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Julye Keeble Staff writer After the Rotary Club of Uvalde raised more than $62,000, the Memorial Park Amphitheater project is finally becoming a reality. Four tiers of seating providing space for 200 people and a lighted stage, which will measure 64 feet by 44 feet wide, will be complete by December. Uvalde Police Department Chief Daniel Rodriguez was the guest […]
Two wounded in shooting released from hospital
Two people – a man and a woman – who were wounded in a shooting just before 2 a.m. on Sept. 2 have both been released from a San Antonio Hospital. Christy Alvarez, 21, was released on Sunday, Sept. 8, and 25-year-old Anthony Xavier Gonzales was released on Sept. 2. Wiler Rodriguez, 23, who was also shot in the melee, […]
Coyotes host Dragons tomorrow
The Uvalde Coyotes will go up against the defending District 14-5A Division I football champion Southwest Dragons tomorrow night in the Honey Bowl. Kick-off time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tomorrow, the Coyotes will celebrate First Responders Night as Uvalde law enforcement, firemen, EMS, and others will be honored for their work. “It is extremely important to honor and celebrate […]
Young Coyotes down MV
Uvalde Morales Junior High won two eighth-grade football games Tuesday in the Honey Bowo. The Uvalde White team beat Medina Valley’s White team, 19-6, and the Uvalde Maroons edged the MV Orange in a 7-6 thriller. In the first game, Trevor Blenkinsop scored on a 14-yard touchdown run early in the second period. Jose Jiminiz returned the opening kickoff of […]
Friends of Hospice celebrated for volunteerism
The following information was submitted by Venesa Davila, Friends of Hospice director. The Uvalde Friends of Hospice Thrift Store hosted a volunteer appreciation luncheon on July 26 for Friends of Hospice volunteers. During the event, volunteers were celebrated for their time and commitment to the thrift store. Volunteers were treated to lunch at Jack’s Steak House and were presented with […]
Augustine Castillo
Augustine Castillo Augustine Castillo, 41, of Dilley, formerly of La Pryor, died on Sept. 6, 2019, in Dilley. A funeral mass will be held today at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in La Pryor. Interment will follow at La Pryor Cemetery. He was born Feb. 8, 1978, in Carrizo Springs to Evangelina (Cerna) and Juan Castillo Sr. The […]
Pura C. Castillo
Pura C. Castillo Pura Cuellar Castillo, 82, of Uvalde died Sept. 6, 2019, in San Antonio. She was born Aug. 10, 1937, in Mexico to Socorro Sanchez-Cuellar and Teofilo Cuellar Sr. Castillo was preceded in death by her parents; two daughters-in-law, Linda Bustamante and Guadalupe Castillo; brother, Martin Cuellar; and two sisters, Matilde Cuellar and Jacinta Cuellar. She is survived […]
Stanley F. Frohlich Jr.
Stanley F. Frohlich Jr. Stanley F. Frohlich Jr., 86, of Sparta, Wisconsin, and formerly of Brackettville, Texas, died on Thursday, Sept. 05, 2019, at Rolling Hills Rehabilitation Center, Sparta. He was born on July 15, 1933, to Stanley Sr. and Melvina Walliser in Selfridge, North Dakota. Stanley grew up in Hamilton, Massachusetts, and graduated from Hamilton High School. He worked […]
James N. Gallaway
James N. Gallaway James Norman “Jimmy” Gallaway, 85, of Uvalde died Sept. 9, 2019, in San Antonio. A memorial service is planned for Saturday, Sept. 21 at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church. Arrangements are pending with Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary. A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of the Uvalde Leader-News.
Guillermo G. Garcia
Guillermo G. Garcia Guillermo Guajardo Garcia, 88, of Uvalde died Sept. 4, 2019, in Uvalde. Garcia was born Sept. 26, 1930, in Bigfoot to Maria Guajardo and Eliseo Garcia. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bernice Chapoy Garcia; parents; son, Hector Garcia; two brothers, Ezequiel Garcia and Benito Garcia; and three sisters, Minerva Torrez, Edna Hernandez and Susana […]
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