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A handful of Uvalde County nonprofits will join more than 400 organizations across South Texas for this year’s Big Give, the region’s 24-hour online giving event set Sept. 18–19. On the website thebiggivesa.org, donors can pledge as little as $10. The donation window runs from 6 p.m. Sept. 17 to 6 p.m. Sept. 18. Early giving opened Sept. 10. Launched […]
Ruiz wins $50 in weekly football contest
A.E. Ruiz is the first-place winner of the Sept. 4-7 Uvalde Leader-News football contest. Ruiz missed on only two games and won the $50 first-place prize. Five contestants missed on three games. Using the Green Bay-Detroit tie-breaker game score, contest judges determined that Jesse Aviles won second place, $40, while Ysidro Silvas won third place, $30. Aviles’ tie-breaker score of […]
Coming to terms with how we consume news
Can you imagine people standing in line to buy the latest copy of the Uvalde Leader-News? Hard to fathom in today’s digital world, but four decades ago that’s exactly what I found upon moving to Uvalde. Every Wednesday and Saturday night readers queued at the back door of our mail room to collect their paper – if not hot off the […]
Uvalde CISD
Dual Language Academy Beatriz Valenzuela The Uvalde Dual Language Academy was represented by their newly established folklórico team at the Palomino Fest parade with 32 of their 45 members present. Teachers Beatriz Valenzuela and Marisela Martinez have been trying to start this dance program since they began working together in 2023. “We are so excited to be getting the opportunity […]
County officials adopt nearly $63 million budget
Uvalde County Commissioners approved a $62.9 million budget Sept. 8 that includes 5-percent raises for employees and funds major debt projects, relying on a higher tax rate to offset rising costs and shrinking revenue from federal inmates and hotel stays. The general fund, which includes salaries and operating expenses, is allocated about $25.69 million, the road and bridge fund is […]
Calendar
Sept. 16 Uvalde’s AirLIFE TEXAS will celebrate its 25th anniversary from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the parking lot behind the helipad at Uvalde Memorial Hospital on 1025 Garner Field Rd. To RSVP, email Outreach.AirLIFETEXAS5@airmethods.com . Sept. 17, 24 The Herby Ham Activity Center’s crocheting club, The Yarn Whisperers, will meet at 9 a.m. to crochet. Beginners are welcome […]
Tip411 makes reporting wildlife crimes easy
Parks and Wildlife debuts Operation Game Thief appTexans now have a faster, easier and completely anonymous way to report fishing, wildlife and boating violations – putting the power to protect our natural resources right at their fingertips. Operation Game Thief, Texas’ wildlife crime-stoppers program, has launched Tip411 – a new mobile app, text line and online web form that makes reporting wildlife crimes more accessible than ever. […]
Young Coyotes shut out Hondo in football competition
It was a big night for Uvalde sub-varsity football teams Sept. 11 at Hondo’s Barry Field. The Coyotes beat the Owls, 56-0, in freshman competition then downed Hondo, 44-0, in junior varsity competition. In the first game of the doubleheader, the Uvalde High School freshmen got off to a 32-0 lead in the first period and rolled on to the […]
Purple, gold, and grace
FREE Communities mend young heartsFive decades ago, a girl from Sabinal lost her father in February during her sophomore year of high school. She did not get to live with him in her childhood home on their family ranch for the last 20 months of his life, because he was too dangerous. Her father was an abusive alcoholic who would get drunk and beat […]
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