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Motorist runs red light, strikes UPD patrol unit
A Uvalde Police Department vehicle was involved in a two-vehicle wreck last weekend on East Main Street. At about 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, Susan Few, 38, of Uvalde failed to yield to a red stoplight when driving southbound on Wood Street, ultimately colliding with a UPD vehicle, driven by officer Veronica Orta. Orta was traveling eastbound on Main. The […]
UHS swimmers vie in dual-team meet
Judson topped Uvalde in a high school dual-team swimming meet held on Nov. 4 at Judson Independent School District’s Coronado Pool. Eight swimmers represented Uvalde High School in the meet. “Our eight swimmers swam their hearts out but wound up losing to Judson,” said UHS head swimming team Hillary Fowler-Jacobson. The Uvalde High School women’s 200-yard freestyle relay team of […]
Hard-of-hearing homeless man needs help buying hearing aids
La Pryor resident Valerie Solansky is asking community members help fund hearing aids for a homeless man living in Uvalde. The man, Maurice “General” Mason, can often be spotted riding his red, wagoned bike throughout Uvalde. At 74 years old, the Houston native has been homeless for 43 years, Solansky said. Solansky hopes to raise $5,000 to help Mason purchase […]
New rainfall boosts year-to-date total higher than average
A steady drizzle started in Uvalde the morning of Nov. 9, and, interspersed with short bouts of driving rain, deposited 1.31 inches of precipitation by midnight as measured by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Center. Chances of rain were predicted through this weekend, and the cold front that accompanied the rain dropped high temperatures to the 60s and lows into […]
Wanda J. Fisher
Wanda Jean Shaw Fisher, 90, died on Nov. 4, 2023, at her home in Austin. Wanda was born March 14, 1933, in Uvalde, Texas, to Opal Grace Blevins Shaw and Floyd Stanley Shaw. After graduating from Uvalde High School in 1950, she attended the Uvalde junior college for a year and then married her high school sweetheart, Walter Conrad “Connie” […]
CHDI recognized nationally for gold standards
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded five badges of recognition to Community Health Development Inc., which serves over 11,000 area patients annually. Among the five awards, announced Nov. 6, CHDI receive the Gold Health Center Quality Leader badge for the first time. It is a recognition given only to top health centers across the nation. “This recognition […]
City Bumpkins: Nothing eclipses necessity of chores in countryside
Memories are already dimming over the partial eclipse’s ring of fire that lit up the Hill Country. It was just a month ago that folks in the Utopia area geared up for what was predicted to be thousands of visitors to view the heavenly fireworks. Not nearly as many people showed up as expected, but my wife was plenty happy […]
Another pursuit ends in disaster
A horrific accident Wednesday morning near Batesville reminds us once again of the perils of high-speed pursuits in our region. Four migrants from Honduras, the driver of the Honda Civic in which they were riding and a couple from Georgia in a Chevrolet SUV collided head on. Eight people perished in the fiery crash. Zavala County sheriff’s deputies were chasing […]
UCISD has option to nominate TASB member
Uvalde school trustees will decide Monday whether to nominate a current board member to represent Region 20 on the Texas Association of School Boards during their regular meeting. Board members statewide are nominated and elected to serve on the association’s board each fall at its delegate assembly, according to TASB. The 2023 assembly was held in Dallas in September, and […]
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