth and David Gilliland handled the inside part of the presentation, while Jason Becker,Jared Bowen and Donny Carpenter handled the outside part of the presentation and gave the students a tour of a fire truck.
In the blink of an eye we are nine weeks into the 2016-2017 school year. They always say time flies when you are having fun!
I have thoroughly enjoyed being welcomed into this wonderful community with so many incredible people that truly support each other. There are so many blessings that accompany this beautiful town, it is simply full of good people, the kind of people you want your children to know.
Early Thursday morning, Badu Park began to look more like a set for a Hollywood movie as Chuck Wagons from all over Texas arrived for the 12th Llano River Chuck Wagon Cook-off.
Coming off a banner year in 2015 when the cook-off was awarded the Best Chuck Wagon event in America, there was lots of excitement in the air for this year’s event.
Live entertainment in two locations on Saturday, and for five hours on Sunday, vendors on the square and at Grenwelge Park, Red Top Jail Tours, a cobbler contest and gun fights, the Llano Wild West Weekend was set.
Visitors from all over the country came to Llano to relive the old west, and vendors as far away as Colorado.
