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Tuesday night, the Uvalde Coyotes will be on the road to play the Lytle Pirates in basketball competition at Lytle. Topping off the hoops tripleheader will be the varsity game at 7:30 p.m. Preceding that contest, Uvalde and Lytle will vie in freshman basketball at 5 p.m. and in junior varsity basketball at 6:15 p.m. Following action Tuesday, the Uvalde […]
Lobos place four players on the All-District volleyball team
Four members of the 2019 Uvalde Lobos volleyball team have been selected to the District 28-5A All-District volleyball team. Senior Shyann Dockal was picked to the All-District second team, while senior Violet Gomez, junior Shelby Colvin, and sophomore Abby Kone made the All-District honorable mention list. “I am very proud of all of these young ladies, as well as all […]
HSU eyes new $1M pet facility
Julye Keeble Staff writer The Humane Society of Uvalde is ready to have plans drawn up for a new approximately $1 million facility to house 30 dogs and more than 20 cats. They are not asking the city of Uvalde to finance the building, but HSU would like the city to relocate the animal control office to the new building […]
Cook-off generates $14.7K for game warden phone boosters
Julye Keeble Staff writer The Fall on the Frio Barbecue cook-off event held Oct. 4-5 in Concan raised $14,770, which was donated to the Gear Up for Game Wardens program. The funds will be used to purchase cell phone boosters for the entire district, which includes Real, Edwards, Kinney, Uvalde, Zavala, Dimmit and Maverick counties. On hand to accept the […]
Editorial: Campaign sign rules welcome
They are not becoming to a city in pursuit of tidiness: campaign signs from the previous election that have been left to decay on vacant lots or in front of shuttered homes. For that reason we are pleased that the Uvalde City Council took steps last week to ensure that temporary signs, which is how political signs are now categorized, […]
Senator Flores on redistricting committee
On this recent Veteran’s Day, I was fortunate to spend most of the day around veterans of Senate District 19. Thank you again to all the men and women in the U.S. armed forces, fighting for our country and its liberties daily. The day served as a reminder that it only because of our armed forces do we enjoy this […]
Elephant featured in bilingual hospice coloring book
Jennifer Fry Staff writer Ellen Balke, wife of Uvalde City Councilman Steve Balke and former proprietor of the Flower Patch, has designed a children’s coloring book for distribution within the Uvalde Memorial Hospital hospice program. The coloring book centers on the story of an old elephant named Wilbur who is sick but wants to stay in his home. Characters representing […]
Annie A. Capps
Annie A. Capps Annie Allen Capps, 88, of Sabinal died on Nov. 8, 2019, in Knippa. A memorial service will be held on Dec. 7 at 11 a.m. at Life Church, 616 W. Antonio St. She was born in Seguin on Feb. 12, 1931, to Maude (Gates) and Marshall Burris. Capps worked as a cook for various restaurants around the […]
Uvaldo Tames
Uvaldo Tames Uvaldo Tames, 84, of Uvalde died on Nov. 9, 2019, in San Antonio. Services are pending with Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home in Uvalde. A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of the Uvalde Leader-News.
Elma G. Delgado
Elma G. Delgado Elma Garcia Delgado, 83, of Uvalde died on Nov. 12, 2019, in San Antonio. A rosary will be recited today at 7 p.m. at Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary. A funeral mass will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. She was born on Aug. 30, 1936, in Uvalde to […]
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