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City and school elections sometimes get short shrift compared with county, state and national referendums. But the truth is that the people we choose to guide our municipalities and students are every bit as important as those filling other elected offices. For that reason it is incumbent on all registered voters to participate in the May 7 elections. At stake […]
Inmates headed to Zavala jail
Julye KeebleStaff Writer
Uvalde County Commissioners authorized an interlocal agreement to house prisoners at the Zavala County Jail, as well as nearly $500,000 to purchase 12 new vehicles for the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Ruben Nolasco told commissioners he plans to use the agreement to house female prisoners, though it also covers male prisoners if there is a need in the future. […]
UHS athletes honored for their sports endeavors
The 2021-22 Uvalde High School sports season was celebrated in the John Harrell Auditorium last Wednesday night. Sponsored by the Uvalde Athletic Booster Club, UHS athletes were recognized and lauded for their athletic endeavors throughout the school year. Highlighting the event was the special awards presentation. Abby Kone and Dom Quiroz captured the top individual awards made during the evening. […]
UCISD cooling off gyms
School officials allocate over $2 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds Every Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District gymnasium will be outfitted with new air conditioning and heating systems, following approval of the $2.07 million expenditure by the district’s governing board on Monday. The board earmarked Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds to cover the cost, as the new systems […]
Hospital wellness run set May 10
Uvalde Memorial Hospital is set to hold its 12th-annual Wellness Walk/Run event on May 10, and awards for top runners – as well as a children’s bicycle drawing – will highlight the event, which is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Participants will have the option of a 5K or 10K, with registration fees of $20 for each event. In […]
Sprawls shares experience to raise child abuse awareness
Julye KeebleStaff Writer
April was child abuse awareness month, when the issue of at-risk children is at the forefront of people’s minds, but Batesville resident Mary Sprawls wants people to know that they need to be children’s advocates at all times. Sprawls, who is a paraprofessional at Batesville School, is raising her 4-year-old grandson, Gideon, whom they call Giddy. She says she was […]
No replacement for the infinite love of God
Spring is a time of new beginnings when trees begin to sprout their leaves and flowers emerge from the ground to express their beauty. This is also the time when we celebrate God’s infinite love for us expressed through the passion and resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Easter Sunday was April 17th, and our churches were full. But did […]
Ann Molloy
Ann Molloy, 87, of Uvalde died on April 28, 2022, at Veranda Senior Living facility in Uvalde. Service arrangements are pending with Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary. A full obituary will appear in a future edition of the Uvalde Leader-News.
Letters to the Editor
Driest years ever In the Sunday, April 24, Uvalde Leader-News, under the heading “Viewpoint,” was a comic strip showing four people who were answering the question “When was the last time you remember it being this dry?” A lady said she couldn’t ever remember it being this dry. Then two men mentioned the long dry spell of the 1930s and […]
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