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Sergio Tavares De La Cruz, 60, of Uvalde, died on July 20, 2024, at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. He was born on Aug. 12, 1963, in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, to Maria Cruz (Tavares) and Anastacio De La Cruz. His family said he had a life-long passion for soccer, especially for his hometown team of Leon, and he enjoyed playing […]
Calendar
July 28 Youth Players on the Plaza will take to the Uvalde Grand Opera House stage to present “Mary Poppins Jr.” at 3 p.m. Aug. 1 American Legion Post 479 and its ladies auxiliary Unit 479 will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 583 W. Main in Uvalde. FMI, Jose Saucedo, 830-486-5196. The Uvalde County 4-H Club […]
Write-in candidate files for sheriff’s race
Sabinal native and longtime Uvaldean Fabian Villasana filed July 22 to run for Uvalde County Sheriff as a write-in candidate. Villasana will face incumbent candidate Ruben Nolasco in the Nov. 5 general election. The two previously faced each other in the 2020 Republican Party primary election. In that race, Villasana placed third of three candidates; Nolasco later won the runoff […]
Athletic booster club meeting scheduled July 31
The Uvalde Athletic Booster Club will conduct its next meeting on July 31 at Uvalde School. Activities will get underway at 6 p.m. in the War Room located next to the Uvalde High School athletic department office in the Harvey Kinchlow Gym Annex. Plans for the coming Uvalde High School athletic school year will be discussed and the results from […]
Lala G. Rodriguez
Oralia “Lala” Gomez Rodriguez, age 79 of Fife Lake, Michigan, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 18, 2024, with her family by her side. She was born to the late Ignacio and Carolina Gomez in Uvalde, Texas. She married Eliseo T. Rodriguez in Uvalde, Texas, on Feb. 14, 1964, and they were married for 60 years. Lala was an amazing […]
Ward cousins meet for 35th-annual reunion
Melinda Ward submitted the following recap of the Ward family reunion. On July 19-21, the Mary B. Powers Hall in Barksdale was once again filled with descendants of William Carroll and Mary Sansom Ward. One hundred eleven relatives and friends were present for the 35th Ward reunion. The oldest present was 91-year-old Tommy Ward with the youngest being Joel Shelton, […]
Jeff W. Ryland
Jeff Welborn Ryland, age 75, passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas. He was born on Sept. 29, 1948, in Uvalde, Texas. He was a veteran of the United States Army. After discharge he used his GI Bill to attend Oral Roberts University, graduating in 1978. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and […]
Parks commission approves disposal regulations
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved statewide deer carcass disposal regulations during its May meeting in an effort to reduce the risk of transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease. For most hunters, these new regulations do not change how they currently care for their deer after harvest. The new regulations, which will take effect during the upcoming hunting season, will […]
Pastor’s Column: ‘A means of receiving supernatural grace’
Suggested Readings: 2 Kings 4:42-44, Psalm 145, Ephesians 4:1-6, John 6:1-15 Live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, … striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace: one body and one Spirit” This week we begin reading about the Bread of Life discourse in John chapter six. The Eucharist is given […]
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