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Uvalde City Council voted unanimously Sept. 23 to name longtime employee Joe Cardenas city manager. Cardenas, who has worked for the city for more than 27 years, serving under four city managers and two interim managers, will take over once Vince DiPiazza departs. DiPiazza, who has steered the city since 2015, gave 60-day notice Aug. 26, putting his last day […]
Kindergarten vaccination rates plummet at UCISD
One in five kindergartners enrolled in Uvalde’s school district were unvaccinated against measles, chicken pox and polio when classes began in August, a 16-percent drop from last year. As of Aug. 15, 78 percent of Uvalde kindergartners had received MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), polio and chicken pox vaccines, and 77 percent were vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough. […]
City names people to committee for Robb memorial
After a 40-minute closed session Sept. 23, Uvalde City Council voted to appoint seven members to a committee overseeing the design of a permanent Robb Elementary School memorial at the downtown plaza. For the Robb memorial design committee Robb families choose three representatives: parents Javier Cazares (father of Jackie Cazares), April Elrod (mother of Makenna Elrod Seiler) and Kimberly Garcia […]
College trustees change graduation GPA requirements
Southwest Texas College’s board of trustees voted on Sept. 18 to update the catalog, allowing students to graduate even if they have a low GPA from previous coursework. The former graduation requirements included a minimum 2.0 GPA in all college-level coursework. With the trustees’ approved change, students will only need a 2.0 average in the coursework required for their degree […]
Knippa runners make strides in Utopia meet
KnippaThe Knippa varsity boys cross-country team earned second place overall in Utopia on Sept. 20, while the junior high girls placed third and the junior high boys finished fifth. Leading the varsity boys, Luke Adame finished fourth and Victor Ortiz seventh, followed by Cash Adame in 12th; Evan Perez, 21st; Sergio Esquivel, 26th; and Aarav Punalekar, 29th. In the varsity […]
Rain fizzles for most, some east of town see over 1 inch
An isolated thunderstorm on Sept. 24 deposited traces of rain for most, but one large storm cell grazed the eastern side of the city leaving over an inch of rain. Carol Kothmann off Garner Field Road reported 1.51 inches on Facebook. Commentators mostly reported no rain, though a couple reported from 0.50 inches up to 1.30 inches. J. Hardie, 4.5 […]
Learning must extend beyond the classroom
A grade of F and a 3% rating among Texas schools should be embarrassing for Uvalde teachers, students, and parents. So, what can be done? Today’s schools face many competing factors outside of the classroom setting. The schools of yesteryear didn’t have to deal with video games, computers, cell phones, and television, all which prove much more interesting and stimulating […]
Pete Belman cross-country classic set Oct. 1
Uvalde High School’s Camp Street sports complex will be the site for the 5th-annual Pete Belman Invitational cross country run set for Oct. 1. The first race of the day will be the varsity girls 5K beginning at 8 a.m. Following that race will be the varsity boys 5K set to begin at 8:30 a.m. The girls small school 2-mile […]
Wendell L. Ray
Wendell Lee Ray, 85, of Uvalde died on Sept. 13, 2025, at his residence. He was born on June 17, 1940, in Elmo, Missouri, to Thelma (Ecker) and Lodell Elmer Ray. He dedicated many years of his life to his teaching career, landscaping and family businesses. He graduated from Northwest Missouri State University where he played basketball and tennis on […]
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