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UHS seeks cross-country gains
Uvalde High School head cross country coach Libby Gonzales directed a young running team last season. Despite fielding a young team, her Coyotes placed third in the boys team standings and her Lobos took fourth place in the girls team standings of the District 27-4A competition held at Floresville. “We fielded a young team, but both the Coyotes and the […]
Athletic boosters kick off membership drive
With the start of the Uvalde High School 2025-26 sports season a little more than one month away, the Uvalde Athletic Booster Club has kicked off its membership drive for the new school year. “We invite parents and all other fans to join the club,” said new booster club president Jo Francis Massey. “The best way to support of Coyotes […]
EDITORIAL: Freedom’s ring must always unite us
Come Friday our city and nation will be awash in red, white and blue as we celebrate the 249th anniversary of our nation’s birth as an independent republic. To say that it was a difficult passage would be an understatement, as would any notion that it has been smooth sailing since. After narrowly defeating our British cousins at Yorktown, after […]
Uvalde youth baseball camp slated July 7-9
Baseball will be the featured sport for the next youth camp sponsored by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District. The camp, for incoming Uvalde fourth-graders up to incoming ninth-graders, is scheduled July 7-9 at Marvin Kolinek Field. Daily sessions will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Cost for the camp will $30 per camper. Uvalde High School head baseball […]
Pastor’s column: St. Peter and Paul taught unity of faith
Sunday Readings Acts 3:1-10, Ps 19, Gal 1:11-20, Mt 16:13-19 The Solemnity of saints Peter and Paul is celebrated this Sunday. This feast shows the divine nature of the mandate to preach and minister the Gospel that was given to the Apostles. It also shows the unity of faith to which all Christian are called. The reading from Acts tells […]
Korczynski, Meyer top first UYRC competition
Atlee Korczynski and Brynleigh Meyer each finished first in four different events to top all athletes in the first point-night competition of the 2025 Uvalde Youth Rodeo Club season. Vying in the Uvalde County Arena in the Fairplex on June 17, Korczynski placed first in the girls 11- to 13-year-olds division of the straight barrels, cloverleaf barrels, poles, and goat […]
Fire destroys Heard School
Historic Reagan Wells building constructed in 1909A 911 caller notified authorities around 2:12 p.m. June 24 that Heard School in Reagan Wells was on fire, and within hours the cherished community center was gone, reduced to a brick chimney protruding from the debris. Officials do not know what caused the fire, though they don’t suspect arson or foul play. The Reagan Wells Cemetery Association owns the […]
Teen boxer punches for nationals
FREESeventeen-year-old Marik Ortiz of Uvalde, eight-time national champion and the No. 1 ranked female youth boxer in the nation in the youth super heavyweight division, has qualified for the USA Boxing National Championships in December. Known in the ring as “La Gringa De Oro,” Ortiz also plays varsity volleyball and basketball for La Pryor’s Lady Bulldogs. Ortiz, who will be […]
Nguyen leaving to serve God elsewhere
Man Nguyen is about to begin the next step in his spiritual journey. Today at Uvalde’s Sacred Heart Catholic Church he will celebrate Mass for the last time as the Parochial Vicar, the priest who assists the pastor of the parish. Father Man soon will fill a similar position at San Antonio’s St. Thomas More Catholic Church. “It is tough […]
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