2021-08-15

Young Life withdraws TCEQ permit request

After months of opposition from community members and property owners in the surrounding areas, Lone Hollow Ranch, a Young Life Camp located between Utopia and Vanderpool, announced it was withdrawing a wastewater permit request filed with the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality. Young Life Camp was previously seeking discharge 60,000 gallons of treated wastewater daily into a tributary of the […]

Woman files $1M lawsuit over fatal Concan crash

Veronica Lopez of Uvalde County has filed a civil suit seeking over $1 million in damages against Zavala County residents Darell Gene Rivera and Richard Arredondo Jr. in reference to an incident in Concan on Easter Sunday where one woman was killed. Both men are also facing criminal charges for the incident. Rivera, a teenager from La Pryor, is the […]

U.S. Congressmen Gonzales and Fortenberry visit Uvalde area

U.S. Congressmen Tony Gonzales (second from right) and Jeff Fortenberry (left) speak with Uvalde County Sheriff Ruben Nolasco (second from left), chief deputy Brandon McCutchen (center) and Lt. Fred Ratliff (far right) during a day of riding along with the sheriff’s office to see and discuss the border immigration upsurge. The congressmen were visiting Uvalde and other sites in the […]

Lobos play Lady Rockets Tuesday

The Uvalde Lobos will be on the road for high school volleyball competition this week. They will be at San Antonio Tuesday night to take on the John F. Kennedy Lady Rockets. The varsity match is scheduled for a 7 p.m. start, and will be preceded by a freshman match at 5 p.m. and a junior varsity match at 6 […]

Sports Briefs

Cross-Country meet Saturday in Del Rio The Uvalde High School cross-country team will be at Del Rio next Saturday to compete in the Del Rio Invitational running meet. Coach Libby Gonzales’ Coyotes and Lobos will enter the event following action in the inaugural Pete Belman Invitational Cross-Country Classic set to be conducted yesterday at the Upractice complex. Results from that […]

Uvalde Leader-News 081521

UHS loses to Del Rio in dual-team tennis action

Del Rio topped Uvalde, 11-8, in dual-team tennis competition last Tuesday at Uvalde High School. The Uvalde boys won two doubles matches, five singles matches, and UHS was victorious in the mixed-doubles match. Jacob Flores and Hector Lopez won the number-two doubles match, 6-3 and 6-1. Jonathon Garcia and Armando Garcia combined to win the number-three match, 6-3 and 6-1. […]

COVID-19 death toll climbs by three



Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have risen by 555 in less than a month, from 3,631 on July 16 to 4,186 as of Thursday, and three new deaths were logged last week, bringing the number of county deaths attributed to virus complications to 76. Hospitalization rates have correspondingly risen, but Uvalde Memorial Hospital chief operating officer Adam Apolinar says the hospital […]

American Legion 479 barbecue cook-off a success



Commander Jose Saucedo said the Tomas Valle American Legion Post 479 barbecue cook-off held July 10 was a success, with hundreds of people attending the event held at the Uvalde County Fairplex. There were a total of 40 entries in the four categories, the maximum allowed, from across the area. “The monies raised will go towards scholarships since we were […]

Students will receive free meals this year

Student meals will be free of charge for the 2021-22 school year, regardless of income, at area school districts including Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, Sabinal , Utopia, Knippa, Leakey, La Pryor, and Nueces Canyon. The initiative is made possible through a United States Department of Agriculture pandemic relief oriented program. Typically a student’s household must meet eligibility requirement to […]