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A group with ties to Monongahela, Pennsylvania, located about 17 miles southeast of Pittsburg, will be in Uvalde June 26-27 to give away thousands of cookies, stuffed animals, handwritten notes and 150 copies of the book “Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss.” The group will set up in the banquet hall at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Sunday […]

The cowboy, as he is known, came to Uvalde shortly after learning about the May 24 tragedy at Robb Elementary, to lend an ear to those in need. He was here about 22 days before leaving on June 20, sitting outdoors day and night, exposed to the elements at the corner of Main and Grove streets.  His given name is […]

Uvalde City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to deny a leave of absence to newly-elected District 3 councilman Pete Arredondo. In a meeting held at the Willie De Leon Civic Center instead of city hall, due to public interest, Councilman Ernest W. “Chip” King III made the motion to deny the leave, and Councilman Everardo “Lalo” Zamora offered the second.  […]

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District trustees did not levy disciplinary action against school police chief Pete Arredondo or act on school safety initiatives Monday despite hearing nearly 45 minutes of scathing testimony from people who lost children and parents in the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. Anne Marie Espinoza, executive director of marketing and communications for UCISD, […]

The 77-minute delay in entering the Robb classrooms where 19 students and two teachers were murdered on May 24 represented a textbook example of command breakdown, according to testimony delivered Tuesday by state police director Steven McCraw. “We have compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at Robb Elementary was an abject failure and antithetical to everything […]

Baptist Temple Church of Uvalde will host Don Piper, author of “90 Minutes in Heaven,” Wednesday, June 22, at 11 a.m. The event is open to the public and styled as a “Hope for Uvalde Recovery Rally.” Piper will give away 110 copies of his book, 60 in Spanish and 50 in English. According to promotional materials released to the […]

On Friday, Irma Garcia and Eva Mireles, the two Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District fourth-grade co-teachers who died on May 24 when a gunman opened fire in their Robb Elementary School classroom, were honored in a ceremony memorializing fallen educators. The ceremony was held at the National Memorial to Fallen Educators, located at Emporia State University in Kansas. Their names […]