Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn wants your vote, even though he is the only candidate seeking the office in the Republican Party primary runoff. Blackburn’s would-be opponent in the May 24 runoff election, James Schilling, withdrew from the race last month. However, Schilling’s name remains on the ballot and if Blackburn doesn’t receive the most votes, he won’t be able to return as sheriff.
The Llano County Commissioners approved the hiring of a mental health deputy and continued to fund the preservation of records at Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting.
The commissioners voted unanimously to hire a mental health officer, with most of the funding to come from the state. The county received a grant from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission that will pay the officer’s salary.
Packsaddle Mountain Battle - August 5, 1873, an original painting by Jack Moss, was donated to the Llano Historical Society and will be on display at the Llano County Historical Museum. (Photo by Briley Mitchell)
There will be quite a bit of change after Saturday’s election for both the Llano City Council and Llano ISD school board. A trio of newcomers will join the Llano ISD school board, while only one of two incumbents retained a seat in the six-person race for three city council seats.
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The Llano City Council saw three councilors sworn and elected a mayor pro-tem at Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting.
The council canvassed the votes of the May 7 municipal elections that saw Gail Lang re-elected and Sammy Leverett and Bryan Miiller elected to the board. Mayor Mike Reagor issued the oath to each person individually as they were sworn into office for two-year terms.
In the election, Leverett had 354 votes, Lang received 324 votes and Miiller received 312 votes as each were el ...
Outgoing school board members were honored at Monday’s meeting of the Llano ISD Board of Trustees.
Retiring school board president Ronnie Rudd was honored at Monday’s meeting. Along with other gifts, the Senior Class of 2016 presented Rudd with an engraved wooden plaque made by the art class. Completing 11 years of service, this year’s seniors were in first grade when Rudd was first elected to the board.
Superintendent Casey Callahan retold a story of Rudd’s that typified his character ...
Llano High School principal David Wuest will retire July 1 after 34 years as coach, teacher and administrator in public schools. It’s not a new experience - he’s retired before.
Wuest has been a principal of Llano High School since March 22, 2010. That was when he began a temporary stint as an interim assistant principal for four months.
“(Llano ISD Superintendent) Dennis Hill was at a conference in Austin.
Winnie Morgan’s family has a long history in the Presbyterian Church, dating back even before the founding of the First Presbyterian Church in Llano.
Morgan’s great, great, great grandfather, Samuel William Tate, moved to what would later be called Llano County from Tennessee in the 1850s. Since there was no Presbyterian Church here, Tate helped found the Methodist Church, Morgan said.
The First Presbyterian Church was founded in Llano on May 22, 1881, and moved to its current location at 1 ...
The funding formula for public education in Texas stands.
The state supreme court on Friday upheld the constitutionality of funding for public education in a 9-0 decision in which the court opinion also called the financing system “a recondite scheme for which the word ‘Byzantine’ seems generous.” However, the court ruled that despite its imperfections, the funding system meets the minimum requirements set out in the state constitution.
Llano ISD Superintendent Casey Callahan said he wa ...
