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To submit an event for publication in the Leader-News calendar, call staff writer Melissa Federspill at 830-278-3335 or email her at mfederspill@ulnnow.com April 3 Face painting, hot dogs, dancing and children’s game are set from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Uvalde County Fairplex as part of the Bluebonnet Children’s Advocacy Center’s annual Go Blue Day festivities. Shianne De La […]
Utopia girls’ golf team wins district championship
Utopia High School students have continued their winning streak to capture the girls’ district golf championship with the boys not far behind in second place. The ladies team of Kinsley Cox, Lizzy Hryniszac, Danika McCarty, Riley McCutcheon and Hallie Moore not only won the tournament but received top medalist awards with Cox placing first and Moore second. The boys finished […]
Uvalde CISD
Batesville Jacob Mewhinney & Lynn Simpson It is getting close to one of the busiest times of the year: State testing is just around the corner in April. Third- through eighth-grade students will take reading and math STAAR tests, while fifth- and eighth-grade students will take science. Eighth-graders will also have to take the social studies STAAR test. In science […]
Iconic building with history of murder to host civilized dining
An historic building in downtown Uvalde will be reborn as a fine-dining restaurant after SkyWay Entertainment finishes a lengthy rehabilitation of the Stein Building. Completed in 1890 on the site of town founder Reading W. Black’s trading post, the iconic two-story structure was best known as the First National Bank building. In 1898, the second floor housed the first office […]
UCISD may lose campus monitors
Topics include new campus specialists, infrastructureGrant funding for campus monitors is set to expire this year and the district is in the process of writing a new grant that would finance a similar position with higher responsibilities, Superintendent Ashley Chohlis said March 25. The item was among a number of policy and facility upgrades Chohlis shared during a recent meeting of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent […]
Contreras plays in all-star basketball game
On Sunday, March 24, Sabinal High School senior Joseph Contreras played in the inaugural San Antonio Sports All-Star Basketball game. “It was good. I had a great time playing with new people. It was also my birthday. It was a good time,” said Contreras, the son of Shea Gilleland and Joe Contreras. Contreras, who stands 6 feet, 11 inches, had […]
Students held as political hostages
School security and school vouchers have absolutely nothing in common except the word “school” and yet Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continues to block funding for state-mandated security measures without passage of his pet school savings account legislation. The impact on public schools, particularly those in rural areas like ours, has been dramatic. In the aftermath of the Robb tragedy, state […]
Dr. Rose M. Weaver
Dr. Rose Marie Gonzalez Weaver, 69, of Uvalde died on March 14, 2024, at her residence. Visitation was held on March 22 at 9 a.m. Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary, and a funeral Mass was celebrated at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of the Leader-News.
UCISD new school construction moving along
Foundation still $20 million shy of bringing school to 2025 completionConstruction workers will likely begin pouring a concrete foundation for Uvalde’s new elementary school in the weeks ahead, project leaders said during a March 26 news conference. News media and donors gathered near the corner of Fourth and Leona Streets for a construction update and the presentation of a $1 million check that will help build the school to replace […]
Total eclipse will darken Uvalde on April 8
Protect eyes with certified glasses; avoid gazing at sunIn eight days, the moon will slide between the sun and Earth, blocking sunlight over a 100-mile-wide strip ranging from Mexico to Canada and allowing Uvaldeans to experience an awe-inspiring event hundreds of years in the making. For about 4 minutes and 16 seconds, starting 40 seconds after 1:29 p.m., and ending shortly before 1:34 p.m., Uvaldeans will experience total […]
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