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Kimberly Rubio Assistant editor The city of Uvalde on Tuesday voted to relax ordinances regulating the removal of heritage trees and the sale of farm products within city limits including eggs, chickens and rabbits. The city defines heritage trees as live oak, pecan, cypress or cedar elm trees that are 4.5 feet in height and 24 inches or greater in […]
Army buddies reunited after 62 years apart
Charley Robinson Staff writer A friendship that started back in 1953 in Straubing, Germany, was revitalized last November when Isabel Contreras of Sabinal visited Josue Cabrera in College Station. They had not seen each other in 62 years. The two U.S. Army veterans served together in Germany patrolling the Czechoslovakian border until Cabrera suffered a leg injury and was transported […]
SWTJC athletes are grand grillers
The kinesiology club at Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde, going by the team name of Small Town Smokers, won grand champion honors at the fifth-annual Grillin’ with the President event held Thursday, March 8. (more…)
Coyotes begin district next week
One week from tomorrow, the Uvalde Coyotes will kick off their District 29-5A baseball schedule when they travel to southern Bexar County to take on the Southside Cardinals. The varsity game is set for a 7:15 p.m. start. Today, Coach Ricky Salazar’s Coyotes, 7-6-1 for the season, will be at San Antonio to play the Antonian Apaches in a baseball […]
Sterling wins top honors in UHS Invitational golf classic
After shooting a round of 84 on the first day, Uvalde High School’s Pearson Sterling came back to card a round of 73 on the second day to claim medalist honors in the UHS Invitational golf tournament last Saturday. Sterling wound up with a two-day total of 157 strokes to finish five strokes ahead Matt Shuler of Eagle Pass High […]
Herminia C. Alejandro
Herminia C. Alejandro Herminia C. “Minnie” Alejandro, 84, of Sabinal died on March 10, 2018, at her residence. She was born on Dec. 15, 1933, in Sabinal to Eva (Lopez) and Agustin Cortez. She married Jesus Alejandro on Sept. 22, 1948, in Pecos, New Mexico. Alejandro is survived by her husband of 69 years; three sons, Lee Alejandro and wife, […]
Bernard D. Baker
Bernard D. Baker Bernard Duane Baker, 76, of Hondo died on March 7, 2018, in San Antonio. He was born on Aug. 31, 1941, in Devine to Florence Fay (Compton) and Melvin G. Baker Sr. He was the third of four children. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Melvin G. Baker, Jr. and Richard Dale Baker; […]
Robert K. Carr
Robert K. Carr Robert Kent Carr, 60, of Arlington, a 1976 graduate of Uvalde High School, died on March 9, 2018, in Arlington. Memorial service plans are pending. A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of the Uvalde Leader-News.
Ruben G. Gonzales
Ruben G. Gonzales Ruben G. Gonzales, 79, of Uvalde died on March 9, 2018, in San Antonio. A funeral mass will be held today at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. He was born on Sept. 26, 1938, in Uvalde to Ciria (Garcia) and Hilario Gonzales. After serving in the United States Army, […]
Jose M. Hernandez
Jose M. Hernandez Jose M. Hernandez, 91, of Uvalde died on March 9, 2018, at his residence. He was born on Nov. 5, 1926, in Calera, Zacatecas, Mexico, to Victoriana Murillo and Domingo Hernandez. Hernandez is survived by two daughters, Maria Luna and husband, Miguel, and Manuela Guzman, all of Uvalde; three sons, Juan Antonio Hernandez and wife, Ercilia, of […]
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