Celebrating 126 Years of Serving the communities of Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot, and Moore in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties
Zoom in to read the following Public Notices published in the Sept. 27, 2017 edition: Medina County Commissioners’ Court bid, Devine ISD RFP, Morales Used Auto Parts & Towing unclaimed vehicle, BMA inclusion, Notice of appointment of Rebecca Nerio Bowers as independent executrix of the Estate of Richard Albert Bowers, and wine and beer retailer’s off-premise permit application by Elvira S. Posada dba Star Food Market.
It has come down to this. One of these two storied programs will walk out of Warhorse Stadium Friday night with their first victory of the 2017 season. Continue reading “Warhorses face off against Hondo in final non-District game”
The Natalia Mustangs continued their winning ways last Friday night, thumping the Cotulla Cowboys 45-14 to improve to 4-0 on the season.
Continue reading “Mustangs buck Cowboys 45-14”
The Devine City Council voted to formally join nonprofit economic development group Go Medina County last Tuesday, Sept. 19, to the tune of $4,350 taken from the lodging tax fund, a decision that left less money for the Devine Chamber of Commerce.
Continue reading “Devine City Council joins Go Medina County, disburses money to Chamber”
Emergency crews had their hands full this past Monday night, Sept. 25 with a nasty five-car pileup just south of Devine, involving three pick-up trucks and two 18-wheelers. Continue reading “Five-car pileup sends 18-wheeler down embankment, shuts down I-35 N. for hours”
We found a copy of this City Budget from the year 1939-1940 in our old files, and thought you’d enjoy! Compare it to more recent financial trends in 2016.
A lot changes in 60 years….Administrative expenses, for example, went from $300 in 1940 to over $319,000 in 2016.
Here is the 1939-1940 City of Devine Budget
Here is a summary of some of the City’s expenses over the past 5 years, from one of their Financial Trends reports:
Local residents and passersby perhaps have noticed a dilapidated rock building located three miles east of Lytle, near the intersection of Atascosa and Medina Counties, on the meandering Benton City Road. Continue reading “Benton City Institute”
As it sometimes is, this past week has been a tad busy for me. Continue reading “Let’s make a cake from “scratch””
Officers generated 64 calls for service this past week, the trend for the past several months has been more calls but less that resulted in much police action. Continue reading “A week with no arrests”
