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This year’s Natalia Bluebonnet Parade and Festival will be a 3-day celebration this year. The Parade will kick things off on Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 11:00 am and will follow the same Parade route as in the past starting on 8th Street and FM 471 and going into town, turning left on Hwy 132 heading south. For more information, call Brenda Fernandez at 210-744-2204. Afterward, bring your lawn chairs on over to the festival grounds for a day at the future site of Natalia’s Community Center!
EVENTS:
SATURDAY
Vendors OPEN 9 am ~ Parade 11 am ~ *Lineup at 9 am
DJ will kick off around 1pm.

SUNDAY
FOOD ~ VENDORS ~ BLOOD DRIVE

MONDAY ECLIPSE VIEWING
Begins: 12:13 pm ~ Maximum: 1:33 pm ~ Ends: 2:54 pm ~ Duration: 2 hours, 41 minutes ~ Totality: 44 seconds
Natalia City Hall has eclipse glasses for sale for $2, and t-shirts for sale as well.
The City of Natalia will have several viewing areas. Please be mindful and courteous of neighboring private properties and businesses. Please do not block driveways. There will also be available food and drinks for sale at the locations as well as several restaurants located within in the city.

Designated Viewing Areas –
Veterans Memorial Park / NMDD property – 2079 State Hwy 132 S. ** restrooms at City Hall across the street.
Natalia Little League Park – 108 3rd Street (corner of FM 471 & State HWY 132) **restrooms
Haywood Park – 605 Bennett Street. **restrooms
The locations will be marked with signs and parking areas. You may stop by City Hall on your way into town to pick up a map of other available locations.

For questions or more information please contact City Hall: 830-663-2926

We are currently compiling a list of available private properties that will allow parking and overnight camping and will update soon!!

By Victoria Arredondo
Staff Writer
On Tuesday, Feb. 27, Matthew Gonzales was involved in a car accident on his way to work that left him pinned under an 18 wheeler. Rescuers rushed him to Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), where he underwent emergency surgery due to internal bleeding.

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All of the following streets may be closed to thru traffic as soon as Thursday, April 4, which is a few days before the eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024. Officials expect a large amount of travelers to travel straight through Devine on Hwy 173 while on their way to Bandera and Kerrville who expect thousands of visitors to come watch the eclipse in the Hill Country, which has been called “ground zero” as it is best place to view it.

Continue reading “Traffic may force street closures, Eclipse event at Warhorse Stadium”

By Anton Riecher
Medina County currently holds the record for the largest scientifically measured hailstone ever collected by the National Weather Service, said Paul Yura, warning coordination meteorologist for the Austin-San Antonio Weather Forecast Office.
Yura presented a three-dimensional representation of the 6.4 inch diameter hailstone during the annual SKYWARN weather spotter training held March 27 in Hondo. The actual hailstone weighed 1.26 pounds when measured seven days after it fell on April 28, 2021.
“It had been put in a freezer but not in a Ziplock bag,” Yura said. “Ice continues to evaporate, so the original hailstone was even bigger.”
Experts traveled from South Carolina to conduct the 3-D scan of the massive hailstone…

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By Kayleen Holder
Family and friends of John and Desta Wofford, of Devine, have started a fundraiser for the family as their patriarch Mr. John Wofford was recently diagnosed with lymphoma and will begin chemo soon.

Continue reading “Fundraisers for the Wofford Family, donations being accepted”

Kerrville expects 500,000
visitors

By Victoria Arredondo
Staff Writer
Traveling through the Texas Hill Country, the total solar eclipse will take place on April 8, 2024. According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, the moon will start to block the sun around noon, with totality beginning at 1:30 p.m.
The total eclipse is expected to encompass much of San Antonio and South Texas in total darkness.
Many people who fly into San Antonio may travel straight through Devine on Highway 173 on their way to…

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Devine PD is asking for anyone who has information on the whereabouts of 17-year-old Melissa Clark, or “MJ” as her family and friends know her, to please contact authorities.

You may also contact the local Crimestoppers unit anonymously at 800-368-2833.

“The young lady left her home on foot on her own accord this past Thursday, February 29th around 10:48pm, and she has not been seen or heard from since,” stated Lieutenant Chris Andrews.

The official report was filed with Devine PD March 1st.

Her family here in Devine loves her very much, and wants nothing more than to know that she is safe, he added.

“We do not have any reason to believe that she’s being held against her will,” Andrews said. “However it doesn’t appear that she packed or took any of her belongings with her when she left home.”

You can also reach out to the Medina County Sheriff’s Dept at
830.741.6150.

“Medina County Crimestoppers will pay up to $1,000 for information that leads to the locating of Melissa Clark (the maximum that our charter allows). Once you call the number you’ll be assigned an anonymous caller number.”