Two candidates are vying for a seat on Selma's City Council in the May election.

Some details: Incumbent Becky Harris is seeking reelection and is running against Cori Mitchell for the Place 3 seat on the Selma City Council. The Selma mayor and City Council seats are at-large positions that represent the entire community, according to the city's website.

Selma Mayor Tom Daly will be on the ballot, but he is running unopposed.

Learn more: Candidates were asked to keep responses under 50 words, answer the questions provided and avoid attacking opponents. Answers may have been edited or cut to adhere to those guidelines, or for style and clarity. 

A new single-family subdivision is one step closer to being constructed in Universal City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Sorting out details: Universal City’s City Council approved the annexation of a 73.67-acre property for a proposed single-family development March 17. The dais also approved an ordinance to change about 4 acres of the property’s land use designation from community commercial to medium density and a change in zoning to the entire tract of land. The property’s zoning was changed from large-lot residential to planned unit development, or PUD, district, according to agenda documents.

The ordinance changes were approved on first reading and are anticipated to return to council for a second and final reading April 7.

The proposed subdivision—named Whispering Creek—will be owned and constructed by the single-family residential developer Meritage Homes. Whispering Creek is anticipated to have between 276 and 285 homes constructed in three phases with a playground, community pool and pedestrian trails, according to agenda documents.

On March 25, YWCA San Antonio hosted a ribbon-cutting and grand-opening ceremony for the Harvey E. Najim Early Childhood Education Center at its Women’s Live and Learn Center.

The overview: The new education center is located within the YWCA’s residential campus and will provide early childhood education and child care. Designed to educate children during critical developmental years while empowering families to move forward, the center supports young mothers as they pursue education, workforce training and long-term economic stability, according to a news release.

What they’re saying: Multiple speakers praised the new childcare center, citing the need for early education to create a healthy child and a strong family.

“Access to high-quality, affordable childcare in your community is the difference for a woman between just surviving and thriving,” Haley Ellison, chair of the board of directors, said.