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After conferring for about an hour in closed session April 22, Uvalde City Council unanimously approved a settlement with families affected by the Robb Elementary School shooting. All council members were present in the meeting, held at the Willie De Leon Civic Center due to ongoing elevator upgrades at city hall. Council members did not disclose details of the settlement. […]
Cactus Jack bringing rodeo May 1-3
The Cactus Jack PRCA Xtreme Bull Riding event featuring top-tier bull riders and ranch bronc competitors is set to return May 1-3 to the Uvalde County Arena at the Fairplex. General admission is $20 per person, with children 10 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult. A three-day Mega Pass is available for $40. Tickets are available at […]
UVFD rescues drivers stranded on flooded roads
Nineteen firefighters rescued two stranded drivers April 23 after floodwaters overtook their cars on Puccini Lane and County Road 429, and a third driver after their vehicle hydroplaned into a ditch near U.S. Highway 83. The Uvalde Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call at 5:29 a.m. regarding a car being stranded after driving into a low-lying part of County […]
Uvalde gets 1.68 inches of rain in Easter week storms
Sheets of lightning lit up the night shortly before 4 a.m. on April 20, Easter Sunday, as a thunderstorm rolled into Uvalde depositing 0.85 inches of rain. Three days later another 0.83 inches fell. The rainfall brings the year-to-date total for the city to 4.11 inches, about an inch and a half below the 121-year average of 5.57 inches. The […]
City adds to healing with Robb settlement
No amount of money, police department mandates, cemetery upkeep or even a permanent memorial will return 21 beautiful souls lost on May 24, 2022, but the city’s settlement this week of the $2 million Robb lawsuit represents an important step toward healing. The agreement, which includes a permanent memorial on the downtown plaza, gives the victims’ families and survivors a […]
Kent Beecroft
Kent Beecroft, 82, died on Friday morning, April 18th in his home, with loved ones by his side. Kent was born on Aug. 8 1942, in San Antonio and adopted at birth by Eric and Ethel Beecroft of Uvalde. He was baptized into the Christian faith at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church where he attended church much of his life. After […]
Wind collapses Aulick Industries building, sign
Fidel Sosa, manager of Aulick Industries, came to work at 5:30 a.m. on April 23, and was surprised to find the building crushed, the 30 foot sign bent in half, and nearby trees damaged from storm winds. Directly across the highway from the business, trees were uprooted and branches were scattered. Sosa thinks a funnel cloud must have hit it […]
Luis C. Chavez
Luis Carlos (“Lu”) Chavez, 55, formerly of Uvalde, died in San Antonio on April 5, 2025. Born in San Salvador, El Salvador on Dec. 7, 1969, to Geronimo and Jane (Merry) Chavez, Lu was the youngest of four children. After moving with his family to Uvalde in 1974, Lu attended Uvalde public schools and participated in community programs including Rainbow […]
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