Tax board, schools meeting this week

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UCISD Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District trustees will meet 6 p.m. April 14 at the Benson Educational Complex, 601 Dean St. The school had not posted a meeting agenda when the paper was printed. UCAD Uvalde County Appraisal District directors will meet at 5:45 p.m. April 15 at 209 N. High St to discuss and vote on raising appraiser salaries. […]

UCAD files tax suits against 12

Family alleges negligence in elderly father’s death
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Uvalde County Appraisal District and taxing entities it represents filed 12 suits against property owners for delinquent property taxes in March in the 38th Judicial District Court of Judge Kelley Kimble. Three people and the estate of a deceased person filed a medical malpractice suit against a nursing and rehabilitation center. Creditors filed six suits for unresolved debts. Two people […]

Bryce inducted into rodeo hall of fame

Diane Causey Bryce, one of the Fisher sisters of Utopia, was inducted into the Rodeo Cowboys of South Texas Hall of Fame on Saturday, March 22. Bryce got her start in rodeo at age 6 during the Utopia Centennial in 1952, when her father, Billy Fisher, put her on a green-broke, 4-year-old gelding and entered her in the ladies’ barrel […]

Southwest Texas College sets ambitious transfer, persistence goals



Southwest Texas College trustees approved setting higher goals for dual-credit and continuing student enrollment. SWTX student engagement and success director Randa Schell on March 27 presented proposed changes to the college’s strategic plan, which calls for increasing the number of high schoolers who take dual-credit courses at SWTX and then enroll at a Texas university to 245 from 213. The […]

Reagan Wells Baptist Church shares Easter plans

Reagan Wells Baptist Church invites the community to join in a weekend of worship, reflection, and celebration this Easter Events begin April 18 at 7 p.m. with a special Good Friday Service set at the cross by the river. Easter Sunday, April 20, will feature a full schedule of activities designed for all ages: 8:30 a.m. – sunrise service at […]

Lobos play Floresville in final home softball game

The Uvalde Lobos will play the Floresville Jaguars in their final home District 27-4A softball game of the year. Action in the April 14 contest is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Uvalde High School softball field. This game will be the second district meeting of the season between the Lobos and the Jaguars. On March 21, the Lobos beat […]

City Hall elevator out of service, meetings moved

City officials announced that the Uvalde City Hall elevator will be out of service for about four weeks starting Tuesday, April 15, due to renovations. During this time, city council meetings and municipal court hearings will take place at the Willie De Leon Civic Center. The April 22 city council meeting and April 24 municipal court hearing will be held […]

Knippa tennis dominates Rockcrusher tournament


Competing against 13 schools, the Knippa High School tennis team brought home overall champion honors March 28 at the 25th-annual Rockcrusher Tournament held in Uvalde. In varsity competition, McKenzie Speer and Madison Speer claimed first place in girls doubles, while Camryn Molloy and Hayes Molloy secured second in mixed doubles. Cameron Santos finished second in boys singles, and James Miller […]

After-School All-Stars celebrate Uvaldeans

King, Gonzales and Apolinar depicted as heroes


Tracy O. King typically wears a suit, not a cape – but on April 2, the longtime lawmaker saw himself reimagined in spandex at the Briscoe Western Art Museum, where he was honored as a 2025 Greater San Antonio After-School All-Stars hero. King, who retired in January after representing District 80 in the Texas House for 30 years, was one […]

Measles vaccine is proven life saver

Measles, a highly infectious disease that once laid low entire tribes of native Americans, no longer poses an existential threat. Thanks to a safe and effective vaccine introduced in 1963, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2000 judged the virus to have been eliminated. As we now know, eliminated did not mean disappeared. What it signified was the […]