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Rylee Spivey of Kerens, shown pitching against LaPoynor in April, makes the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 2A All-State softball team.

KEMP—Kemp will soon implement a Residential Rental Inspection Program effective September 1. The program is to ensure the homes people are renting within the city are safe and acceptable for the people living there. Mayor Christi Neal said this is to protect citizens and will not be a stringent inspection process, but there are some homes that have renters than shouldn’t have anyone living in them due to the homes’ condition. Council Member Daniel Camehl made the motion which was seconded by Council Member Greg Capehart, and passed unanimously. 

EUSTACE–Madilyn Andrews has been named to the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association (TSWA) Class 3A All-State Softball Team for her performance on the field for the 2024 Eustace High School Lady Bulldogs.
Making the Honorable Mention list as a utility player, Andrews led her team to the postseason as a junior by hitting .702, racking up 59 hits, scoring 31 runs, driving in 29 runs and hitting 16 doubles, according to MaxPreps. In 29 pitching appearances, Andrews struck out 148 batters over 128.1 innings, MaxPreps stats show.

Bill passed away July 8 after a brief hospital stay. He was born Oct. 5, 1932, in Beardstown, Ill., to Clarence Elmer Potter and Dorothy Hannah Broeker Potter.
Bill graduated from Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio. He studied at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Ill.