Placido Flores, 82, of Uvalde died on Aug. 26, 2020, in Uvalde. Services are pending with Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home, and a complete obituary will appear i
2020-08-30
New death makes 26 for county
The 26th Uvalde County resident to die after being diagnosed with COVID-19 was reported Friday, and another death was reported the preceding day by Uvalde Health Authority official Dr. Jared Reading. The announcement marks eight deaths reported in less than one week, from Aug. 24-28. Starting earlier in the week through Wednesday, Reading had logged six more COVID-19 related deaths […]
Benito Martinez Sr.
Benito Martinez Sr., 57, of Uvalde died on Aug. 22, 2020, at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital Westover Hills in San Antonio. Visitation will be held today and Monday from noon to 9 p.m. at Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home, which allows 50 percent capacity and requires mask coverings during all services. Cremation is under the direction of Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home. […]
Letters to the editor
View from abroad I am not sure of the date, but about three years ago I retired and moved to Xalapa, Veracruz, México to be with my wife. I have been back to the United States only once, about a year and a half ago to visit my son Kevin in Eugene, Oregon and my sister Maria, a retired university […]
Living abroad sharpens perspective of home
There is something about living abroad that sharpens one’s perspective regarding the events unfolding back home. Occurrences that once appeared in varying shades of gray suddenly become black and white. Of course, the way we perceive anything is colored by our inherent biases. So perhaps it’s just that absence makes the heart grow fonder, causing us to become more impassioned […]
Pastor’s column: What does freedom mean?
Freedom is a term that can mean different things to different people. What is freedom? Do I need freedom? Freedom from what? In the beginning Adam and Eve served God, no questions asked, no objections. Then the serpent entangled them with the fruit from the tree in the garden. He said, “For God knows that when you eat from it, […]
Thurman W. Shackleford
Thurman Willis Shackleford, 95, of Uvalde died on Aug. 27, 2020, at his residence in Uvalde. Funeral services are pending with Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary, and a complete obituary will appear in a future edition of the Uvalde Leader-News.
Pandemic not likely to slow dove opener
With the opening of the Central Zone dove season two days away, you can be fairly certain that a pandemic is not going to keep hunters from the field. In fact, it may be that hunting is one of the few sports, like fishing, where social distancing is not an issue. The Central Zone (north of Highway 90) kicks off […]
Frank Garcia
Frank Garcia, 56, of Uvalde died on Aug. 26, 2020, in San Antonio. Services are pending with Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home, and a complete obituary will appear in a future edition of the Uvalde Leader-News.