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Uvalde FFA wins $2,500 in DKM Enterprises contest
Five area school ag departments invited to competeDKM Enterprises LLC recently awarded $5,000 in prize money split between the top, second and third place winners from school agriculture departments who participated in a contest to create feed troughs. Don McLaughlin Jr., president of DKM, said in September of 2023, they gave 40 feet of 26-inch diameter pipe, plus 40 feet of 8-inch pipe to make legs, to […]
Plans for mental health facility moving forward
Assistant city manager Joe Cardenas told members of the Uvalde City Council on Jan. 23 that a mental health facility planned for city-owned land near the Uvalde County Fairplex will be operational in 2025. Uvalde City Council members voted to hire Carl Esser to handle grant administration services for wastewater services for the Uvalde Regional Behavioral Health Crisis Center. Cardenas […]
Coyotes, Lobos fare well in UHS powerlifting meet
The Uvalde Coyotes and the Uvalde Lobos were successful on Jan. 27 in the 2024 Uvalde High School Invitational powerlifting meet. Twelve athletes medaled for the Coyotes to lead them to a first-place finish in the boys division of the lifting meet. Andre Aguirre, Aaron Graves, and Adriel Gonzalez claimed first-place individual honors. Aguirre won the 148-pound division, Graves finished […]
Garza receives creative writing fellowship
University of Texas at San Antonio associate professor Kimberly Garza, who graduated from Uvalde High School in 2003, is one of 35 writers to receive the National Endowment for the Arts 2024 creative writing fellowship. Garza is the author of the 2022 novel “The Last Karankawas” which was a New York Times Editors’ Choice and an Indie Next pick. Her […]
Roy E. Chisum
Roy Edwin Chisum, 80, of Uvalde died on Jan. 17, 2024, at his residence. A memorial service will be held on Feb. 10 at 10 a.m. at Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary. Cremation is under the direction of Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary. He was born on July 5, 1943, in Uvalde to Alice (Bargsley) and Vance Houston Chisum. He married Claudia Irwin in Mexico on […]
SWTJC announces annual creative arts contest
Southwest Texas Junior College invites artists of all ages to showcase their talents and compete for cash prizes and medals in its annual creative arts contest. The entry deadline is set March 20 at 5 p.m. The contest is open to people of all ages and skill levels. Entry forms and rules are available at swtjc.edu. Age divisions include pre-K […]
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