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Flores leads Uvalde High School top 10
Gracie D. Flores, a recipient of The Gates Scholarship and aspiring law student, is Uvalde High School’s class of 2026 valedictorian. Flores is a Summa Cum Laude graduate from the Uvalde Early College High School with an associate of arts degree from Southwest Texas College. The senior earned a GPA of 107.714 and will graduate with AP Scholar, bilingual and […]
SWTX talks dual credit
Gonzales says relationship with UCISD on the mendCollege administrators and board members confirmed Southwest Texas College credits are valid at any public university in the state, and said at an April 16 meeting rumors of issues are years-old and “unfounded.” Dual credit director Savanna Martinez presented on the high school programs, which serve students at 33 campuses across 24 districts. Afterward, board members questioned course transferability to […]
Bear Creek to open next year
New state park planning day use by FebruaryBear Creek State Park could be open and operational as soon as September 2029, and according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials, the park is expected to open for extended day use by February 2027. During a March 25 meeting held at the Willie de Leon Civic Center, Maria Malone, senior park planner for TPWD, said that although Uvalde […]
Cattleman’s Ball, roping events wrangle $80K for foundation
The Makenna Elrod Seiler Foundation’s two-day roping event and Cattleman’s Ball, held April 17-19, raised over $80,000 — money, foundation head Chris Seiler said, will be used for scholarships and next year’s fundraising events. Madison Speer and Gracie Greene, area seniors, were both awarded $15,000 scholarships during the Cattleman’s Ball on April 17 in front of a crowd of about […]
Man falls asleep, crashes into church
Building was empty at time of wreckUvalde EMS transported a man to University Hospital in San Antonio for treatment around 7:30 p.m. April 26 after he crashed a truck and trailer into the stone exterior of First Presbyterian Church on North Getty Street. While the accident happened on a Sunday, it was late enough in the evening that nobody was at the church. The driver — […]
Food drives seeking volunteers, donations
FREE USPS requests non-perishables for food driveLocal food drives are seeking help, with the annual U.S. Postal Service letter carrier drive asking for donations, and area distributions for the San Antonio Food Bank seeking volunteers to help distribute goods. The United States Postal Service is asking local homeowners to set out bags of non-perishable food items by their mailbox on May 9 to contribute to the Letter […]
Splash pad opening May 9
FREEThe Rotary Club of Uvalde, City of Uvalde, and Ox Ranch invite the community at 10 a.m. May 9 to a festival celebrating the grand opening of the the splash pad at El Jardín de los Héroes Park. Ox Ranch pledged $1.8 million to a Rotary Club of Uvalde benevolent fund to fully finance the project at the city-owned park. […]
Ortiz, Fernandez, Cortez, Arias elected; Ayala Muñoz reelected
FREE Knippa bond split at 54Newcomers Sergio R. Ortiz, Fernando Fernandez, Jason Cortez and Natalie Arias will join the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District board of trustees, while west zone incumbent Erika Ayala Muñoz won re-election, according to unofficial results from the May 2 election. In the east zone race, where voters could select two candidates, Ortiz led with 285 votes (32.39%), followed by Fernandez […]
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