Llano’s Tyler Gann (24) hauls in an interception of a Crystal City pass in Friday’s bi-district playoff game in San Antonio, one of several big defensive plays for the Jackets on the night. Llano fell, 20-14.
C.P. Coker of Kingsland, left, receives the grand prize from Llano News editor John Verser for winning the football pick ‘em contest. Coker won a $200 gift card from Cooper’s Old Style Pit Bar-B-Que. He correctly guessed 136 games over the 12-week contest. See final standings in this week's paper.
The holidays are here in Llano, and they get kicked off tonight with the lighting of the courthouse square in downtown.
Over 600 coloring sheets were handed out to Llano Elementary School, Packsaddle Elementary and Llano Christian Academy students in first through third grades. Each grade level had their own sheet, getting progressively more detailed with each grade.
Three judges -- a community leader, a retired drama teacher and a professional horse judge -- had the task of choosing two ...
On the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918. The date was declared a national holiday in many Allied nations, and coincides with Remembrance Day and Veterans Day, which are public holidays.
Armistice Day as it was originally called, was a day to celebrate cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I.
After being introduced over a year ago, the first annual Commercial Heifer Pair Sale was held at the John L Kuykendall Arena last week.
FFA and 4-H participants purchased the heifers in Llano County 16 months ago from established ranches. The kids have accomplished and learned about the beginning stages of a commercial cow/calf operation.
UIL Academic Teams at Llano High School competed Nov. 4 at the Pflugerville Pfall Pfling meet.
We would like to congratulate the accounting team for their first place team finish! Returning members and former regional qualifiers are seniors Chance Bailey and Chantalle Barret, who led the team to their victory. Freshman Samantha Allen had a strong contribution to the win on her very first meet.
Chris Hamm (LHS class of 1999), son of Ray and Patricia Hamm of Llano, brings in a group of firefighters once a season for a weekend hunt. Pictured front left is Timothy Sandavol and front right is Mike Lageshaur. Pictured, back row, from left, are: Jeff Kendall, Jack Branton, Kaleb Kaemmerling, Perry Kaemmerling, Corey Ogle, Brodie Ogle, Chris Hamm and Brek Clendenin.
The Llano Special Olympians competed in a three-day Area 13 Bowling Competition with over 1,300 athletes in Austin from Nov. 3-5.
Llano was well represented with nine students participating in every age group. The athletes trained for two months beginning in September.
This year the Yellow Jacket team took home four gold medals from Selena Blaise, James Burke, Jake Yocum, and Angelo Crofts.
Bronze medals were earned by Mary Shaffer, Mitch Dunn, Landon Larson and Meloni Lamar.
Indoor football has arrived on the Llano High campus. “It’s a site to behold,” said Superintendent Mac Edwards.
It is a beauty. What? Well, no, it’s not exactly for football games, but practice in bad weather. The other sports can use it, too, plus the band, drill and dance teams, and maybe one-act players who are rehearsing “Guts on the Gridiron.”
This is all about the Multi-Purpose Facility, located between the student parking lot and the ball diamonds and football practice ...
