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The Uvalde Lobos ended their 2024-25 basketball season at Hondo on Feb. 10, losing a 61-29 bi-district matchup against the La Vernia Bears. La Vernia’s girls got off to an 18-4 lead in the first period and never looked back as they rolled to a lopsided win over the Lobos. The Bears extended their lead to 33-13 by halftime and […]
Coyotes face big district soccer match at Floresville
The Uvalde Coyotes will be on the road Feb. 18 for a key district soccer match against the Floresville Tigers. Kick-off time for the varsity match is scheduled for 7 p.m. There will be a junior varsity match at 5 p.m. Floresville, 4-0 in district and 8-6 for the season, collared the Somerset Bulldogs, 5-0, in district action at Floresville […]
Letters to the Editor
Focus on solutions Craig Garnett’s book, “Uvalde’s Darkest Hour,” is a vivid snapshot of the tragedy of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. The facts alone are tough to read but are rendered accurately and with great empathy, from the scene at the school itself to the frenzied efforts to offer solace at the nearby funeral home and hospital. […]
Joanie L. Reece
Joanie L. Reece, 65, of Kerrville, Texas, passed away on Feb. 4, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas. She was born in Uvalde, Texas, to John and Shirley Cummings on Sept. 11, 1959. She went to school in Uvalde and graduated from Uvalde High School in 1977. She graduated from Schreiner University in 2014 with a bachelor of art in psychology […]
THSCA names UHS grad Griffin coach of the year
Former Uvalde High School head football coach Gary Griffin has been named the Region IV Coach of the Year by the Texas High School Coaches Association. In his first season as head football coach at Stanton High School, Coach Griffin directed the Buffaloes a 6-5 season record and to the Area round of the Class 3A Division II playoffs. Griffin, […]
Sabinal students hosting family night
Sabinal High School’s Science, Technology, Art, Music, and Theater program will host a family night Feb. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. Students will man booths to showcase their skills for visitors, and the school invited Sabinal, Knippa and Utopia elementary and junior high students. Outside presenters will range from the Reptile Man and Medina Electric Co-Op’s live wire presentation. […]
Tuition for upcoming graduates
FREE ‘Kate’s Cowboy Promise’ offering $4.2 million in scholarshipsThe Kate Marmion Charitable Foundation allocated $4.2 million to Southwest Texas College to cover tuition for high school graduates from schools in Uvalde, Frio, Real, and Zavala counties over the next five years. Named “Kate’s Cowboy Promise,” the program will provide tuition and up to $300 for books per semester, for up to three years per graduate or program completion, […]
La Pryor superintendent under investigation
La Pryor Independent School District Superintendent William Arevalo is on paid administrative leave amid investigations into whether he abused a 6-year-old girl at school in late January. The district’s board of trustees voted during a Feb. 7 special meeting to place Arevalo on leave throughout the investigation. The board placed district business manager Miriam Castillo as acting superintendent for the […]
Sabinal school board votes to fire Mulkey after arrest
Kenneth Wayne Mulkey, a local teacher who faces criminal charges for attempting to entice a minor, will no longer work for Sabinal Independent School District. Sabinal school trustees unanimously voted Feb. 10 to terminate Mulkey’s probationary contract. Superintendent Edgar Camacho told the newspaper Feb. 12 that he was in the process of writing a law-required letter notifying Mulkey of his […]
Warrants dominate local law enforcement arrests
CrimeArea law enforcement arrested 33 men and nine women Jan. 29 through Feb. 11, with about half comprising Uvalde residents. More than half of those arrested had a warrant, and six of them had from two to six warrants. Women ranged in age from 21 to 50. Their charges included assault Class C, public order crimes, and criminal trespassing. Six […]
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