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Returning to Castell has been Leifeste’s joy
Some might know him as the fellow who once had a promiscuous rooster; others as the guy who runs the Castell General Store. Or maybe you know him as the cattleman who sold a Santa Gertrudis bull for a record high of $475,000 in 1981 or the visionary who turned Castell from a virtual ghost town to a popular tourist destination.
Llano High’s stellar volleyball season came to an end Tuesday night in Georgetown with a 3-0 loss to Caldwell. The Lady Jackets fell 25-19, 25-17 and 25-21 in the bi-district round. In this photo, the Lady Jackets take on Liberty Hill earlier this season. They finished second in district with a 9-3 mark..
Gail Lang with the Llano Lions Club performs an eye exam on Grace Etheridge last Wednesday, as Lions Club President Mike Hazel looks on.
This past Saturday the Llano Community Center Board opened the doors to the 14th annual Llano Haunted House. This year’s house is larger than ever before and at times a little scary. Guests are greeted at the entrance by a young lady, a cyborg of sort, and taken to the first room where they are showed a short movie about what to expect, and a warning for the faint of heart.
After a three and a half-year journey, the Llano disc golf course is open. The 9-hole disc golf course, which is a joint venture between the Llano Alliance for Drug Intervention (LADI) and the City of Llano, opened Saturday with a ribbon cutting at its Badu Park location along the picturesque Llano River. Bob Cunningham, one of those who spearheaded the project, said LADI was interested in started something that would connect with the youth and decided disc golf was the appropriate activit ...
Local artist to appear on TV show Friday
Llano has been blessed with some amazing artists over the past years - art that hangs on walls, art that can be used as furniture, art that can be displayed outside, art that is made from glass, and art that can be worn. Charles Wendt, owner and artist at Rocking W Spurs in Llano, is one such artist that creates art that can be worn.
Tania Quigley and her ghoulishly-dressed son, Wyatt, play Pumpkin Tic Tac Toe at the Lutie’s Kids Fall Festival at Lutie Watkins Memorial United Methodist Church on Saturday.
Several Llano citizens are concerned about a concrete plant that is proposed to be located just west of city limits. More than 25 people met last Thursday night at Inman’s Kitchen to discuss concerns about the proposed plant and to discuss what options may be available to stop it from locating there.
Members of the Llano Volunteer Fire Department gave safety presentations last week for Fire Prevention Week at Llano Elementary School. Here, volunteer firefighters are pictured with first grade students. Volunteer firefighters Jason Hackworth and David Gilliland handled the inside part of the presentation, while Jason Becker,Jared Bowen and Donny Carpenter handled the outside part of the presentation and gave the students a tour of a fire truck.
Early Thursday morning, Badu Park began to look more like a set for a Hollywood movie as Chuck Wagons from all over Texas arrived for the 12th Llano River Chuck Wagon Cook-off. Coming off a banner year in 2015 when the cook-off was awarded the Best Chuck Wagon event in America, there was lots of excitement in the air for this year’s event.

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