Jack Anthony Kelley was born to Jack A. Kelley and Mary C. Barker Kelley on January 1, 1940 in Iowa Park, Texas. He was a determined, outgoing, and hard-headed child who constantly kept everyone around him on their toes. These are traits that he instilled in the lives of everyone he touched. He met a striking young lady at Texas A&I Kingsville and fell head over heels in love.
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Devine school board makes plans for using $11.2 million bond issue voters passed
By Anton Riecher
Action on the financing of $11.2 million in school bonds authorized by voters Nov. 7 was the first business on the agenda Monday during a regular meeting of the Devine school board.
The bond victory even…
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A VETERANS STORY:PFC Henry Salas, US Army, Vietnam Vet“It is heavy, on Veterans Day.”
1967 in Phan Thiet, Vietnam – Doug Henning, Paul Flynn, and Henry Salas. LRRP Shock Force unit
By Nancy Saathoff
“My dad told me, ‘Start preparing yourself”. Henry’s dad and uncles were veterans of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, and knew about wartime and of military duty, service, and sacrifice; but in 1964, to 16-year-old Henry Salas, “Vietnam was more like TV – not real”…
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LHS King & Queen
Congrats to the 2023 Lytle High School Homecoming King Stefan Grigsby and Queen Thalia Bowman.
Cactus Festival draws 6,500+
Having a blast….These kiddos are all smiles just as Eddie would have wanted them to be, gathering lots of sweets at the parade as the posthumous Eddie Hutzler escort goes by to start of the Devine Fall Cactus Festival and Parade this past Saturday. You can almost just see him waving in the background! Eddie loved Devine and Devine loved Eddie.
Devine hosted its 62nd annual parade and festival last weekend, called the 2023 Devine Cactus Festival, with an estimated 6,500 in attendance at the festival alone, plus many more on the parade route. It is hosted and directed yearly by the Devine Chamber of Commerce for the past 62 years…
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Natalia ISD’s new superintendent says love of teaching started early
Natalia ISD superintendent, Dr. Lana Collavo
By Victoria Arredondo
Freelance Writer
Growing up in South Texas in a small town called Taft, Dr. Lana Collavo aspired to be a teacher.
As a little girl, she would pretend to teach her sister, along with their stuffed animals.
“It was just my…
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Health Unit NewsDiabetes, Take Control and Improve Your Life
Many times warning signs and symptoms of diabetes go unnoticed because they can be mild. Some common symptoms of diabetes are frequent urination, feeling thirsty, feeling hungry even though you are eating, extreme fatigue, blurry vision, and slow healing cuts or bruises. More frequently, tingling, pain, or numbness in the hands and/or feet can occur…
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Natalia FFA Radio Team placed first at Palo Alto
Sidney Gail Delaney
Sidney Gail Delaney age 57 of Devine, Texas passed away on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, in San Antonio, Texas. She was born on January 28, 1966 at Detar Hospital to parents Ernest Eldridge and Mary Dolores White Warnock in Victoria, Texas.