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This April marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Utopia Volunteer Fire Department. Fireman Kenneth Bohannan began the annual Community Auction with a tribute to the volunteers who have served our Sabinal Canyon for these 75 years. Everett Boyce, the first fire chief, acquired an old school bus and he and a small group of volunteers converted the […]
From school bus to state-of-the-art
Utopia VFD celebrates 75 years of heart, heroism, and hometown prideUtopia
Growing hens raise our hopes of plentiful eggs
City BumpkinsLaying hens are as good as gold since the price of eggs has spiked high enough for us big eaters to almost choke on anything that smacks of that yellow delight. We’re talking about tacos – egg and chorizo and egg and potatoes – along with scrambled eggs with corn strips, sunny side up with a piece of toast to […]
Leakey gets 1.68 inches of rain, storm tees up golf ball size hailstones
A sunny afternoon with temperatures reaching 92 degrees around 6 p.m. on April 4 quickly gave way to a fast-moving storm that struck Uvalde just four hours later, dropping 0.35 inches of rain and unleashing hail ranging from pea to golf ball size. The hail, measuring from 0.25 inches to nearly 2 inches in diameter, dented vehicles across the area. […]
Public invited to ‘Go Blue’ event at county fairplex
News Briefs“Go Blue Day” with entertainment including a DJ, Ballet Folklórico dancers, and a jazz band, community resource booths, a bicycle giveaway, and hot dogs is set April 16 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Uvalde County Stardust Pavilion at the Fairplex. It is open to the public and free to attend. Organizers, the Bluebonnet Children’s Advocacy Center, Tri-County CASA […]
Firefighters contain grass fire
UVFD goes twice to blaze on Hacienda RoadTwelve firefighters with the Uvalde Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fast-moving grass fire near the railroad tracks in the 2100 block of West Hacienda Road on April 8. UVFD Chief Mario Rangel said officials believe a vehicle experiencing mechanical issues sparked the fire. The department received a call at 2:13 p.m. reporting a brush fire spreading rapidly along the […]
Newspaper’s unpaid fact checker earned enduring respect
Tom DuBose read the Leader-News with great care. Mostly it was because he loved our community and the printed word. A secondary motivation might have been catching us in errors of grammar or fact. Tom never gloated over our lapses in editing. He pointed them out in terse, often humorous letters. His name on a letter to the editor — […]
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