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Transparency in government was the aim of the Texas Public Information Act signed into law in 1973 by then Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr. of Uvalde. Fifty years later, the law is routinely deployed by journalists, First Amendment attorneys and individual citizens to obtain information that might otherwise be buried. Unfortunately, the law is also frequently ignored or violated by government […]
Golf tourney set Oct. 7
The third-annual Mark Ramirez Memorial golf tournament is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 7 at Memorial Golf Course. Organized by the Uvalde Area Knights of Columbus, the four-man golf scramble tourney will get underway with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Entry fee is $100 per player. Proceeds from the event will benefit Uvalde Knights of Columbus charitable programs and local […]
Junior high football games canceled
Four junior high football games scheduled between the Uvalde Morales Coyotes and the Eagle Pass Eagles last Wednesday were canceled because of lightning. Following a two-hour delay because of lightning caused by thunderstorms located to the north and west of Uvalde, Morales and Eagle Pass officials elected to cancel two seventh-grade and two eighth-grade games because of the threat of […]
SWTJC rodeo kicks off Oct. 5
The 61st-annual Southwest Texas Junior College rodeo will span three days, Oct. 5-7, at the Uvalde County Arena at the Fairplex. Admission is free for the Thursday night 6 p.m. steer roping and Friday and Saturday morning slack, which begins at 8 a.m. For Friday and Saturday night events, admission is $10 at the gate or $8 for tickets purchased […]
Coyotes to play Boerne this week
Three games will kick off play in the District 14-4A Division 1 football race next Friday night. In the Honey Bowl, the Uvalde Coyotes will host the defending district football champion and state-ranked Boerne Greyhounds. The Fredericksburg Battlin’ Billies will be at home to take on the San Antonio Memorial Minutemen, while the Kennedy Rockets will go up against the […]
City pay raises costing about $800,000
City of Uvalde employees will soon see raises of 6-10 percent in their paychecks, with those who make less seeing a higher amount than those who already have a higher wage, per city finance director Felix Castillo. The citywide pay increase, which is about 8.83 percent on average, will cost around $800,000. “We’re trying to increase more in the bottom […]
Oscar Bustamante
Oscar Bustamante, 56, of Uvalde died on Sept. 25, 2023, at his residence. He was born on June 13, 2023, in Uvalde to Elena Gomez and Eluterio Bustamante. He is survived by three brothers, Arnoldo Busatmante of Uvalde, and Ervey Bustamante and Ernesto Bustamante, both of Ft. Worth. He was preceded in death by his parents. Visitation took place on […]
Uvaldeans rocket past Kennedy to claim tennis title
The Uvalde High School tennis team clinched the District 29-4A team tennis title last Wednesday afternoon at San Antonio. They downed the John F. Kennedy Rockets, 19-0, to extend their district record to 6-0. With their lopsided win, the Coyotes and Lobos clinched first place in the district race with one match left to be played against Crystal City next […]
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