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Sabinal Wild Hog Fest set March 28-29

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The Sabinal Lions Club will bring back its Wild Hog Festival and Craft Fair March 28-29 at Veterans Memorial Live Oak Park, with a packed weekend of hog catching, live entertainment, and activities for all ages. Sabinal Little League will host a kickoff fundraiser concert featuring Los Kamaradas del Norte from 8 p.m. to midnight March 27 at Veterans Memorial […]

Art auction series to support Nueces Canyon Visitors Center

An ongoing series of art exhibits and auctions across Nueces Canyon is raising funds for a proposed visitors center near Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz, with additional events scheduled through May 1. The fundraiser began with a kickoff event at the Camp Wood home of Mary Lois Friday Hulsman, where organizers displayed an array of artworks, including watercolors […]

TPWD wants community input for new state park

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will ask Uvalde County residents how they want to use Bear Creek State Park and which natural features they want protected during a public meeting March 25. Bear Creek State Park is a 1,720-acre tract near Garner State Park and is set to become Uvalde County’s newest state park. The meeting will run from 6 […]

Oscar-winning ‘All the Empty Rooms’ features Robb victim

When Gloria and Javier Cazares of Uvalde answered a phone call from CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman, they could never have imagined where it would lead. Sunday night in Hollywood, the couple discovered the improbable result when Gloria helped to accept an Oscar for “All the Empty Rooms,” a searing documentary about her daughter, Jackie, and other children killed by […]

Goss to defend officer in feces handling case

Uvalde school cops share lawyers


Defense attorney Jason Goss, fresh off a not-guilty verdict in a Robb Elementary–related trial, now represents former Uvalde school police chief Joshua Gutierrez on an evidence tampering charge, according to documents filed in the 38th Judicial District Court. Two months ago, Goss and partner Nico LaHood secured an acquittal for former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales, who faced charges […]

Uvalde County Hospital Board holds meeting

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The Uvalde County Hospital Authority will meet at 6:30 p.m. March 24, to hear an update on the medical office building and other projects and view a presentation from Raymond James Financial Services. The meeting will also address capital needs items, appointments, and reappointments by the chief of staff, and financial reports from the chief financial officer. The meeting will […]

$60K gift will support college food pantry, resource center

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Southwest Texas College will use a $60,000 donation from Methodist Healthcare Ministries to support the college’s Cowboy Pantry and Student Resource Center, programs that help students meet basic needs while pursuing their education. Methodist Healthcare Ministries provided the one-time gift as part of an effort to help organizations respond to recent and ongoing changes in federal funding and address urgent […]

Luevano speaks at disability awareness event

The Forever Growing Institute, an organization aiming to provide opportunities for people with developmental disabilities, held its first Uvalde field and family day event March 12 at the Willie De Leon Civic Center. Mary Sendejo with the Uvalde branch of the Forever Growing Institute said after rain washed out plans for field day at a park, city officials including Mayor […]

City trashes plan to move garbage collection



The city of Uvalde agreed to indefinitely postpone moving trash pickup from alleys to streets in front of homes after residents of a northeast neighborhood rallied in protest. Affected streets are Donna Drive, Barry Street, Williams Street, Charles Place, Cenizo Boulevard, El Norte Circle and Buena Vista, covering approximately 100 households. The city was initially asking residents in these areas […]

El Progreso Memorial Library prepares for transition

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El Progreso Memorial Library will be closed to the public each Monday and Friday as staff begin packing and prepping for the temporary move to the Benson Educational Complex. As the Main Street location undergoes upgrades and renovations, library staff expect to begin services and operations out of the former school around April. Despite the Monday and Friday building closures […]


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