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City, school to open public sports field
Remember When?10 Years ago Thursday, Jan. 28, 2015 Public practice field is a go – The city of Uvalde on Tuesday agreed to work with the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District to develop practice fields for public use. Monetary commitments were not established. The identified property, which is owned by the school district, is located at the corner of North Camp […]
City doubles access to Buda water via well conversion
The city of Uvalde is now able to pump 2,000 acre-feet of Buda Aquifer water using two city wells by Oak Street on alternating shifts. Uvalde City Council members issued a final payment of $59,009 to Alvin E. Stock Contractors LLC Jan. 27 for improvement work on city well No. 5 located on East Oak Street between North First and […]
Editorial: Humane, bipartisan solution required
The shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis surely marks an inflection point for the nation. As much as we might want to look away or accept the initial federal response that Pretti was out to “massacre law enforcement,” video footage tells a different story. It’s true the Veterans Affairs nurse was carrying a […]
Guadalupe V. Victorino
Guadalupe Valdez Victorino, 68, of La Pryor, died on Jan. 21, 2025, at Amistad Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Uvalde. Visitation is set from 2 to 9 p.m. Feb. 2, and a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m., at Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Feb 3 at St. Joseph Catholic Church. […]
Tax board approves $3K educational incentive for collectors
Uvalde County Appraisal District approved a $3,000 raise for tax collectors in possession of a bachelor’s degree during the Jan. 20 meeting. Individuals working in the district’s appraisal department currently benefit from a 2021 education incentive that gives those with bachelor’s degrees $3,000 more in salary; an incentive that was not extended to the tax collections department. “This isn’t just […]
Maxwell-Rambie leads Bible study series
Kathleen Maxwell-Rambie will host a free Bible study from noon to 1 p.m. each Wednesday for six weeks beginning Feb. 4 at the Uvalde Country Club, 407 E. Garden St. Maxwell-Rambie created “The Gathering – Bringing God into Everyday Life” from her columns, focusing on applying biblical lessons to everyday life. Each participant receives a study guide to reflect on […]
Letters to the Editor
Public trust It comes as little surprise that the publisher-editorialist of this newspaper is doubly chagrined by the outcome of the Adrian Gonzales trial. Not only did the jury evidently disappoint the publisher in acquitting the defendant of various charges, in retrospect he wishes more law enforcement officers had been hauled into court, too. The awful tragedy at Robb Elementary […]
Uvalde gets 0.85 inches or rain as temps hit 20s
Uvalde received 0.85 inches of rain the weekend of Jan. 23-25, while an arctic front dropped low temperatures to around 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Observers in Utopia, Reagan Wells and near Concan recorded 1.5 inches or more of rain. Lows did not break the 18-degree record seen Jan. 27, 1897, in San Antonio, as the National Weather Service issued an extreme […]
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