Celebrating 126 Years of Serving the communities of Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot, and Moore in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties
About five days after a household member tested positive for COVID, four-year-old Creed Martinez, of Hondo, was rushed to the ER Sunday night with a temperature of 103.9 that wouldn’t break with Tylenol.
Continue reading “Local 4-year-old battles 103.9 fever days after dad tests positive for COVID-19”
High School Bands all over the United States are having to make decisions due to the COVID-19 pandemic concerning their annual fall marching season which begin in the middle of July with practices daily, and many are scaling back or cancelling their seasons despite being advancing years. Continue reading “Conditions demand changes, Warhorse Band scaling back to keep kids safe”
Medina County officials were sad to report a new outbreak at a local nursing home. Continue reading “Active cases in Medina County rise to 81; outbreak hits nursing home”
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) held its first-ever virtual conference since the organization was founded in 1945. Continue reading “Devine FCCLA teams earn gold at National Leadership Conference”
The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Atascosa County and Frio County both jumped appreciably over the last week as Texas continues to struggle with a surge of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Atascosa County Continue reading “COVID-19 cases skyrocket in Atascosa, Frio counties”
Parents of most Natalia ISD students indicated their children would attend classes via distance learning during the 2020-2021 school year.
Stage 1 water restrictions are now in effect for Lytle water customers.
We are asking our customers to cut back water usage by 20 percent. Also, be advised that you may only water one day per week with spray irrigation between 11 am and after 7 pm. Watering on weekends is not allowed unless it is being done by hand.
Daily watering is determined by the last digit of your street address. These are the designated watering days as per the last digit of your address: 0 or 1 – Monday; 2 or 3 – Tuesday; 4 or 5 – Wednesday; 6 or 7 – Thursday; and 8 or 9 – Friday.
The Edwards Aquifer Authority declared Stage 1 on Friday after the ten-day rolling average level of the Edwards Aquifer dropped below 660 feet on Thursday morning.
The Aquifer level had not gotten this low since September of 2018.
The purpose for these mandatory reductions is to try and stabilize water levels and springflow until we get some rainfall to replenish the Aquifer.
Much-delayed work on Phase II of Natalia ISD’s bond construction project is set to begin on August 4 Continue reading “Natalia ISD selects Joeris for bond construction project”
The updated guidelines for UIL Summer Strength and Conditioning and Sport Specific Instruction are described below. Continue reading “COVID requirements for school activities”
As of Monday, Medina County reported having 57 active including a mounting number of new pending cases that in day after day from the State.
Continue reading “Six hospitalized, 57 active cases in Medina County”
