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Hundreds of community members packed the Willie De Leon Civic Center on the evening of Dec. 11 in celebration of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District’s annual tamalada. The school district each year during the holiday season hosts a free tamale dinner available to the entire community. It was immediately proceeded by a community beliefs meeting where people weighed in with […]
Newspaper posting runoff results online
The Uvalde Leader-News posted results of the Dec. 14 mayoral ruoff election between Hector Luevano and Everardo “Lalo” Zamora on its website, social media channels, and on the front door of the office at 110 N. East St.
Private Schools
Sacred Heart Olivia Talavera Sacred Heart School students were excited to participate in the making of clay Christmas ornaments with the help and direction of school counselor Olivia Talavera and the South Texas Children’s Bereavement Center outreach coordinator Michelle Ramirez. These will be baked in the kiln located at the Bereavement Center. Our school is fortunate to have additional counselor […]
Modene D. Horton
Modene Davis Horton, 98 of Sabinal, died peacefully on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Uvalde. She was born on July 11, 1926, in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, to Walter and Sylvia (Sampson) Davis. Modene married Eck Horton on Oct. 23, 1946, in Sabinal. The couple met in San Francisco, California, as he was returning from the Pacific Theatre at the conclusion […]
Calendar
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 Dec. 15 A candlelight vigil to honor loved ones who have died will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the amphitheater at Uvalde Memorial Park. Organizers suggest bringing a lawn chair and a memorial photo. Hosts will provide luminarias. […]
Brotherly love is a gift away
Our city abounds with people and organizations that need our help. That may not sound like good news, but the opportunity it presents to share with others can change us for the better. Isn’t that an important thread in the Christmas story? People go hungry in all size towns, just as some face illness or injury they cannot afford to […]
4-H members seeking memorial wreath sponsors for veterans
Wreaths Across America matching donations to Jan. 17Uvalde County 4-H Club parent volunteer Heather Smith is asking people to contribute to the club’s 2025 plan to place hand-tied balsam wreaths on the graves of local veterans. Smith said Wreaths Across America, the non-profit that organizes thousands of ceremonies to honor veterans in mid-December, is hosting a matching campaign from Dec. 14 through Jan. 17, 2025. “So if […]
County to continue meeting bi-monthly on Monday
Uvalde County Commissioners voted Dec. 9 to keep Monday as the day of the week for their twice-monthly regular meetings at the Uvalde County Courthouse. They also accepted a bid for grant-funded water line work in Knippa and resolved to apply for a $250,000 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department access grant. Commissioners annually set a regular day of the week […]
Danny R. Welch
Danny Roy Welch, 76, of Uvalde, died on Dec. 3, 2024, at Uvalde Memorial Hospital. He was born on June 20, 1948, in Sabinal to Leila Jo (Copple) and Herman Welch. He married Barbara Johnson on June 7, 1974, in Houston. His family said she was the love of his life and they shared 50 years together. He is survived […]
SWTX basketball tourney wraps up
This year marks 64-years for the tournamentThe Nueces Canyon Panthers and the Utopia Buffaloes are the 64th annual Southwest Texas College Invitational basketball tournament champions. Nueces Canyon’s girls successfully defended their 2023 title, defeating the D’Hanis Cowgirls, 29-25, in the 2024 title game on Dec. 7 evening in La Forge Hall Gym. Meredith Schreiner posted 10 points, and Madison Sifuentes recorded eight points, leading the scoring […]
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