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Keep up with what’s going on in Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot and Moore areas in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties.

Water Woes …

The hows and whys of boiling water

By Kathleen Calame
Publisher, The Devine News
The City of Devine experienced a major water main break between the middle school and high school right before school was to start on Tuesday morning January 30. It quickly ended up causing the cancelling of the Devine schools for the day after the school day had already started to receive students. DISD staff quickly adjusted plans as did parents when announced to get kids home or provide for them.
The QRO MEX CONSTRUCTION CO., INC , the contractor who is doing the work for the city had been working on…

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Lytle Mayor, council, and school board positions up for election

The 2024 General Election for the City of Lytle will be held on Saturday, May 4, 2024, for expiring terms of the Mayor Ruben Gonzalez, Alderman Michael Rodriguez District #4 and Alderman Charles Cate District #5.
Filing dates for a place on the ballot run from January 17 through the deadline of February 16, 2024.

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Early voting begins Feb 20th

Early voting begins Feb 20th
Early voting kicks off in just a few weeks.
There are many contested races in the Primary this year, and we will be presenting a “Meet the Candidates” special section in the February 14th edition of The Devine News.
To all Candidates–you should have recieved a questionnaire and info about this. If you have not received the questionnaire, please reach out to us at reporter@devinenews.com
ATTN Candidates: Please submit your photo and questionnaires by Feb. 9th

Medina County VOTING DATES & TIMES
Early Voting kicks off Tuesday-Friday, February 20th-February 23rd from 8am-5pm.
You may also vote Saturday Feb.24 from 7am-7pm, Sunday Feb 25 from 9am-3pm, and Monday-Friday Feb 26-March 1 from 7 am to 7pm. Election Day will be Tuesday, March 5 from 7am-7pm.

Change of bylaws in Medina County Republican Party sparks concern, meeting will be PUBLIC after all

ANOTHER UPDATE: The meeting has been changed to a PUBLIC meeting once again, so all are welcome to attend. This announcement was made late in the afternoon yesterday, Thursday Feb 1. In addition, the Medina County Republican party dropped the challenge on precinct chair members Jerry Beck and Mireya Vanderslice.

In a post the morning of Feb 1, the Medina County Republican Party chair had stated that the meeting would now be a closed session and that Beck and Vanderslice “are not authorized to attend this closed meeting”, but they have since changed their stance.

The Medina County Republican Party’s monthly meeting is scheduled for February 5, 2024 at 6:30pm, tentatively scheduled at the MCRP Head Quarters located at 1706 Ave M, Hondo, Texas.

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PLEASE PRESERVE WATER

ATTENTION: DEVINE CITIZENS

The City of Devine has a major water main break on FM 1343. This is the 12 inch pipe that feeds our water towers. We currently have enough water in the tanks to cover approximately 4 hours, possibly until 12 noon. Our Public works crew is on the scene.

We will keep you posted.

Chicago murder fugitive in standoff here

Monday night, January 22, the Medina County Sheriff’s Office received a call of an individual heading into our county on IH35 from Bexar County. The individual was believed to be wanted out of Chicago for multiple homicides. Deputies were able to help assist the other agencies and the suspect was at a standoff…..

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Menchaca wins Tie Down, lands spot in Million Dollar Rodeo!

Cash Menchaca, 15 of Bigfoot, has been riding horses practically since the day he was born, mom says. And look at him go now! This local cowboy won the Tie Down Roping at the High School Rodeo, and one week later, he also qualified to rope in Million Dollar Rodeo!
Menchaca is a Sophomore at Devine High School.
“Cash put last year behind him and came into 2024 with…

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Boil water notice issued for next 3 weeks as lines are replaced near Devine schools

You’ll find a list of street names in the article below, but as the City notes, there may be additional areas of Devine affected that we are not aware of. The schools are also doing a lot to prepare for the 21 day service interruption.

By Kathleen Calame
Publisher
Contractors will be working on replacing some of the water lines with asbestos in certain areas of the City of Devine, mostly near the Elementary, Intermediate, Middle School and High Schools over the next 3 weeks starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 27, 2024 causing interruptions in the water service in affected areas such as the schools and surrounding neighborhoods. See listed of affected areas and streets below that will have water interruptions.

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