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Family members of victims shared tissue boxes and held each other in a Nueces County courtroom on Jan 6. as prosecutors played 911 calls from the Robb Elementary School massacre, an emotional beginning to witness testimony in the trial of former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales. Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home employee and state witness Gilbert Limones said he initially […]
Uvalde County Junior Livestock Show returns with 893 entries
The 87th-annual Uvalde County Junior Livestock Show will run Jan. 17 and Jan. 22-24 at the Uvalde County Fairplex, with 304 exhibitors presenting 893 entries across livestock, shop, food, and photography divisions. This year’s entries include 57 angora goats, 98 baked foods, 45 breeding sheep, 29 commercial heifers, 65 horse class entries, 21 livestock judging teams, 18 market broilers, 46 […]
Area fire departments awarded almost $1 million
Uvalde, Utopia and Concan’s volunteer fire departments received a combined $900,000 this year in equipment grants from the Rural Fire Department Assistance Program after state lawmakers allocated the program an extra $192 million — 10 times its current annual budget. The funding will go towards a water tender (or tanker) and slip-on unit for UVFD; a large brush truck and […]
Stein to lead fruit tree seminar
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension professor and horticulturist Larry Stein will lead a free seminar on fruit trees from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 31 at Fanick’s Nursery, 1025 Holmgreen Road in San Antonio. Stein will demonstrate how to select, plant and prune fruit, nut, citrus, berry and grapes. Bexar County Master Gardeners are hosting the seminar and suggest dressing for […]
Coyotes, Lobos begin powerlifting season
Members of the Uvalde High School powerlifting team were to begin their 2026 season on Jan. 10 at Carrizo Springs. Results from the lifting meet will be reported in a future edition of the Uvalde Leader-News. UHS girls to lift at Carrizo Springs included Krystalynn Alejandro, McKenzie Muñoz, Olivia Alvarado, Isabela Mariscal, Gabriella Torres, Kyla Sanchez, Aubrianna Diaz, Sarai Martinez, […]
Private Schools
St. Philip’s Gabriel Jasso St. Philip’s Episcopal School fourth- and fifth-grade classes were busy with activities and events over the last month of the year. We studied the settlement of Texas and the Texas Revolution where students were asked to send in pictures of historical markers and discuss them. We attended a Pearl Harbor ceremony on Dec. 8 to honor […]
Resiliency center offering counseling, space during Robb-related trial
Director Jayme Johnston invites anyone needing support during the Robb Elementary-related trial of former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales to visit the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center at 2104 E. Main St. Johnston said center staff plan to offer extra support for the length of the trial, which began Jan. 5 in Corpus Christi. “The Uvalde Together Resiliency Center recognizes […]
MTV.com picks up Alejandro’s artwork
Remember When?10 Years ago Thursday, Jan. 7, 2015 MTV.com picks up Alejandro’s artwork – The force is strong with Lari Alejandro, whose recent Star Wars watercolor fan art was recognized by MTV.com. Alejandro was recognized in an article titled, “19 pieces of Star Wars fan art that’ll awaken your inner fangirl.” Her depiction of what MTV. com called “a contemplative Rey […]
Garner Park’s bird count spots Golden Eagle
Birders participating in the second-annual Garner State Park Christmas Bird Count recorded more than 80 species, including a rare-to-the-area Golden Eagle among the 2,550 individual birds tallied. Leakey resident Ethan Boatright and his team spotted the eagle Dec. 27 near Neal’s Lodge in Concan as a common raven was in pursuit. The sighting was special because the gold-hued bird of […]
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