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Southwest Texas College’s board of trustees will allocate their votes for directors on Uvalde, Zavala and Real county appraisal district boards when they meet at 6 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Bluebonnet Room, 2401 Garner Field Road. As a taxing entity, Southwest Texas College is entitled to 240 votes to distribute amongst the UCAD candidates. Candidates for the three open […]
Esquivel earns Offensive MVP, Fulcher is Setter of the Year
SabinalSabinal High School volleyball players dominated the District 30-2A postseason awards after going 4-1 in district this season, ending as district runner-up. Coaches voted Victoria Esquivel as the district’s Offensive Most Valuable Player and chose Hennley Fulcher as Setter of the Year. Kaydence Sandoval earned Academic All-State honors for her excellence in both academics and athletics. She also landed on […]
Shoe giveaway slated Dec. 10
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas will host a free shoe distribution from 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 10 at Community Health Development Inc.’s 115 N. Ham Lane site. The event will provide 1,000 new pairs of athletic shoes to Uvalde children. The giveaway is open to all school-aged children who live in Uvalde, not just those enrolled in […]
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To submit an event for publication in the Leader-News calendar, call managing editor Meghann Garcia at 830-278-3335 or email her at mgarcia@ulnnow.com Nov. 20 City of Uvalde planning director Susan Anderson will discuss the World War II-era Garner Field Airport when the Uvalde County Historical Commission meets at 5:30 p.m. at El Progreso Memorial Library. Meetings are open to the […]
Tree City soccer league gears up for tournament
The Tree City Youth Soccer League will kick off its fall tournament Nov. 17 at the Tree City Sports Complex, bringing together young athletes from across the area for a week of competition, community spirit and non-stop action. Admission is free for all games. Teams will compete all week in four divisions: ages 10 and under boys, 10 and under […]
Locals, veterans celebrate U.S. Marine Corps birthday
Newspaper staff updated this story at 2:45 p.m. Nov. 17 to reflect the correct event date of Nov. 10. Dozens gathered Nov. 10 in the McNelly Room at First State Bank of Uvalde to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps. The Marine Corps was founded as the Continental Marines on Nov. 10, 1775, by a resolution […]
Housing authority to discuss fair market rents
Uvalde Housing Authority commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. Nov. 17 to discuss Fair Market Rents for the fiscal year 2026, hear about the authority’s financial condition and occupancy, and voucher disbursement schedules. Commissioners will meet at 1700 Garner Field Road. Other agenda items include reviewing cards and receipts and the Lincoln Financial Group accounting summary as of Sept. 30, […]
Morales Coyotes win their football season finale
The Uvalde Morales Coyotes won their final junior high school football game of the season. On Nov. 6 at Brackettville, the Morales seventh-graders posted a 22-18 win over the Brackett Tigers team comprising of both seventh- and eighth-graders. In the second game, the Uvalde eighth-graders beat the La Pryor Bulldogs in a 22-0 thriller. Quarterback Joseph Delgado scored the first […]
Conservationists married passion, fortunes to save Patagonia
For the first 60 miles, the drive south over the Carretera Austral (Southern Highway) from Coyhaique, Chile, to our destination in Patagonia National Park felt like a dream sequence. At each bend – as we snaked through the Andean cordillera – the mountains surprised with a view more breathtaking than the last. At Villa Cerro Castillo, home to its own […]
Coyotes place 10th in fall Tivy golf tournament
The Uvalde Coyotes finished 10th out of 21 teams vying in the Tivy Invitational golf classic on Nov. 3 at Kerrville. Coach Roy Torres’ Coyotes recorded 352 strokes in the team totals. Remington Heard posted Uvalde’s lowest score with an 81. Brett Dryer finished one stroke behind Heard with his score of 82. Blaze Cantu, Kooper Mello, and Patton Osina […]
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