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With spring flying by, area school districts are readying to celebrate the Class of 2024 via high school graduation ceremonies. Uvalde, Sabinal and Knippa school districts all have their graduations scheduled for Friday, May 17. Nueces Canyon and La Pryor schools have graduations scheduled for May 24. Leakey Independent School District’s graduation ceremony is May 31. Utopia ISD will honor […]
Texas counties among nation’s fastest growing
Capital HighlightsRecent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that six of the 10 fastest-growing counties in the United States from 2022 to 2023 were in Texas. According to the Texas Tribune, Kaufman County, just east of Dallas, led the list with a 7.6% increase in new residents that brought its population to more than 185,000. Census data shows that Rockwall […]
Pastor’s Column: Study Christ’s love during Holy Week
Suggested readings: Is 50:4-7, Ps 22, Phil 2:6-11, Mk 14:1-15:47 Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Take this cup away from me, but not what I will but what you will.” Palm Sunday begins Holy Week, the last preparation for celebration of the Passion of Jesus. This Sunday we read the Passion according to Mark. It’s the Passion […]
Chambers to speak at EOC meeting
Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Pete Chambers, a special operations surgeon for the Green Berets, will be the guest speaker when volunteers with the Uvalde County emergency operations center meet March 28. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in the county’s new building, 207 S. Getty St., which formerly housed American Lumber. Chambers helped organize the “Take Back […]
Candy R. Johnson
Candy (Cortez) Roman Johnson, 74, of Uvalde, Texas, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2024, at home in the loving arms of her daughter and surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous one-year battle of pancreatic cancer. Candy joined the Army on June 26, 1969, in San Antonio, Texas. Candy worked for the Pentagon as a bilingual telecommunication specialist. Candy […]
Amistad Reservoir ‘Infested’ with zebra mussels
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has designated the International Amistad Reservoir in the Rio Grande basin along the Texas-Mexico border near Del Rio as “infested” with invasive zebra mussels, signifying that an established, reproducing population is present in the lake. The National Park Service first detected zebra mussel larvae in the reservoir in June 2022. They sampled four additional […]
Jackie’s Canine Carnival offers fun for local pups, people
Pups of all shapes and sizes came out with their people to celebrate Jackie Cazares’s memory during Jackie’s Canine Carnival on March 16. The day-long event held at the Uvalde County Fairplex brought community members and their family pets to participate in contests, play carnival games, and make furry friends. Jackie’s Loving Hands, a non-profit Jackie’s family established to keep […]
Births
It’s a girl! Araceli and Aaron Lee announce the birth of their daughter, Alivia Symone Lee, on March 16, 2024, at Uvalde Memorial Hospital. Alivia weighed 7 pounds and 12 ounces and measured 19.5 inches in length. She is welcomed by her 7-year-old sister, Amora Belia Lee. Maternal grandparents are Dora and Hector Delgado of Batesville. Paternal grandparents are Sylvia […]
Delgado to step into interim chief role April 6
Homer Delgado, assistant chief of the Uvalde Police Department, will temporarily helm the office effective April 6. As of last week, city leaders had not formally discussed whether Delgado would receive a raise for taking on the additional responsibility in light of UPD Chief Daniel Rodriguez’s *March 12 resignation, Delgado said. Delgado, who the city hired as assistant chief in […]
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