Dec. 7, 1941 is a day the American people should never forget, said Harvey Klee.
Klee, the former national American Legion chaplain, was the featured speaker at the American Legion Post 370’s Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day event held last Thursday in Llano. It was the 76th anniversary of the Japanese surprise attack in Hawaii that brought about America’s entrance into World War II.
“Seventy-six years later, most of the witnesses are no longer with us, but the legacy of the men and wom ...
There will be five competitive races for Llano County offices in the March 2018 Republican Party primary.
The deadline to file was Monday. No one filed to run as a Democrat for any Llano County offices.
For Llano County Judge, incumbent Mary Cunningham filed to run, as did Ron Cunningham. Mary Cunningham is in her first term in office.
The Llano Country Opry, a second Saturday tradition at the Lantex Theater for 18 years, has had one of its best years ever in 2017. This past Saturday saw a sellout plus during the 2:30 show and just a few seats shy of selling out for the 7:30 show. That is well over 700 people that saw a performance from local musicians, one from Houston, one from Stephenville, and the headliners, that was one for the ages.
On the Opry stage for the first time was Llano musician, Matt Hilton, who played on ...
If Uncle Sam wanted you, now Honor Flight Austin does, too.
The organization which sends veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit war memorials seeks additional veterans to send to the nation’s capital. The trips are free for veterans and a caregiver.
Those who are eligible now include all World War II and Korean War veterans, regardless of where they were stationed, and Vietnam veterans who have received the Vietnam service medal.
“If we can find those veterans, we want to take them t ...
1997. Clinton (Bill) was president; 21-year-old Tiger Woods captured The Masters by 12 strokes; Titanic won the Oscar as Best Picture of the Year; and “Love Gets Me Every Time,” by Shania Twain, was one of Country’s biggest hits.
And, also 20 years ago, the Llano High football Jackets took their place as one of the all-time great teams in school history.
A Llano County Grand Jury indicted a City of Llano police officer on Monday.
The grand jury indicted Grant Harden on six counts - three felony and three misdemeanor counts. He was indicted on two counts of tampering with evidence and one count of tampering with a governmental record, said District Attorney Sonny McAfee.
Crews from the San Marcos National Fish Hatchery scanned for mussels along the bottom of Robinson Park Lake last Thursday afternoon after it was mostly drained. The lake was drained in order to remove sand from it. After an environmental study was done in order to allow the city to drain the lake and have sand removed, endangered mussels were discovered and had to be moved before that was allowed to take place.
In May of 1927, the Lantex Theater opened its doors for the first time. As mentioned last week, tickets for the first movie, “The Fourth Commandment,” a 1926 silent film drama produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and directed by Emory Johnson. Tickets were 30 cents for adults and 10 cents for children.
Friday night, the tickets were a little pricier, after all, the theater is now 90 years old, the sound was amazing, and the backdrop was a large Texas Flag in full color.
Llano High School Academics Teams would like to congratulate the following students for the success at the Bandera High School Winter Meet this past weekend:
-- 6th Place in Number Sense: Heath Buttery, Junior (11th and 12th Grade Division)
-- 6th Place in Calculator: Kenon Riley, Freshman (9th and 10th Grade Division)
-- 5th Place in Mathematics: Heath Buttery, Junior (11th and 12th Grade Division)
While the students above placed in their competitions, all students participating were ...
