Viewpoint/Editorial

Almost two months after private investigator Jesse Prado exonerated the Uvalde police force for its response to the Robb School massacre, city council acknowledged this week that community members “were not adequately protected” by the department. The statement read by Mayor Pro Tem Everardo “Lalo” Zamora at the end of Tuesday’s regular meeting included that the police department’s “policies were […]

Acts 9:26-31, Psalm 22:26-32, 1 John 3:18-24 and 15:1-8 Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.” These words were given to the disciples by Jesus at the Last Supper before his arrest. Jesus was telling them the important things they should remember before he was taken away. In […]

When Mandy Pruitt’s resignation first hit the airwaves, the school district said she’d resigned, effective immediately. The district declined to release further information and it wasn’t until eight months later, during a meeting at the newspaper office, that former interim superintendent Gary Patterson inadvertently said he placed her on administrative leave. After staff writer Sofi Zeman’s story last week, which […]

It has been said that there is a time and a place for everything. But, I am not sure that the act of opposing players shaking hands at the conclusion of a sporting event is the right time and right place for exhibiting a show of sportsmanship. Following a hard-fought contest, players need time to reel in their emotions of […]

If I were to ask you to tell the Easter story you could do that, right? I suspect we can all tell that story. Jesus died on a cross. Jesus was buried in a tomb. And on the third day women discovered that the tomb was open and empty. Jesus was not there but had been raised. For most of […]

10 years ago Thursday, April 17, 2014 Vandals strike park – The Uvalde High School construction trades class was met with an unexpected setback – to the tune of $800 to $1,000 – when they arrived at Uvalde Memorial Park on Monday. Their playground project had been partially destroyed by unknown vandals, undoing over two weeks of work. The vandals […]

Every election is important, but the May 4 referendum to fill three seats on the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District board of trustees commands us to consider each candidate with particular care. The horror at Robb Elementary tested all of our institutions but none more than the school district, whose job it was to ensure the safety of its students […]