Celebrating 126 Years of Serving the communities of Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot, and Moore in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties
Devine Wesleyan Fellowship is pleased to announce another fundraiser for Mission Devine. We will be serving bar-b-que plates which consist of brisket, sausage, potato salad, beans and a drink for $15. Serving will begin at 11:00 and continue until 2:00 unless sold out at the community center in Devine.
Continue reading “Mission Devine BBQ plate fundraiser March 29”
By Anton Riecher
Preliminary designs for a two-story, two-bay ambulance station to be built across from the Natalia VFD station were approved by the Medina County Emergency Services District No. 4 Board of Commissioners at its March 12 regular meeting.
Continue reading “Preliminary designs for new Natalia EMS station approved”
The 2025 Natalia Bluebonnet Festival will be held March 29, 2025 in downtown Natalia. The festival grounds open at 9 am. We are still accepting parade registrations through March 19, 2025. Please visit nataliabluebonnetfestival.com to complete parade registration online.
The final phase of City of Devine street improvements for this fiscal year will start March 20th.
The areas being paved will be ZIGZAG from downtown to the county line and WEST MALONE which surrounds part of the golf course.
Please make plans to take a detour around these areas to avoid delay for at least the next three weeks.
In an effort to improve infrastructure the Mayor and Devine city council allocated over 1.1 million dollars for street improvements.
McAnnelly; North Bright, South Bright and Live Oak have already been completed.
The Summers family is excited to announce that after 14 years, they have rejoined forces and will be celebrating the grand opening of Seasons Wealth in Devine this April. Todd Summers and Jenn Saunders will join Kris Summers and the team at Seasons Wealth.
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State Champion- Lady Mustang Ashley Aguirre took the gold at the State Powerlifting Meet. Photo by Jasmine Vasquez.
Multiple young athletes from Natalia, Lytle, and Devine recently competed in the Regional and State Powerlifting Meets, and this young lady pictured below brought home an individual State Championship medal. See full story in Sports!
Authorities believe there may be as many as 15-20 people involved in the massive organized vehicle theft ring for which the investigation continues.
The Medina County Sheriff’s Office has made 8 arrests so far and successfully recovered numerous stolen vehicles in a lengthy investigation during the past two and a half years. Many of the vehicles were classic Corvettes and Camaros, but the loot included a variety of work trucks and other vehicles too.
The Lytle Music Festival 2025 is this Friday and Saturday evenings March 21 & 22 in the John Lott Municipal Park in Lytle featuring six artists.
The event is free. There will be food trucks, drinks and vendors. No coolers.
Music will start at 6:30 pm Friday, 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Friday evening will feature at 6:30 p.m. Bidi Bidi Banda opening up for a 8:30 p.m. show by Mario Flores.
Saturday evening music will start at 5:00 p.m. with Texas Double Shot, followed by 6:30 Weston Ripps. At 8:00 p.m. the Chuck Wimer Band will perform. Bri Bagwell will headline the night taking the stage at 9:30 p.m.
Car Show on Saturday from 12 noon to 5:00 pm at the park.
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By Kayleen Holder
Editor
Every kid loves to see the airplanes flying by, and it looks like they may be seeing a lot more of them soon. The military has selected most of Medina County and parts of Uvalde, Frio, and Bandera Counties as a prime area to conduct “low-altitude” flight training with a floor of 500 feet above ground level.
Continue reading “Military eyes airspace over Medina County for simulated combat training”
