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Hector Eduardo Castro, 42, of Uvalde died May 6, 2022, at his residence. Visitation began yesterday and will continue today from noon to 9 p.m. at Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home. A rosary was recited yesterday at 7 p.m. and will be recited again today at 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Friday at 10 a.m. at […]
John C. Shaw
John Carroll Shaw, 74, of Uvalde, died on May 9, 2022, at Uvalde Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary. He was born on May 5, 1948, in Uvalde to Evelyn (Turner) and William Carroll. He is survived by two daughters, Theresa Lee Shaw and wife, Dominique Garza, and Sandra Marie […]
Sabinal, Kenedy vie in single-game baseball playoff
The Sabinal Yellowjackets and Kenedy Lions will collide tomorrow night in a single-game playoff for Class 2A Area baseball playoff honors. Action will get underway at 7 p.m. at the Somerset High School field, located south of the Somerset Junior High School complex on the Charles Anderson Loop 1604. Coach Gigi Beza’s Yellowjackets, 13-14 for the season, finished as the […]
Lawman Arredondo joining city council
Julye KeebleStaff Writer
Results of the May 7 municipal election show city of Uvalde voters overwhelmingly chose to move future municipal elections to November and elected lawman Pete Arredondo and incumbent Everardo “Lalo” Zamora to council positions. There were 182 total votes cast in the four-man race for the District 3 council seat, all for challengers as incumbent Rogelio M. Muñoz was ineligible […]
Three 5A schools added to UHS district
Under the University Interscholastic League’s reclassification and realignment finalized last February, twelve high schools moved down in class from 5A to 4A. Three of those schools will be in Uvalde High School districts beginning next school year. Floresville and the two San Antonio Edgewood ISD schools, Kennedy and Memorial, were among the list of high schools that moved down in […]
Francisco R. Cimental
Francisco “Frank” Revilla Cimental, 84, of Gonzales, formerly of Uvalde, died on May 4, 2022, in Gonzales. He was born on Jan. 29, 1938 in McQueeney to Apolinar (Revilla) and Cleofas Cimental. He grew up in Kingsbury and graduated from Prairie Lee High School. He served in the United States Navy from 1961-1965, then enlisted in the U.S. Army National […]
Same starting time for all UHS football games
For the first time in a long time, all Uvalde High School varsity football games next season will begin at the same time. Coach Wade Miller’s Coyotes will play four home games and six road games in 2022, and all 10 are scheduled for a 7 p.m. kickoff. In recent years, some varsity games for the Coyotes have been scheduled […]
Coyotes ousted from post-season baseball playoffs
James VolzSports Editor
On the hottest day of the year thus far, the Uvalde Coyotes were eliminated from post-season baseball competition. Last Saturday at Marvin Kolinek Field, the Coyotes lost an 11-3 decision to the Pleasanton Eagles in game two of their best-of-three bi-district series. With the win, the Eagles claimed a two-game sweep of the playoff series. “Our players left everything on […]
Yellowjacket band hosts concert, student award ceremony
On Monday, May 2, the Sabinal Yellowjacket bands held their spring concert in the high school gymnasium at 6 p.m. The high school band began the program, then the sixth- and seventh-grade bands performed, separately and then together. It was a grand night and the music was splendid. Shortly before the close of the program, deserving students from all grades […]
Postal carriers aim to stamp out hunger
U.S. Postal Service workers in Uvalde are asking residents to help them gather food to be donated to the Uvalde Food Pantry in their annual “Stamp Out Hunger” drive on Saturday, May 14. Participants are being asked to fill sturdy bags and boxes with non-perishable items such as canned foods, like soup or vegetables, and dry goods like beans, rice, […]
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