O’DONNELL – Lydia Loera of the O’Donnell Branch of the State National Bank has been named the bank’s Employee of the Year. She has been with the bank 18 years. Before that, she was with the First National Bank of O’Donnell for nine years. State National acquired that bank in 2003.Loera said it was kind of unusual how she got her banking job.“Actually, they came knocking at my door and said they would like for me to come work at the bank,” said Loera, who grew up in O’Donnell. “I thought it was a joke. But I filled out the ...