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August 03, 2023
Guadalupe Simon Villarreal, 47, of Jourdanton, formerly of Uvalde, died on July 30, 2023, at Main Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. Visitation is set Aug. 3-4 from noon to 9 p.m. at Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home, where there will be a prayer service at 7 p.m. both days. A chapel service is scheduled Aug. 5 at 10 a.m. at Hillcrest […]
Craig GarnettEditor/Publisher
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August 03, 2023
Five years after conception and a little over a year after the Robb tragedy, construction on a 40,000-square-foot behavioral health facility to be located just west of the city is scheduled to begin before the end of the year, according to officials with Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Centers in Kerrville. The agency’s spending plan calls for $30 […]
James VolzSports Editor
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August 03, 2023
The 2023 Texas high school football season is underway. Monday evening at the Uvalde High School practice complex, a total of 144 Uvalde Coyotes went through their first workout of the season. “Our first practice went great. Moving the practice time to 8 to 10 p.m. made for cooler conditions,” said UHS head football coach Wade Miller. “We had 47 […]
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August 03, 2023
A wreck near Concan that involved a DPS vehicle and two other cars resulted in the hospitalization of five people, including a state trooper who was treated for a punctured lung, on Sunday, July 30. A white 2022 Toyota Rav 4 SUV driving westbound on Texas State Highway 127 failed to yield to the DPS vehicle, driving northbound on U.S. […]
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August 03, 2023
Activities this month at the Herby Ham Activity Center include water aerobics, massages, Friday morning coffee and donuts, wood working and board games. Weekly events include table games, with bridge and pinochle played Mondays at 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m., respectively, and Bunco on Thursdays at 2 p.m. Dominoes are played every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Massages are offered by […]
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August 03, 2023
Uvalde High School runners began practice for the 2023 cross-country season yesterday at the UHS soccer field. The first running meet of the season for the Uvaldeans will be the Kerrville Tivy meet set Aug. 18. Coach Libby Gonzales’ Coyotes and Lobos will host the UHS invitational cross country meet on Aug. 26. Other meets for the season will include […]
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August 03, 2023
Craig Garnett, owner and publisher of the Uvalde Leader-News, is the winner of the 2023 Tom and Pat Gish Award presented by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. “The award recognizes not only Craig’s courageous coverage and commentary about the [May 24, 2022, school shooting tragedy], but his longtime willingness to tell hard […]
Julye Keeble Staff Writer
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August 03, 2023
No landscape watering with an irrigation system, soaker hose or sprinkler except before 8 a.m. and after 6 p.m. on the same day a city resident’s garbage is scheduled for pickup. watering with a hand-held hose is allowed any day of the week, with the same time restrictions. Hoses must have a grip nozzle or other device which automatically shuts […]
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August 03, 2023
The investigation into a firearm discharge inside the maintenance shed at Utopia School is complete with the county prosecutor declining to pursue criminal charges. The Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office investigated the Oct. 26, 2022, incident involving maintenance department employee Ben Milam, who was approved to carry a concealed weapon on campus as part of the school guardian program, in place […]
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August 03, 2023
The Uvalde Lobos will host a volleyball scrimmage Saturday, Aug. 5 in Uvalde High School’s Harvey Kinchlow Gym. Joining the Lobos for the scrimmage will be Carrizo Springs, Del Rio, and Eagle Pass. The competition will begin at 9 a.m. Prior the Saturday scrimmage, Coach Debra Martinez’s Lobos will travel to Eagle Pass tomorrow to scrimmage the C.C. Winn Lady […]