In what appears to be a very positive development for the City of Llano, FEMA engineers have re-drawn the updated floodplain map using the estimated flow of the 1935 flood as its benchmark for a “100-year flood.” Due to advanced digital mapping techniques, there will be some changes from the old map, but most elevations will be within one foot of the old map, and the floodplain within city limits is only slightly larger than before. The changes came after Mayor Mike Reagor ...

A Llano couple has been arrested on felony charges of stealing over $20,000 in property from their employer, the Buttery Company. Mary Elizabeth Faircloth, age 31, has been an employee at the Buttery Company for eight years, and was arrested on Jan. 27 on a warrant by Llano Police and booked into the Llano County Jail.

At a well-attended candidate forum last Thursday evening, county chairman Ron Hewitt introduced candidates who are running unopposed, and gave 16 candidates in six contested elections the opportunity to introduce themselves and answer written questions submitted by the audience. Candidates were presented in order of their appearance on the ballot, so the first speaker was incumbent Justice of the Peace Richard Owen, from Precinct #1.

A Buchanan Dam woman was arrested Saturday night on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Llano County Sheriff’s deputies and EMS responded to a reported stabbing at 3758 RR 261 in Buchanan Dam at 10:23 p.m. on Jan. 30. Officials discovered a 45 year old man who had been stabbed once in the abdomen.