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Donald Trump Jr. visits Uvalde, Batesville
Donald Trump Jr., oldest son of the president, stopped in Uvalde on Nov. 9 for a book signing and visit with those attending a Bucks for the Brave hunt at the Thumbtack Ranch near Batesville. According to Uvalde County Emergency Management director Charlie Waller, Trump arrived around 2:30 p.m. at Garner Field Airport on a private jet from Houston and […]
Road block: UCISD aims to halt students using college tours as field trips
Melissa Federspill Staff writer Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District’s new requirement that students pass the Texas Success Initiative Assessment in addition to having passing grades, good attendance and zero disciplinary referrals to be eligible to participate in school-led college tours has caused the district to reduce its 18 scheduled trips to two this semester. “In an effort to get a […]
Churches collecting items for shoebox gifts
There is still time left to donate a hand-packed shoebox full of toys and necessities to a child in need this Christmas. First Baptist Church of Uvalde, at 220 N. High St., a local collection center for the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child annual project, will open its doors today and tomorrow from 3-5 p.m. to receive the packed shoeboxes. […]
Coyotes win hoops season opener
The Uvalde Coyotes were victorious in their first basketball game of the season. Last Saturday afternoon, the Coyotes defeated the Bandera Bulldogs, 79-46, in Uvalde High School’s Harvey Kinchlow Gym. Coach Alex Oyola’s Coyotes got off to a 23-13 lead in the first period. Cristian Treviño scored the first field goal of the season for the Coyotes. He nailed a […]
UHS girls lose tourney games
The Uvalde Lobos lost four basketball games in Harlandale tournament action last weekend. Last Thursday, the San Antonio Providence Pro-Vets topped the Lobos, 34-27, in the tourney opener. Up 12-11 at the end of the first half, the Providence girls outscored the Lobos, 10-3, in the third period and held off a comeback bid by the Uvaldeans in the fourth […]
Margie A. Cuppes
Margie A. Cuppes Margie Ann King Cuppes, 75, of Sabinal died Nov. 15, 2019, in San Antonio. She was born in Miles on March 13, 1944, to Florence Permelia (Joiner) and Roy Debs King. She married Harvey Clinton Cuppes Sr. on Jan. 1, 1961. The family said she was a doting mother, grandmother, great-grandmother – best known as Nana, sister […]
Stella L. Johnston
Stella L. Johnston Stella Louise (Steele) Johnston, 58, died from a terminal illness on Nov. 4, 2019, at Big Springs Hospital in Big Springs. Nicknamed “Little Pistol,” she was born March 17, 1961, in Manassas, Virginia, to Mary Katherine (Barnes) and Otto F. Steele, formerly of Dushore, Pennsylvania. She has lived in Texas since childhood. Johnston worked many years as […]
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