Knippa students win UIL meets

The Knippa Junior High University Interscholastic League team went to Leakey on Dec. 6, with its sixth, seventh, and eighth grades winning first place in multiple competitions. The sixth-grade teams were tops in listening skills, calculator, science, spelling; maps, charts; music memory, and number sense. The seventh-grade teams won in listening skills, mathematics, calculator, spelling, science, music memory; maps, graphs […]

Moerbe wins Leader-News coloring contest, claims $50 prize

Newspaper receives 20 entries

For the second year in a row, La Pryor resident Kendall Moerbe, 12, won first place and $50 in the Uvalde Leader-News Christmas coloring contest. Joslynn Hernandez, 10, won second place and $30, and Reagan Fry, 10, won third place and $20. Hernandez and Fry are both Uvalde residents. This year, the newspaper staff logged about 20 entries, down from […]

UCISD board to consider bereavement center contract, compensation changes on Dec. 18

Meeting to be Chohlis's first as superintendent


Uvalde school trustees will vote whether to renew a $120,000 contract with the Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas during their Dec. 18 regular meeting. They will also consider shifting the district’s compensation plan to accommodate workload in the special education department. If approved, the contract would extend student mental health and grief services through June 30, according to board […]

Republicans vying to top crowded election field



Republican candidates are dominating the field in the March 5 primary election, where multiple races are seeing several candidates for county-level positions. Democratic voters will see only two county level candidates on their ballots, both in constable races, and both unopposed in the March primary. County attorney John P. Dodson, who switched parties this year, is challenged by attorney Justin […]

DEA agent leading two drug talks

Drug Enforcement Administration special agent Armando Talamantez will lead two public sessions set Jan. 8-9 about the lethality of drugs. Each session will begin at 7 p.m. at El Progreso Memorial Library, 301 W. Main St. For more information, contact the DA’s office at 830-278-2916.

Uvalde CISD

Morales Junior High Patricia Merlos Morales Junior High School’s events to celebrate include the upcoming family engagement set Dec. 19 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at MJHS Cafeteria; and the past choir concert, held Dec. 11 and band concert held Dec. 14, both at the John H. Harrell Auditorium. Come out and support our athletic department in basketball. The girls […]

Antonio Marin

Antonio Marin, 85, of Uvalde died on Dec. 13, 2023, Methodist Hospital in San Antonio.     Visitation is set Dec. 18-19 from noon to 9 p.m. at Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home. A rosary will be recited on Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. A Mass will be celebrated on Dec. 20 at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and […]

Drizzle in Reagan Wells tallies up 1.75 inches

Overcast skies with hours-long spurts of misting rain and the occasional heavier drip led to 0.21 inches of rain in Uvalde on Dec. 13-14, though some area rain reporters saw higher totals. Though the morning of Dec. 15 also started off with rain and mist, totals were not yet available when the newspaper was printed. On Dec. 13, 0.07 inches […]

UCISD will be closed from Dec. 21 to Jan. 5

All Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District offices and campuses will be closed from Dec. 21 to Jan. 5 for winter break. Students will return to school Jan. 8, while district staff members are expected to engage in development days Jan. 3-5.

Private Schools

St. Philip’s Clarissa Ramos St. Philip’s Episcopal School’s 3-K class has been anticipating the celebration of Jesus’s birthday. Our class has learned that the true story of Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’ birth. Our class has enjoyed learning through story time, crafts and songs. Our 3-K through fourth-graders will participate in the annual SPES Christmas program which will be […]