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10 years ago Thursday, June 20, 2013 Tornado rips roof from home – As if last week’s weather wasn’t strange enough, what with upwards of 7 inches of rain being reported west of town, a freak tornado touched down early Friday morning and ravaged several buildings before dissipating. According to Charlie Waller, Uvalde County Office of Emergency Management coordinator, three […]
Wrestling camp set June 28-29
The two-day Uvalde youth wrestling camp is slated for June 28-29 in Harvey Kinchlow Gym. Wrestling camp is open to incoming fourth- through ninth-grade boys and girls. Cost for the camp is $20. UHS head wrestling coach Michael Liarakos will teach the camp. Assisting Liarakos will be Coach Ken Childs and Coach Dustin Childs, and some UHS varsity wrestlers. For […]
Uvalde School of Gymnastics awarded $5,000 grant
Uvalde School of Gymnastics LLC will receive a $5,000 Backing Small Businesses grant from Main Street America and American Express. The grant program, created in 2021, is designed to support U.S. small business owners as they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. It supports efforts by independent owners looking to grow their businesses. This year, 350 small business owners across the […]
Pushing youth to try something new is good thing
“I don’t like it.” “Have you ever tried it?” “No, but I know I am not going to like it.” “How do you know, if you have never tried it?” This is a conversation that many of us have had with our children and grandchildren over the years. Whether it be trying to encourage a child to taste a certain […]
Chayton E. Axline
Chayton Eugene Axline, 2, of Uvalde died on June 17, 2023, at Uvalde Memorial Hospital. Visitation is scheduled June 26-28 from noon to 9 p.m. at Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home. A funeral service is scheduled June 29 at 2 p.m. at Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home. A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of the Uvalde Leader-News. […]
UPD chief announces new equipment, training
Uvalde Police Department Chief Daniel Rodriguez said police have 20 rifle-rated shields, a practice door to breach and five sets of breaching tools, as well as active shooter training in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting last year. Rodriguez updated city council members at their June 13 meeting on training and equipment police have acquired since the May […]
Three athletes top UYRC points-night
Hunter MacDonald, Brynleigh Meyer, and Atlee Korczynski were three of the top winners in the second points-night competition conducted by the Uvalde Youth Rodeo Club last Tuesday. MacDonald won first place in four events, while Meyer and Korczynski placed first in three events. Competing in the 11- to 13-year-old boys’ division, MacDonald placed first in the tie-down roping, breakaway roping, […]
Calendar
To submit an event for publication in the Leader-News calendar, call managing editor Meghann Garcia at 830-278-3335 or email her at mgarcia@ulnnow.com JUNE 26-30 Iglesia Nueva Jericho/New Jericho Church, 367 Windmill Road, will host vacation Bible school from 6-8 p.m. for children in pre-K through sixth grade. FMI, Rey Zamora at 830-278-0730. Sunday, July 2 The Firecracker Fest will be […]
Training does not replace answers
News that Uvalde Police Department and school district officers have completed active shooter training and acquired new equipment is cold comfort to a community still waiting for answers to the attack on Robb Elementary. More than a year later, we have not been told why 376 officers representing 23 agencies waited for 77 minutes to breach two classrooms full of […]
Coyotes complete 7-on-7 football Tuesday
The Uvalde Coyotes will wind up their summer 7-on-7 football competition Tuesday night at Hondo. Competition at Barry Field will get underway at 6:30 p.m. They will enter their final night of summer football coming off of a couple of 7-on-7 wins last Tuesday night. The Coyotes shutout the Bandera Bulldogs, 24-0, and blanked the Hondo Owls 20-0. Defensively, Devin […]
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