Not many students choose to spend their weekends taking tests, but for Llano High School senior Evan Wheeler, it’s his chosen University Interscholastic League (UIL) competition.
Wheeler, son of James and Melinda Wheeler, not only competes, but excels at academic contests and recently placed fourth at the state competition in his chosen category of current issues and events.
In order to compete at the state level, Wheeler had to qualify at first the district and then again at the regional lev ...
Llano High School student Sydney Kuehne qualified for the second time to compete at the national level with her FCCLA project focusing on women in crisis.
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a student-led leadership organization in which students create projects designed to make them better leaders and to then use those projects in competition at the regional, state and nationwide levels.
The Llano County Commissioners continued with changes to the library system at Monday’s regularly called meeting. After voting last week to eliminate the director position and distribute its responsibility to the three library managers, the commissioners voted this week to officially give the individual library managers at Llano, Kingsland and Buchanan Dam more responsibility.
It has come and gone, the 28th Annual Llano Crawfish Open, with its crowds, the mudbugs, the barbecue, the music, and all the fun that comes with it.
It began on early Friday morning, after a year of planning, with cooks boiling the sought-after crawfish, vendors opening their booths, and musicians taking the stage at Robinson Park.
A pair from Llano won big at the American Chuck Wagon Association championship cook-off held March 31-April 1 in Fredericksburg. J Diamond B owned by Bobby and JoAnne Mims of Llano competed and placed in several categories. They finished second for their 1897 Newton chuck wagon. In the foot categories, the won first place in dessert, third in potatoes and fifth in meat and bread.
The City of Llano could soon have a new municipal judge. After a brief closed session during Monday’s meeting, the council unanimously voted to give Mayor Mike Reagor the authority to negotiate a contract with Sam Oatman for the position. The current municipal judge, Jim Deer, will retire in May.
The council approved an amended water incentive program for both residential and commercial customers.
First passed in 2011, the program has been little-used and its budget has subsequently drop ...
Sunday morning, Easter, the holiest day for the Christian faith, the day the resurrected Christ is celebrated throughout the world. In Llano, the morning starts early with the Llano Ministerial Alliance conducting the annual “Sunrise Service.”
Members from many Christian faiths joined as one to share in the Easter celebration and the fact that the Lord has risen and is alive.
The Llano High School Student Council has been recognized by the Texas Association of Student Councils (TASC) as an “Outstanding Student Council;” TASC has 1,269 member schools. Of those, Llano High School is one of only 314 student councils statewide to receive this highly-esteemed honor. The student council was named to the honor for “outstanding achievement in leadership, service and activities that serve to improve the school and community.”
“Our members are required to serve thei ...
Walker Lockhart shows off the golden egg that had the winning bicycle paper in it at Saturday's Easter egg hunt at Llano Nursing and Rehab. He is pictured with his mom, Victoria.
