It started Wednesday night at the John L Kuykendall Arena with the Llano County Team Roping with contestants that have graduated Llano high school, lived in Llano county for six months, or pay taxes in Llano County to be able to rope.
The night began with over 150 teams and ended with Header, Truman Magnus and Heeler, Tutt Barnett taking the first place buckles.
Thursday night is slack night, rodeo term for overflow.
You might have to go all the way — oh, maybe to Denmark — to find someone who’ll say something negative about Louie Nyeland. Denmark is the home of the Llano High School “One and Done” Exchange Student-basketball player. He didn’t graduate, May 27, but he saw his Jacket friends get their diplomas.
“Fantastic,” Louie said of his school-year-time spent away from the Danish town of Herlufmagle.
Residents of Llano County should watch out for higher water levels this week.
Water levels in the Llano River and the Highland Lakes will continue to be higher than normal as additional rain is expected to continue this week.
Tuesday brought several road closures in Llano County. As of 1:45 p.m., Johnson Creek at Rio Llano was closed, in addition to 2323 (Prairie Mountain Road), County Road 152 at the Llano city limits and CR 307 (Kingsland slab).
The Llano Rodeo is back for its 81st year this weekend.
The event, which started in 1919 and has only been canceled by flood or war, will be held Friday and Saturday. Gates open at 5 p.m. with performances at 7:30 p.m. each night at the John L. Kuykendall Arena. Tickets are available from the rodeo queen contestants, at the Llano Chamber of Commerce and at the gate.
Mutton Bustin’, a thrill for participants and spectators, will open the rodeo each night.
It almost seems that Llano and Ronald Burton became intertwined by chance.
Burton, a Mississippi native, was first in Llano to perform at its annual rodeo just a few short years ago during the filming of ‘Man in the Can,’ the film covering his journey as a rodeo clown.
Llano embraced Burton and the film, and the two are now intertwined.
The Llano High School Class of 2016 celebrates graduation with the time honored tradition of tossing their caps as junior class representatives ring the bell. Graduation was held on Friday night at the LHS Auditorium, and there were 107 graduates.
There will be a new commissioner in Precinct 3 for Llano County as challenger Mike Sandoval upended incumbent Ron Wilson in Tuesday’s Republican Party primary runoff election.
Also on Tuesday, incumbent Bill Blackburn handily won the primary for sheriff against challenger James Schilling, who withdrew from the race last month. Schilling’s name had to remain on the ballot, however, due to state law.
In the Precinct 3 commissioner race, Sandoval won by a 201 (52.07 percent) to 185 (47.93 perc ...
Special Olympian Mitch Dunn taught us a lot about bravery and perseverance at the track and field event at Bible Stadium in Leander on May 6.
Mitch was scheduled to race the 25 meter obstacle and 50 meter Slalom power wheelchair races. However, the joy stick which controls his power chair began to malfunction.
He was able to drive his chair, but it was sporadic.
