Llano County is honored to have a large number of men who qualify as Texas Rangers. A few were in regular Ranger companies under such notables as Capt. John Coffee (Jack) Hayes, J. Gillespie, Sul Ross, Alexander (Buck) Roberts, and Daniel F. Roberts. Many of the earliest settlers in this area served under Capt.
Coming to Llano for the second time in less than a year, the Eagles Tribute Band, Already Gone, performed at the Lantex Theater on Saturday night to a packed crowd.
The band from Houston has a huge following, with close to 50 coming from their hometown, along with folks from Hutchison, Kan., Lubbock, Austin, and of course Llano.
The splash pad at Badu Park is well underway.The plumbing has been installed and is in the ground. If all goes according to plan, it will be open in June.
The splash pad is a long way from its humble beginnings as an idea of local citizens, who formed the Llano Parks Project to accomplish the feat.
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 ...
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.
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 seniors and educators were recognized on Thursday night at the Masonic Lodge. Those awarded and their particular awards were: Cameron Hall, scholarship; Evan Wheeler, Mirabeau B. Lamar Award; McKenzie Cockerham, scholarship; Kyra Hazel, scholarship; Katie Yount, scholarship; Madison Dotson, scholarship; and educator Mary Ellen Halamicek, Mirabeau B. Lamar Award.
Mirabeau Lamar was a Mason and was also known for his work that resulted in the State of Texas setting up a public school s ...
