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“I know what he meant to our team; every coach watching him knows how good he is.” Llano Coach Craig Slaughter commenting on Colton Center
“It was in the broadcast booth,” Llano football radio analyst, Lance Center, reminded me, “when I announced he wanted to play Pop Warner football—he had made the weight.” Maybe a decade later, Colton Center, at 275 pounds, has made the weight again, and he’ll be an offensive lineman for Mary Hardin-Baylor in the fall.
FREDERICKSBURG—The coach’s attitude is a good one, and that’s near the top of the list marked, “Urgent!” It’s awfully early, and that makes winter a good thing. Super Tuesdays are weeks in the future, so think of the struggles Governor Kasich and Dr. Carson are having. All of the above is similar to saying, “This won’t hurt.” Actually, pain-management should be on-call. “We’re trying to find the right lineup, the right spots,” declared the baseball Jackets’ head coach, ...
WIMBERLEY—The softball Jackets shook off a frightening Friday and authored a superb Saturday at the Texans’ tournament, February 27-28. Llano was roughed up by a trio of foes in merciless fashion on Day One; they outscored the Jackets by a combined 28 runs to 7. The host team got it started with a 10-0 win. In Game Two, Kamri Thompson and Molly Lindner had two hits each against Seminole. In the nightcap of a lengthy triple-header, Kendall Wenzel had two singles, stole three bases, scored tw ...
Winter in Texas and Nebraska in the warmer months.
“Llano is the best kept secret in Texas,” Charles Mills remarked. He was explaining how he and wife B.J. came to be staying in Robinson Park. “We had met friends camping in Arizona. They retired here, and we came to visit them, on the way to Bandera, where we thought we would stay a while.
The Llano Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating Michael Aaron Najar, W/M, DOB: 07/07/84.  Najar is wanted for Aggravated Robbery, which occurred on February 3, 2016, at the J&S Foodmart, located at 403 W. Young, in the City of Llano.  If you have any information as to Najar’s whereabouts, please contact the Llano Police Department at (325) 247-3028.
The Llano County Sheriff’s Office arrested four people on Friday, February 5 in Kingsland following the execution of a warrant. At about 9:30am, the LCSO entered a home at 5931 River Oaks Dr in Kingsland. Approximately ten trams of methamphetamine were seized. In additon, county deputies arrested Gary Winters, 43, Christian Winters, 39, Jason Dunbar, 35, and Ashlee Dunbar, 27 on charges of Possession Of A Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, a first degree felony and Child Endangermen ...
At the Feb 1 meeting of the Llano City Council, the City’s engineering firm, Steger and Bizzell, presented a summary report of their study of the City’s streets and infrastructure. The study, which began in July of 2015, included mapping the existing water lines, manholes, pressure in those lines, as well as the streets and the condition of those.
Llano Police are still searching for the person involved in the attempted robbery of J&S Convenient Store on Hwy 29 in Llano on Wednesday night. The suspect was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue hoodie and white tennis shoes. The suspect is believed to be armed and dangerous; he was seen with a nail gun and a pistol.
With a vote of 3-2, the Llano City Council approved terminating City Manager Brenton Lewis.  Prior to terminating Lewis, who has been with the City of Llano since April of 2013, Council consulted with the city’s attorney, Cary Bovey, in closed session for just under an hour regarding the performance evaluation, employment, duties, compensation, and benefits of the City Manager.  The Council and Mayor retreated to the City Manager’s office after first ensuring that there no objecti ...

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