The LHS Hall of Fame, born in 2002, invites 11 more Jackets to join this exclusive club. Let’s call ‘em up to the dais and journalistically get to know this outstanding group.
Coni Virdell Milliorn
Like father — and like daughter. That’s Coni, Class of 1969, and one of the most well-liked human beings anywhere.
Before becoming a teacher for close to three decades, she was an All-District basketball player at Llano High; also, she was ...
LAGO VISTA — It’s homecoming, and the boy is coming home. He’s no longer a boy, and he won’t be wearing orange and black, but he will compete at Llano Stadium for the first time in 19 years.
Bradley Kassell is a man who truly needs no introduction if you were here in 1997, when this All-West Texas MVP at quarterback (and highly applauded) safety led the Jackets to their last district championship and an 11-1 record.
“It’ll be interesting to be on the other side,” Kassell told me r ...
Alligator, Axis, Aoudad, Elk and more, and oh yeah, Cooper’s BBQ, it was all on the menu at the 7th Annual Llano Wild Game Dinner at the John L Kuykendall Event Center on Saturday night.
The crowd, one of the largest seen at the JLK Event Center, was there for one reason - to support the youth of Llano County 4-H and FFA programs.
Dorothy Keith and Brenda Weaver of Llano Cowboy Church, along with the Master Gardeners, spent Thursday sprucing up the courtyard at the Llano Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Also pictured are Patsy Garcia, Naomi Adams and Roxanne Cordell.
Llano has a special event each month that is the envy of many towns our size. The Llano Country Opry is held the second Saturday of each month at the Lantex Theater. There are entertainers that have spent decades performing for audiences, some that began their careers as early as the 1960s.
Nobody seems to know when the custom started, but the homecoming week tradition of giving and wearing the complicated, ornate and colorful arrangement known simply as “mums” is alive and well in Llano.
You’ll likely see them around town this week during homecoming, but especially on Friday night at the homecoming football game against Lago Vista.
Orders started pouring in to Hometown Floral in Llano a full two weeks before homecoming, said owner Lorilea Wenzel.
Students at Llano Elementary School were faced with tragic news over the weekend as a language arts teacher at the school was killed in a traffic accident.
Jenica Barnard, 22, died shortly before 6 p.m. Friday in a collision on U.S. Hwy. 87 north of Fredericksburg. She attempted to pass another vehicle at the crest of a hill when she collided head-on with a tractor trailer, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Barnard started her first year of teaching just a few short week ...
SONORA — It was a daffy football game. It was like reading a mystery novel, when, all of a sudden, someone is introduced, and he climbs mountains. Or is a ventriloquist. Kinda like that.
We can tell you the Jackets fought back from injuries and bizarre miscues, while the Bronco quarterback produced a play which combined inspiration from Houdini and Sammy Baugh. And Sonora withstood a brilliant rushing night from Mason Green ...
The Llano junior varsity and varsity cheerleaders took first place in extreme dance, game day cheer and best overall at the Angelo State University cheer camp in July. Pictured front row, from left, are: Chantalle Barret, Brianna Joy, Mackenzie Johnson, Alexus Cotton, Emily Ozanne, Alyssa Stennett and Maya Cherry. Pictured back row, from left, are: Morgan Thibodeaux, Amber Dyess, Lexi Lucas, Brooke Clough, Kennedy Wootan, Meagan Riley, Katie Clausen and Alyssa Pruitt.
Webster’s defines hodgepodge as a mixture of different things. At the John L. Kuykendall Event Center this weekend it was just that as the HodgePodge Market came to Llano for the second time this year.
It was put together by Ray Craig, manager of the event center, and Dana Wood, promoter of the event.
“This one is so much larger than the last one, I am excited,” said Wood as she greeted guests to the show on Saturday morning.
Among the vendors, who came from all areas of Texas, was Shakey ...
