Many visitors and local families will be gathering to visit holiday light displays to make the final memories of 2021. The following is a list of events continuing through at least the end of the year: • In Johnson City, each night the community launch of Lights Spectacular and PEC’s holiday lights display.

Llano City Council members approved hiring a new city manager, who is credited with already having a roadmap of the community as she takes over the helm. On Aug.

Llano County investigators provided more insight, including profiles of victims and the nature of the drugs, connected to a rash of fentanyl overdoses in the county over several weeks. Of the six incidents, one of them resulted in the death of a 50-year-old Kingsland man, according the Llano County Sheriff’s Office report.

In response to the Texas outages during Winter Storm Uri, a Minnesota-based company has proposed tapping into the Llano River to use the resource to create alternative energy solutions. Nelson Energy is undergoing an application process with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to receive permission to study the efficacy of a hydroelectric plant project.