Black Friday is the day known in retail as the day to start showing a profit, the best shopping day of the year, and a day that is commonly left behind to the shops and retail stores in Llano.
After all, Llano doesn’t have the big box stores. Other than a few major chain stores, it is left to the mom and pop stores to survive the largest shopping day of the year, to make “Black Friday” the best it can be.
Ashley Torres of Llano is a good citizen and has the certificate to prove it.
Ashley is a 5-year old, 92-pound silver pit bull and a favorite visitor among residents of local senior citizen homes. Unfortunately, Ashley’s service to the community may soon come to an end due to a needed surgery.
“She just loved being around people,” said Barbara Torres, who trained Ashley and her Doberman, Ty, to be service dogs.
The set was a simple one, a table, two chairs, a pitcher of water, two glasses and two actors, but the impact of the play was anything but that. The Llano Community Theatre, now in its second year, opened the 2016/2017 season with “Love Letters,” a play by A. R. Gurney, on Friday night.
The Western Trappings exhibition for this year is now over, and the drawing for the winner of this one of a kind bracelet was held at 5 p.m. Saturday. Norma VanArman of Llano was the winner of the gorgeous silver and turquoise bracelet crafted by Charles Wendt of Llano. Western Trappings appreciates all the artists, the museum and committee members for another amazing display of western art and trappings and appreciates the support of patrons and visitors.
Llano girls basketball coach Jerry McSherry, with the game ball and the girls who brought him his 500th win. Front row, left to right: Angela Palmares, Avery Tudyk and Lexi Lucas. Standing, left to right: Chancey Lange, Kaymon Lange, Molly Lindner, Coach McSherry, Katie McDonough, Justice Willson and Erin Franklin.
An Arizona man turned himself in early Saturday morning after allegedly shooting a friend. Justin Lamb, 27, of Yuma, Ariz., entered the Stripes convenience store at the corner of Hwy. 29 and Hwy. 16 in Llano during the early morning hours Saturday and asked to use a phone to call 911, according to a Llano County Sheriff’s Office press release.
An almost month-long saga is over after a Brownwood company pulled its air quality application to build a concrete batch plant at the edge of Llano’s city limits.
Ingram Concrete, LLC, withdrew an air quality registration submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, meaning the Brownwood company is no longer seeking to build a concrete batch plant just off Hwy.
The Llano Special Olympians traveled to Highland Lanes and Dart Bowling Alley in Austin to participate in the Area 13 Bowling Competition, November 4-5. Llano was well represented with eight students in every age group.
The athletes trained for 8 weeks for this competition which involved over 1,500 athletes. This year the Yellow Jacket team walked away with one bronze medal for Jaycee Davidson, one silver medal for Mitch Dunn, and an amazing six ...
