The Llano County Health Authority tested positive, Saturday, Nov. 21, for the coronavirus, officials confirmed, setting into motion a string of “contact tracing” protocols and self-quarantines.

From trunk-or-treat events and a haunted house to farm harvest tours and activities in the park, visitors and locals can participate in a myriad of Halloween activities through the weekend, Oct. 30 through Nov. 1.

In an emergency meeting Monday, Sept. 21, Llano County commissioners invoked a state law allowing them to grant an exemption to seeking bids on county work, and approved a $25,000 contract with the Northland cable company to improve internet speed and security for the upcoming national eleciton.

Autumn may be a week away, but one well-beloved LEAF already has fallen. Officials with the Llano Earth Art Festival (LEAF) announced there will not be an on-premises, in-person LEAF on the bank of the Llano River at Grenwelge Park in Llano in March 2021 due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Game wardens and Horseshoe Bay police officials are investigating two fatalities which occurred within days of each other on Llano County waterways. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) investigators have determined an incident on the Llano River to be an "accidental drowning," while police continue to sift through clues connected to a body found floating in Lake LBJ in Horseshoe Bay.

Llano County Precinct Commissioner Peter Jones has arranged for tours of a Collier, Inc., sand plant in Jarrell for those who want to see how a proposed plant near Kingsland might look. The tours are set for Thursday, July 16; each tour will be limited because visitors must wear hard hats.