Last Wednesday afternoon below the dam just east of Badu Park, tragedy hit a family fishing the waters of the Llano River.
Victoria resident Brian Holmberg, 52, and his daughter, Alexis, were visiting family in Llano and enjoying a day on the river. At some point, Alexis ended up in the water below the dam.
Fighting various kinds of fires is something Ervin Light has been doing most of his life.
Light became a firefighter when he left school early to enter the military during the Vietnam War, following in the footsteps of his father, who served on the Llano Volunteer Fire Department. Later in life, he became a pastor, and now describes his work as trying to keep people out of the eternal fire.
Light was born in Llano, just above the location Stonewalls once occupied at the corner of Main Street (R ...
A Victoria, Texas, man died Wednesday after drowning in the Llano River near Badu Park.
Just after 2 p.m., the Llano Police Department was called to the park in reference to an accidental drowning. According to a city press release, Brian Holmbert, 52, drowned while trying to help his daughter. The daughter was caught in the river’s current while fishing, the press release said.
Holmberg was transported to Llano Baylor Scott and White Hospital and was pronounced dead by Brian Alexander, Llano ...
BURNET—Spike Dykes thinks, “Expansion is stupid.” That may have been his only negative thought, June 17, at another packed-house and festive evening at the 13th annual Seton Kids’ Care-a- Van Tailgate Party. The Emory Bellard-Spike Dykes Golf Classic followed on the 18th.
The Care-a-Van visits schools in the Highland Lakes area and provides free medical attention and exams for the youngsters.
Live theater at the Lantex Theater, the perfect venue for the latest production of the Llano Community Theatre, the “Dixie Swim Club” by Jones Hope Wooten Comedy.
Rehearsals began six weeks ago, and have been held two hours a day for four days a week. As the play got closer, they were held for three hours per day for five days a week.
The Llano County Community Center offered their back room for rehearsals and set design, the acting city manager helped work a contract for the fledgling thea ...
The Llano County 4-H meats judging teams recently competed at state 4-H roundup in College Station and earned a berth to a national competition to be held in January.
The Llano teams qualified to participate at the state contest by placing first and second at the district contest this past spring.
MARBLE FALLS — If you’re tired of the agony of the ball sliding two inches wide of the wicket; if you’re sick of the misery of missing a four-foot putt to save bogey; if you’re angry at bringing your back-up lacrosse stick to the semifinal game, boy do I have a deal for you!
They come with names like Water Hole Special, Flintstone Flyer, Laser, Old School Jalopy, and Bikini Watch.
Jim Sheets, who lives at Buchanan Dam, was one of 15 motorized parachute enthusiasts who spent the weekend flying about near the Llano airport. Others who came in did so from McAllen, Houston, Galveston and Baytown, and the name of the group is Bay Area Flyers. The group stayed at the River Way RV Resort and voted to come back to Llano next year.