Aquifer recovery remains distant despite rainfall



Uvalde County Underground Water Conservation District general manager Vic Hilderbran urges water users to remain steadfast in their conservation efforts despite recent rainfall. As of June 12, the Uvalde Pool of the Edwards Aquifer stood at 821.2 feet above mean sea level. On the same date in 2024, it measured 832.2 feet – still well below the historical June average […]

Winds rip Sabinal

Community unites in cleanup after straight-line gusts cause damage
Concan rain tally over 5 inches, Uvalde at 2 inches


Sabinal residents rallied  June 11, aiding neighbors after 80 mph straight-line winds ripped through town, felling giant trees and leaving about 500 residents – about 42 percent of electric customers – without power for hours. Community members checked on neighbors, and local churches and the Sabinal Public Library offered shelter to those in need. Residents reported damaged roofs and displaced […]

County to borrow $9.9 million

Money will offset courthouse, jail, fairplex and road improvements.


Uvalde County Commissioners unanimously voted June 9 to move forward with plans to issue $9.9 million in certificates of obligation to fund courthouse, jail, fairplex and road improvements. All four commissioners, including John Yeackle, Mariano Pargas Jr., Roy Kothmann and Ronald Garza, plus Judge Bill Mitchell were present for the meeting held in the third-floor courtroom of the Uvalde County […]

Ceremony set for $1.8M splash pad

Ox Ranch donating money for project

Ox Ranch, the Rotary Club of Uvalde, Strickland Construction and Design LLC and the city of Uvalde invite the public to the 4 p.m. June 19 groundbreaking ceremony for a $1.8 million, 4,200-square-foot splash pad at El Jardín de los Héroes Park. Rotarian and project contractor Joe Strickland said the splash pad should be finished in December. Brent Oxley, owner […]

Classifieds June 15, 2025

10 Years ago: Flag raising recalls storied 1957 photo

Remember When?

10 years ago Thursday, June 11, 2015 UCISD wish lists top $10 million – Some major upgrades – possibly up to $10 million in improvements – could be on the way to various Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District campuses. The school district is entering the beginning stages of possibly procuring a maintenance tax note to make improvements that include construction […]

Judge sentences man to three years for DWI manslaughter

Jacob Ross Olive, 30, of Mountain Home will spend three years in prison after a Kerr County jury convicted him on June 6 of driving while intoxicated in a 2022 wreck that killed Sarah Christian Reagor, age 27, of Leakey. Judge Pat McGuire of the 198th Judicial District Court sentenced Olive to three years of incarceration and 10 years of […]

Gonzales returns to Uvalde High to lead powerlifting, defensive line

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Frank Gonzales is the new head powerlifting coach at Uvalde High School. Though he is the new head coach, he is neither new to powerlifting nor new to Uvalde. Gonzales, a 1979 graduate of Uvalde High School, has spent most of his coaching career working for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District. “I began as a junior high coach here […]

Rocky Rocchio

Thomas “Rocky” Harrell Rocchio, of Concan, passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in San Antonio. He was born in Wichita Falls to the late Clarence “Rocky” and Mary Harrell. Rocky attended Texas A&I University, where he met and married Linda Jo Erekson in 1965. They moved to the Rio Grande Valley, where Rocky started his construction business, General Services. […]

Utopia rodeo rides again with barbecue, dance

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One of the oldest rodeos in Texas will happen June 27-28 at Utopia Park. Park board members have worked hard to keep this historic tradition a part of modern-day Utopia and thus have made a few changes in the format. For the third year, the Friday night performance brings an exciting SYJ Rodeo Company Bull Bash featuring bull riders from […]