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Property tax shortfall discussed by Devine city council

By Anton Riecher
Better understanding the intricacies of tax collection might have helped avoid a property tax shortfall that impacted the 2022-2023 city budget, Devine City Accountant Denise Duffy explained to the city council at its April 16 meeting.
“I know that one of your questions was on the property tax and why we had a shortfall on that,” Duffy said. “So we budget 100 percent of our property tax. We say we’re going to collect 100 percent. We actually collected 87 percent, roughly.”
The council questioned Duffy on the budget following the city’s recent official outside audit in which the city received an unmodified or “clean” opinion, the highest…

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Lytle to host townhall meeting to discuss establishing Drainage or Stormwater Utility and fees

The City of Lytle will be hosting a townhall style meeting soon to ask citizens their opinion on the establishment of a Drainage or Stormwater Utility, and if taxes or a fee should be used as the funding source.
It is a viable strategy for local governments to respond to the challenge of generating reliable revenue to support stormwater management activities. Setting up a drainage utility allows a community to establish a user fee based on the demands property owners place on the drainage system. Fees
The council voted to go to the public to ask their opinion on how to proceed at their April 22 council meeting.

Meet Helena and Randy who are hoping for future forever family

Helena is an easy going, kind, and sweet eleven year old, who has a very peaceful demeanor and is a joy to be around. Although she may look a bit shy at first, but becomes outgoing once she feels comfortable. At school her favorite class is science, after school its running track & field and taking guitar lessons. She says one day she would like a career as a social worker.

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Pirates victorious over Javelinas

Lytle is 9-0-1 against Natalia since February of 2018, and they’ll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Lytle Pirates will be playing in front of their home fans against the Natalia Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. Lytle will be looking to keep their 13-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Last Friday, Lytle sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a…

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Lady Pirates faced Hondo for a second time

Lytle was the 21-11 winner over Hondo when they last played one another back in March, but their luck changed this time around. The Lytle Pirates’ tough 21-12 defeat to the Hondo Owls on Tuesday might stick with them for a while. Lytle has now taken an ‘L’ in back-to-back games.
Lytle got a massive…

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Arabian Softball beats Cornerstone Christian Warriors

Devine has not done well against Cornerstone Christian recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn’t let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Devine Arabians came out on top in a nail-biter against the Cornerstone Christian Warriors and snuck past 5-3. The win was familiar territory for Devine who now have four in a row. Devine has been performing incredibly well recently as they’ve won nine of their last ten games, which provided a…

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Lady Mustangs defeat Dilley Wolves

Natalia scored the most runs they’ve had all season to find success on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 22-6 margin over the Dilley Wolves. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team’s high-flying offense, the game also marked the team’s biggest victory of the season.
Arabella Gallegos was a major factor no matter…

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Warhorse baseball looks to finish strong

Carson Suhr bunts for the Devine Warhorses.

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Warhorse baseball has suffered several close defeats throughout their District 29-4A schedule, and with only one game remaining as of press time Devine needed to win out and get some serious help from other squads if their goal of making the state playoffs were to materialize.
Devine lost a 5-2, 10-inning affair to Somerset last Friday. A win there would have given the Warhorses more hope to extend their season.
The Warhorses played at Pearsall Tuesday, April 23 and close out their portion of the 29-4A schedule at home against Floresville Friday, April 26.