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  One of the city’s newest buildings recently received recognition as the best in the state. The Seguin Public Library — a Byrne Construction Services project — won the Best of Texas Award for Government and Public Buildings through the Engineering News-Record (ENR). “We’ve entered this award several times, but Seguin is one of those projects that we’ve looked at and we knew immediately we were going to enter it into multiple awards,” Byrne Construction Services Director of Marketing Chad Anderson said. “The design is a striking design and we also...

  The Jane Yelvington McCallum La Vernia Library will open to patrons Tuesday, Jan. 3. Named for a Texas suffragist leader who was born in La Vernia and became the Texas secretary of state (see below), the library is housed in the La Vernia News office, at 112 E. Chihuahua St. A grand opening event will take place Jan. 20, according to Wilson County Public Libraries Director Nicki Stohr.  READ MORE...