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Warhorse Powerlifting 4th in Natalia; Seth De Leon named Best Lifter, Guerrero & Martinez take 1st

Warhorse Powerlifters Joe Guerrero, Rolando Garcia, Ty Sadler, Sam Diaz, Adam Guerrero, Arthur Pegues, Nate Martinez, Gage Allen, Michael Biedeger, and William Smith. (Not pictured Diego Mendoza, Juan Rendon, Tommy Hinkle, and Edward Perez.)

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Seth De Leon continues his pursuit to state competition as he lifted his way to first place in the 148lb Division in Natalia last Wednesday evening. De Leon is currently sitting alone in second place overall in both the region standings and in the state rankings for the Lightweight Division.
Devine placed fourth as a team at the Mustang Invitational, but the scoring was as tight as a weight suit in this one as three points is all that separated champion Natalia (37) to fourth place Devine (34)….

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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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Natalia Council discusses concerns of hazardous material being burned, votes for flat fee to rent ballpark

By: Victoria Arredondo
Staff Writer

A Natalia City Council member raised concerns of hazardous material being burned in town.
“The last few months, there’s some major burning in the city. I got some calls on it saying that a few people are burning copper wire and all kinds of stuff in a pit in town,” council member Darin Frazier said at the council meeting Jan. 22. “They were written up apparently multiple times — I got like 15…

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PRE-1890 HOMES & STRUCTURES AREAS NEEDED FOR MEDINA COUNTY HISTORICAL PROJECT!

If you know of any buildings, homes – barns – sheds – or any other structures in the Devine, Biry, or Black Creek areas that were built before 1890, they could be part of a very special project in Medina County this year! The structure does not have to be in great shape, and can even be just ruins or rubble, as long as it was there before 1890.

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