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Jennifer Fry Staff writer Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District plans to implement a new approach to dual credit via a partnership with the University of Texas at Austin. Dubbed dual enrollment, OnRamps pairs a Uvalde High School faculty member with a university professor to offer students academically rigorous, college-level coursework. Monday, at the regular monthly meeting of the Uvalde Consolidated […]
Six area schools hosting graduation events tomorrow
Uvalde, Knippa, Sabinal, Nueces Canyon, Brackettville and Leakey high schools will recognize graduating high school seniors in commencement events set tomorrow. Graduation ceremonies for La Pryor and Utopia high schools are set June 1 and June 2, respectively. Uvalde High School valedictorian Ana Laura Aviles and salutatorian Matthew R. Williams will lead the school’s 277-person class of 2018. Aviles is […]
Shiner tops Sabinal in softball series
Down 1-0, the Shiner Lady Comanches rallied for six runs in the bottom half of the fifth inning. They added five runs in the sixth inning to post an 11-1 victory over the Sabinal Lady Jackets. Their win came in the second game of the Class 2A Region IV softball playoff series last Saturday in Texas Lutheran University’s Ed Kruse […]
Hill Country, Coastal Bend teams vie in baseball playoffs
It will be a battle between Hill Country teams and Coastal Bend teams in Class 5A Region IV quarter-final baseball playoff action this weekend. Tonight at Boerne, the Boerne Champion Chargers will open a best-of-three series against the Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial Eagles. Play will get underway at 7:30 p.m. At Jourdanton, the Kerrville Tivy Antlers will begin a best-of-three […]
Businesses win grant-funded updates
Cut Loose Hair Emporium and Getty Street Market place recently benefited from facade grants made available to business owners within the Uvalde Main Street district. The 50 percent matching grants were awarded by Main Street Uvalde and Uvalde Convention and Visitors Bureau. Cut Loose Hair Emporium, owned by Cody Esser, was granted $2,688 for a new awning and signage. Getty […]
Kenton Cox
Kenton Cox Cox, Kenton, 75, architect, devoted husband, father and grandfather, beloved brother, uncle and cousin, passed away May 19, 2018. Kenton was born in Wichita, Kansas, to Frances and Harold Cox, Aug. 30, 1942. He is survived by wife, Gloria; sons, Steven (Virginia Sosa) Cox of Uvalde, Texas, Scott Cox of Henderson, Nevada, Chad (Emily) Cox of Wichita; brothers, […]
Lurline Thompson
Lurline Thompson Lurline Thompson, 102, of Uvalde died on May 23, 2018, in Uvalde. Services are pending at the chapel at Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary, followed by interment at Hillcrest Cemetery. A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of the Uvalde Leader-News.
Julia R. Villasana
Julia R. Villasana Julia Rene Villasana, 65, of Sabinal died on May 8, 2018, at Medina Regional Hospital. She was born on July 6, 1952, to Carol (Holman) and Lyle Wyant. She married Jesus Villasana Jr. on Nov. 26, 2005, in Uvalde. She is survived by her husband of 12 years; three daughters, Cheyanne Villasana, Shell Villasana and Monica Villasana; […]
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