In the last month or so, five homeowners received notice – either verbally, or via certified letter that they needed to install backflow prevention assemblies to their water meters, as per Ordinance 1267, the CIty’s policy for Cross Connection Control.
The City, and all water utility providers, must have a policy for preventing cross connections to the public water supply so that the chance for contamination via backsiphoning or backpressure on the line is eliminated.
An early Sunday morning collision just west of the Buchanan Dam left a Taylor man, dead, and a Buchanan Dam resident injured.
Michael Lee Perry, 37, was pronounced dead on the scene by Justice of the Peace Era Marion at 4:43am on Sunday, January 2.
The other driver, has not been identified, pending notification of next of kin.
On November 6, the City of Llano received a ‘Demand and Default Notice’ demanding payment for the Minimum Annual Rent for the Groundwater Rights Lease between the City and Will Leverett, also known as the ‘Riley Mountain Well Lease’.
Leverett is asking that the City issue the annual payment of $12,500, which was due on October 1 of this year.
At the June 15, 2015 meeting of the City Council, Council discussed terminating the lease, since the well project had been abandoned in April.
BANDERA—It was a fast and furious first quarter. The Jackets had a couple of trick plays and gained command.
It was one after another—literally—and Llano owned an 8-0 advantage. The Friday the 13th bi-district contest was 17 seconds old. 47 minutes and 43 seconds later, the Jackets held aloft a gold football after a convincing 42-26 victory over Crystal City, the school’s first gridiron playoff win since 2008.
“We thought we had a big shot at that play,” a beaming head coach Craig S ...
BANDERA--The Llano High Jackets scored eight points in the first 17 seconds of the game, Friday night, and went on to beat Crystal City, 42-26, in the bi-district round of the Class 4A, Division II football playoffs.
Llano, which led 29-20 at half, never trailed.
The Jackets (4-7) will meet unbeaten Sinton in the area round, Friday, Nov.
The Llano City Council met in regular session on Monday, October 19.
City of Llano Municipal Airport employee Larry Cook, was recognized by the city as employee of the month.
Council voted to approve an ordinance that would allow the city to charge citizens for the time it takes staff to gather information for requests made under Texas’ Public Information Act, once the time spent exceeds a certain number of hours used by staff.
At Monday night’s meeting of the Llano ISD Board of Trustees Superintendent Casey Callahan was glowing in his praise for two of the district’s recent achievements.
Callahan recognized Matthew Cohen as a “Commended Student” in the National Merit Scholarship Program. The program tests 1.5 million students in three categories. Matthew scored in the top 5 percent to earn the recognition.
LHS Principal David Wuest said Matthew’s scores put him in the top 3 percent, but that the National Me ...
By Briley Mitchell
Visitors to Llano crossing the Roy Inks Bridge may have wondered what was happening Thursday evening, as chuck wagons lined the banks of the Llano River, smoke coming from the host wagon, Crossroads from Midland, Texas, and a few more cowboy hats than normal, even for Llano.
There was the gathering at Main Street Affairs that looked more like an old west saloon with cowboys and cowgirls from the Llano Wild West PRCA Rodeo.
Since the Texas Constitution was adopted in 1876, Texas voters have approved 483 amendments to the Constitution, making it one of the longest state constitutions in the country. The current Texas Legislature has proposed seven more amendments to the Constitution for voters to consider this election cycle ranging from tax exemptions to sports team charitable raffles to whether hunting and fishing merit constitutional protection.
Proposition 1 would increase the amount of the residence homestead ...
Planning has been underway since October, 20, 2014, the day after last year’s Heritage Days, now called Llano’s Wild West Weekend. What to expect this year is a weekend of Wild West Fun, Chuck Wagon Cook-off and two days of a PRCA Rodeo.
The weekend gets started on Thursday as wagons start rolling into Badu Park for the 11th annual Llano River Chuck Wagon Cook-off, the event that created the inspiration for the festival back in 2005.Eleven wagons will line the banks of the Llano River this ...
