JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF CASTELL — It has been 65 years since students studied their lessons in the old Castell School on the Llano River, but the building and the memories remain well preserved.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — City crews responded to a report of a broken 6-inch water line about 2 a.m. May 28, but officials have asked residents south of the Llano River to boil water until further notice.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — Llano voters picked a new mayor May 11 with Mickel Virdell edging out incumbent Mike Reagor, 395-221.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR LLANO — Russell Armstrong laughed at how he realized the first Lone Star Maule Roundup landed on one of the most maternal weekends of the year.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — Two former Llano County jailers now face time behind bars after pleading no contest to misdemeanor deadly conduct charges in the August 2011 death of an inmate.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS GALVESTON — Two Kingsland girls reported missing May 2 in an Amber Alert were found safe in a Galveston motel later the same day, according to officials.

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CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF LLANO — Whether it is ghost stories or theories about the “gallows,” the Red Top Jail serves as a reminder about the harsh history of incarceration and justice as Llano grew and prospered during the 1890s.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — A 22-year-old Llano man is in jail after allegedly assaulting a Llano County deputy March 18. Llano County deputies transported Sergio Martinez to the Llano County Jail on April 11 after the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested him two days earlier in Austin.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — When Llano Independent School District Superintendent Dennis Hill first joined the district in 1977 as a coach and teacher at the junior high, nobody had ever heard of the Internet or high-stakes testing.

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CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Authorities charged an Indiana woman March 21 with operating a gambling place, gambling promotions and possession of gambling devices after a seizure of computer equipment at seven businesses referred to as Internet sweepstakes parlors in two counties.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — If you’re looking for a place to exercise your green thumb, or develop it a little more, you need to check out the Llano Master Gardener’s 2013 Lawn and Garden Show on March 16.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — When voters head to the polls for the Highland Lakes elections May 11, they’ll find they have a lot of selections on the ballot, with a few exceptions. The filing date for the May elections closed March 1. Residents have until April 11 to register to vote if they [...]

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