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Uvalde County property owners have about three more days to pay their 2023 property tax bill before monetary penalties are assessed. Tax bills will become delinquent on Feb.1, and interest will accrue at 7 percent. For bills not paid in February, the penalty will increase in March to an additional 9 percent; April, 11 percent; May, 13 percent, and June, […]
Chamber banquet set Feb. 2
Mariachis to play at fiesta-themed eventUvalde Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center CEO Mario “MJ” Miller said tables are selling out for the 104th dinner and awards banquet. The event, sponsored by First State Bank of Uvalde, is set Feb. 2 starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Uvalde County Fairplex. Formal attire is required, and guests must be 21 and older. Offering dinner and […]
UHS wrestlers enjoy meet success
Uvalde High School wrestlers enjoyed top-ranking success in meet competition at New Braunfels Canyon High School on Jan. 20. UHS finished second in the team standings, among a field of schools that included Bryan, Cedar Park Vista Ridge, Comal Davenport, Kyle Lehman, Killeen and Lanier and meet host New Braunfels Canyon. “I am proud of our wrestlers,” said UHS head […]
Bob Bukoviny
Robert “Bob” Dale Bukoviny, 80, of Del Rio, formerly of Uvalde, died on Dec. 18, 2023, at Uvalde Memorial Hospital. There will be a celebration of life on Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. at the NCO Service Club at Fort Clark Springs, 154 Fort Clark Road, Brackettville. A complete obituary appeared in the Dec. 24, 2023, edition of the Uvalde […]
Saucedo, D’Spain win bass club tourney
Big bass of the day fluctuates between 3.59, 8.18 poundsJoe Saucedo and Mark D’Spain are the first-place winners of the Uvalde Bass Club’s first tournament of the 2024 fishing season. Saucedo took top honors Jan. 13, while D’Spain took top honors Jan. 14 in a competition staged at Falcon Lake. With three fish weighing a total of 15.55 pounds, Saucedo finished first on Jan. 13. Among his catch was […]
Homeless should get more help
The recent arctic front that sent temperatures plunging and Uvaldeans scrambling to wrap pipes and retrieve pets from outdoors sounded a different alarm for some in the community. Their concern was the homeless and how to keep them from freezing. Mayor Cody Smith got the ball rolling with a call to pastor Gilbert Limones at Casa El Shaddai Church. Limones […]
Batesville accumulates 2.5 inches of rainfall
Uvalde receives 0.46 inches, triples year-to-date totalBatesville residents saw about 2.5 inches of rain and Uvalde tallied 0.46 inches from various area storms and showers Jan. 21-25. Per measurements taken by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Center, tallies for each day were 0.01, 0.03, 0.06, 0.35 and 0.01 inches. The rain more than tripled the year-to-date rainfall and exceeded the amount Uvalde received in January of […]
Tommy R. Luce
Tommy Roy Luce, 83, of Denver, North Carolina, formerly of Uvalde, died on Jan. 10, 2024, with his wife by his side at Abernathy Laurels in Newton, North Carolina, after a prolonged battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born on Feb. 4, 1941, in Uvalde to Erie Nell Pill (Cloudt) and Alonzo Roy Luce. He graduated from Uvalde High School […]
Uvalde CISD
Batesville Wendy Lambert The Batesville Junior High Bobcats and Lady Bobcats, under the direction of coach Frank Gonzales and assistant coach Wendy Lambert, are in their second year of the school’s basketball program. This year, the Lady Bobcats consist of six girls from seventh and eighth grades, and the Bobcats have a total of nine boys in sixth, seventh, and […]
CHDI, UMH show spike in influenza cases spike in December
CHDI offering vaccinationsInfluenza cases in Uvalde increased sharply in December. CHDI statistics, which do not separate type A and B flu strains, show a 19 percent positivity rate from October through Jan. 14. Of 742 tests, 143 were positive for flu, with the majority of those coming in December at the Uvalde clinic. In October, CHDI had two positive flu tests at […]
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