El Progreso Memorial Library is selling tickets for this year’s Pot of Gold prize drawing, a fundraiser where participants take their chances at winning $10,000 with every $100 ticket purchase.  Funds raised from the drawing will go towards the library’s operating budget. The library launched this fundraiser in 2019. The prize drawing will be held on Dec. 8 at 8 […]

The Uvalde Leader-News invites all local combat veterans to be interviewed by one of our staff writers. The goal is to preserve the experience of individuals during important events in our nation’s history, while sharing their stories of courageous service with the community.  If you served in the military during a combat period and wish to be interviewed, please contact […]

The Uvalde County unemployment rate decreased by four-tenths of a percentage point from 4.7 percent in August to 4.3 percent in September. The county rate is 0.2 percent higher than the statewide rate of 4.1 percent for September.  The U.S. unemployment rate for September is 3.8 percent. About 205 people left the county labor force over the same time span, […]