Llano County applies to be COVID-19 vaccine hub 2 months ago | DailyTrib.com
With an eye on serving three counties, Llano County Local Health Authority officials submitted an application on Monday, Jan. 25, to the Texas Department of State Health Services to become a COVID-19 vaccine hub.
If the application is approved and vaccines are allocated, the Llano County hub could serve an area of 30,000 people, including Llano, Mason, and San Saba counties. Earlier in January, the DSHS adjusted the state’s vaccine rollout plan to feature hubs, or large vaccination sites, to more quickly get doses to residents and simplify the registration process, but this has left some rural counties struggling to receive vaccines.
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now The Texas Department of State Health Services designated Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Marble Falls as one of 82 COVID-19 vaccine hubs statewide. The state, however, hasn’t designated a hub in Llano County and hasn’t distributed additional COVID-19 vaccines to the county’s healthcare providers since a 100-dose allotment the week of Jan. 4. Staff photo by Daniel Clifton
Earlier in January, the state of Texas announced its COVID-19 vaccination plan would follow a “hub” approach to vaccine distribution, which has Llano County Judge Ron Cunningham concerned about future allotments to his rural county.
Austinites can embark on fairy-tale getaway at Hill Country castle Falkenstein Castle is available for rent. Are you yearning for the royal treatment during a getaway but want to stick close to Austin? If so, you might want to check out a European-style castle yes, a castle about five miles from Lake LBJ that’s available for rentals. You’ll need to pay a princely sum to stay at this regal Hill Country property, though. The average rental rate on Vrbo is $1,979 per night with a minimum two-night reservation. The castle can accommodate 12 overnight guests. The 14,000-square-foot Falkenstein Castle, about five miles northeast of the Llano County town of Kingsland and roughly 60 miles northwest of Austin, contains six bedrooms, two bathrooms and two half-bathrooms. It sits on a 133-acre site.
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now 3 months ago | DailyTrib.com Cliff Allen Richardson, 51, was booked into the Llano County Jail on Jan. 7.
A Kingsland man indicted on eight counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and three counts of indecency with a child is in Llano County custody after apparently fleeing the area several years ago.
Cliff Allen Richardson, 51, was arrested by the Rockwall County Sheriff’s Office and transferred to Llano County on Jan. 7 and booked into the jail.
A Llano County grand jury indicted Richardson on two counts of indecency with a child in October 2018 and on eight counts of aggravated sexual assault of child and an additional count of indecency with a child in December 2018.
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now Special Ranger Mike Barr, District 26, Region 2 of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, with several of the clients he’s charged with protecting at a ranch in Llano County. The cattle include Charolais, black Angus, Hereford, Brangus, tigerstripe, and motley face. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro
Cattle rustlers still plague today’s ranchers, which is why the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association hires special rangers to protect local herds. In Llano County, that’s Special Ranger Mike Barr of District 26, Region 2, which also includes Bandera, Blanco, Comal, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Mason counties a total of 7,000 square miles of Texas.