Celebrating 126 Years of Serving the communities of Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot, and Moore in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties
Keep up with what’s going on in Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot and Moore areas in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties.
Lady Pirates celebrate their victory over Dilley landing a 4-Peat District Championship, as well as Calyssa Sevier’s 3000th career point and Head Coach Lori Wilson’s 200th career victory.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Sevier was on fire from the floor, but she could have essentially been on a slow-burn throughout the night in order to eclipse the 3K mark as she only needed 11 points entering the contest with 2,989 already in the books.
A comment from Coach Wilson on Sevier, “What a night it was in Dilley, Texas as many of us witnessed…
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(Note: Mayor Cook, nor Council members Pyron, Hernandez, or Ritchey were on council when the purchase of the airport hangars was approved by the city council in 2022. In fact, at that time, as a citizen Ritchey spoke up against the idea of spending that million on the airport, prior to being a councilman.
The only council members who were part of that decision to purchase hangars in 2022, and are still currently serving are Randall and Vega. At that time, it was stated that TxDot/ FAA was threatening to take back airport grants, so the council acted quickly to purchase the hangars to get the situation under control. Yet, still to this day, no proof has ever been produced of those supposed TxDot or FAA threats.)
By Anton Riecher
In a major move and interesting turn of events, the Devine city council voted 5-0 to authorize obtaining an appraisal of the property and discussed the possibility of selling the airport.
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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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By Anton Riecher
Lytle public works employees quickly replaced the pump at city water well number four after a motor fire Jan. 17 shut down service, Mayor Ruben Gonzalez told the city council.
The well was back in operation within four and a half….
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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.
Continue reading “Lytle Mayor, council, and school board positions up for election”
Early voting begins Feb 20th
Early voting kicks off in just a few weeks.
There are many contested races in the Primary this year, and we will be presenting a “Meet the Candidates” special section in the February 14th edition of The Devine News.
To all Candidates–you should have recieved a questionnaire and info about this. If you have not received the questionnaire, please reach out to us at reporter@devinenews.com
ATTN Candidates: Please submit your photo and questionnaires by Feb. 9th
Medina County VOTING DATES & TIMES
Early Voting kicks off Tuesday-Friday, February 20th-February 23rd from 8am-5pm.
You may also vote Saturday Feb.24 from 7am-7pm, Sunday Feb 25 from 9am-3pm, and Monday-Friday Feb 26-March 1 from 7 am to 7pm. Election Day will be Tuesday, March 5 from 7am-7pm.
ANOTHER UPDATE: The meeting has been changed to a PUBLIC meeting once again, so all are welcome to attend. This announcement was made late in the afternoon yesterday, Thursday Feb 1. In addition, the Medina County Republican party dropped the challenge on precinct chair members Jerry Beck and Mireya Vanderslice.
In a post the morning of Feb 1, the Medina County Republican Party chair had stated that the meeting would now be a closed session and that Beck and Vanderslice “are not authorized to attend this closed meeting”, but they have since changed their stance.
The Medina County Republican Party’s monthly meeting is scheduled for February 5, 2024 at 6:30pm, tentatively scheduled at the MCRP Head Quarters located at 1706 Ave M, Hondo, Texas.
ATTENTION: DEVINE CITIZENS
The City of Devine has a major water main break on FM 1343. This is the 12 inch pipe that feeds our water towers. We currently have enough water in the tanks to cover approximately 4 hours, possibly until 12 noon. Our Public works crew is on the scene.
We will keep you posted.
Monday night, January 22, the Medina County Sheriff’s Office received a call of an individual heading into our county on IH35 from Bexar County. The individual was believed to be wanted out of Chicago for multiple homicides. Deputies were able to help assist the other agencies and the suspect was at a standoff…..
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