Fifty years ago a teenage Mark Huffstutler lifted off from a runway in McAllen, alone at the controls of a single-engine Cessna 150, and in many respects he’s never touched down. Last Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration honored the Uvaldean with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for 50 years of “safe piloting, professionalism, skill and aviation expertise.” FAA safety […]

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District trustees voted June 23 to revise grievance procedures, adopting a policy that lets them decline taking action on complaints and letting administrative decisions stand without a vote. Under the previous policy, the school board was required to vote on all Level Three grievances – employee, student, or public complaints that had been appealed to the […]

Incoming Uvalde High School senior Diego Granados is the first student-athlete who will wear the #21 jersey for two sports, varsity football and soccer, in the same school year. After learning the news from his coaches, Granados hung a collage in his room featuring all 21 murals of the Robb Elementary victims. Each morning before his workout, he says their […]

Western District of Texas Judge Ernest Gonzalez has denied four motions filed by Tyler Cox, a Sabinal-based UPS driver representing himself in a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking $14.75 million from Uvalde County and County Judge Bill Mitchell. In a 10-page ruling issued June 20, Gonzalez criticized Cox for seemingly using artificial intelligence to draft legal documents, noting the filings […]