JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF

MARBLE FALLS — Students in the Marble Falls High School theater department have earned statewide and national recognition and will showcase their skills in the coming months. Continue reading “Marble Falls theater students receive state, national recognition”

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR

LLANO — Jo Ann McDougall grew up in Llano County, where her father spent his entire career working for the Moss Ranch. Whenever she or a sibling became ill, usually right after a visit to the doctor, her mom would shepherd the children to the pharmacy in Llano. Continue reading “Polo, fiddles, electric typewriters give peek into Llano County past”

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR

MARBLE FALLS — If you’ve been craving the legendary Thin Mints or Samoas, the wait ends Jan. 21 as the annual Girl Scout Cookie sales crank up and roll on through Feb. 28. Continue reading “It’s Girl Scout Cookie time — with two new choices”

CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF

MARBLE FALLS — The difference between a night of fun with friends and a tragedy might be as simple as having the courage and the tools to avoid drugs and alcohol. Continue reading “Marble Falls students send out SOS to help teens say ‘no’ to drugs”

JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF

LLANO — As Cory Clausen winds his way though the Llano High School library, he passes shelves of books and a rack of magazines and cuts through a smaller room before ending up in a supply room. He’s here to do library work — just not book work. Continue reading “It’s a new edition of school libraries in the digital age”

COTTONWOOD SHORES — The Hill Country Community Theatre is seeking a percussionist and an accordion player to perform in the musical comedy “Zombies from the Beyond.” Both are volunteer positions. Continue reading “Hill Country Community Theatre seeks musicians for ‘Zombies’”

CONNIE SWINNEY• PICAYUNE STAFF

MARBLE FALLS — Development plans and incentives as well as fuel prices prompted a recent uptick in building permits; however, lack of housing in the wake of a soon-to-be-opened regional hospital could drive away income from Burnet and Llano counties should cities fail to coax residential projects to the area, officials warn. Continue reading “Economic forecast rosy, housing market lags for Highland Lakes”

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE STAFF

KINGSLAND — As Wally McKinnon and his Willow Mist Store crew — Kim McKinnon and Celeste Wright — made their rounds at various festivals and the Burnet Farmers’ Market, they felt they needed something that really hit it off with customers. Continue reading “Biker Pickles sweet deal for Kingsland’s Wally McKinnon”

FROM STAFF REPORT

SPICEWOOD — A combined grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and the Pedernales Electric Cooperative is paving the way for the Spicewood Volunteer Fire Department and EMS to buy a new first-responder vehicle. Continue reading “Spicewood VFD purchasing new first-responder vehicle with grant”