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The Uvalde Coyotes will make their baseball season debut on Feb.19 when they take on the Del Rio Rams at Marvin Kolinek Field. Varsity action is set to begin at 7 p.m. On Feb. 13, the Coyotes will be at Del Rio for scrimmage competition. On Feb. 17 they will host the annual Uvalde High School Alumni baseball classic. Games […]
Sabinal students memorialize late teacher Connie Hohon
Sabinal second-grade students painted a handprint poster for their late teacher, Connie Hohon. Elementary special education teacher Jill Beard said they painted the poster to display at Hohon’s funeral. Hohon died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, from Glioblastoma, a type of cancer that starts as a growth of cells in the brain. Funeral services were held on Saturday, Feb. 10, at […]
Fernando Vasquez
Fernando Vasquez, 62, of Sabinal died on Feb. 4, 2024, at Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio. He was born on May 12, 1961, in Hondo to Juanita (Gomez) and Raul Vasquez. He is survived by three sisters, Maria Gonzales, Rosie Salinas, and Jose Mendoza all of Sabinal; brother, Raul Vasquez Jr. of Hobbs, New Mexico; and numerous nieces […]
Coyotes rally to win a 57-54 basketball victory in overtime
Down by nine points, the Uvalde Coyotes put on an amazing comeback as they rallied to send the game to overtime and went on to record a 57-54 basketball victory over the Pleasanton Eagles. Their big District 29-4A win came on Feb. 6 before a large crowd in Uvalde High School’s Harvey Kinchlow Gym. The Coyotes, who trailed the Eagles […]
Gallagher names First State Bank of Uvalde a best-in-class employer
For the third consecutive year, Gallagher’s best-in-class benchmarking analysis is lauding First State Bank of Uvalde for scoring in the top quartile of midsize/large employers who participated in Gallagher’s 2023 Benefits Strategy & Benchmarking Survey. The bank, one of 493 organizations to be named best in class out of nearly 4,000 survey participants, earned points for various strategies, turnover rate, […]
Diana S. Navéjar
Diana S. Navéjar, 100, of Pleasanton, formerly of Uvalde, died on Feb 5, 2024, at The Heights of Atascosa in Pleasanton. Visitation will be held on Feb. 14 from 2 p.m.to 9 p.m. with a rosary at 7 p.m. at Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary and interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of the […]
Area school board trustees holding meetings this week
Four area school districts and Southwest Texas Junior College have board meetings scheduled for this week. Trustees for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, Sabinal Independent School District and Utopia Independent School District will meet Monday, Feb. 12. The Uvalde meeting is set to start 6 p.m. in the John H. Harrell Auditorium at Uvalde High School, located at 1 […]
Meyer seeks Pct. 4 constable seat
Frio County Sheriff’s Office administration Lieutenant John “J. Miller” Meyer is running to be Uvalde’s Precinct 4 constable this year. Meyer is unopposed in the March 5 Republican Party primary election but will face incumbent David Valdez, who is unopposed in the Democratic Party’s primary, in the November election. Meyer, originally of Uvalde, carries more than 20 years of law […]
UHS student nominated for leadership conference
Uvalde High School student Teresa Gutierrez will be making her way to Boston in June for a two-day seminar with fellow future leaders of the medical profession. The 14-year-old freshman will be a delegate for the Congress of Future Medical Leaders, set June. 26-28, at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. The invite-only event is intended for honors students who […]
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