C.J. Ares plays a game of chess with a friend at the Boys and Girls Club of Llano. C.J. teaches the ins and outs of the game to anyone who’s interested. Staff photo by Dakota Morrissiey Llano Junior High School sixth-grader C.J. Ares founded the Llano Chess Club, started a chess program at the Boys […]
Learn more about the mission of CASA for the Highland Lakes Area and how to volunteer during a gathering from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 12, at Fuel Coffee House, 106 E. Main St. in Llano. CASA, or Court Appointed Special Advocates, recruits, trains, and supervises volunteers who advocate for children caught up in the court […]
Burnet and Llano counties could get thunderstorms and hail late Thursday night into Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service. “There is a risk for isolated severe storms between 2 a.m. and 11 a.m. Friday (March 8) for areas mainly north of Interstate 10,” reads an NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook on March 7. “Large […]
(From left) Burnet County Democratic Party Precinct 7 Chair Sandy Crosby, Precinct 8 Chair Mary Doran, Burnet County Democratic Club President Guy Stuart, and party Chair Susan O’Brien at the party’s 2024 campaign headquarters in Burnet. Courtesy photo The Burnet County Democratic Party hosts a grand opening of its 2024 campaign headquarters in Burnet on […]
The Hill Country Chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace delivered 10 beds to children in Bertram, Kingsland, and Burnet that were built during recent volunteer events. Courtesy photo The Hill Country chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace is holding its first-ever bed-building event in Burnet on March 23 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the YMCA […]
Faith Academy of Marble Falls is sponsoring the education of 35 Haitian students in the community of Grand-Goâve. Photo courtesy of Seven Soils Faith Academy of Marble Falls is sponsoring the education of 35 Haitian students through a partnership with Seven Soils, a Marble Falls ministry that provides support to worldwide missionary efforts. Money raised […]
Photographer Sarah Marie Cambio Dilworth documented the interior of the Conrad Fuchs House in Horseshoe Bay in 2017 following a renovation by the Friends of the Fuchs House Committee. Members of the committee and area officials toured the building after renovations, posing with the historical marker being held up by Burnet County Judge James Oakley. […]
Incumbent state Rep. Ellen Troxclair won the Republican nomination for House District 19 on March 5. Courtesy photo Incumbent state Rep. Ellen Troxclair fended off two challengers in the Republican primary on March 5 to win the nomination for Texas House District 19. The first-term representative defeated Kyle Biedermann of Fredericksburg and Manny Campos of […]
District Attorney candidate Perry Thomas on March 5 in front of the Llano County Clerk’s Office on the courthouse square in Llano as he awaited the results of the Republican primary election. By the end of the evening, he had become the district attorney-elect. He has no Democratic challenger in the November general election and […]
Wes Virdell secured the Republican nomination for Texas House District 53 in the March 5 primary election. He defeated opponent Hatch Smith and will face Democratic nominee Joe P. Herrera in the November general election. Photo courtesy of Virdell for Texas Wes Virdell won the Republican nomination for Texas House District 53 in the primary […]
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