2021-12-05

Uvalde Leader-News 120521

D’Hanis, Knippa advance to SWTJC tourney finals

The D’Hanis Cowgirls and the Knippa Rockcrushers advanced to the finals of the 61st Southwest Texas Junior College Invitational high school basketball tournament. Those games were scheduled to be played Saturday night in SWTJC’s La Forge Hall Gym. The Cowgirls and the Rockcrushers won their first two games of tourney Thursday to gain a berth in the championship games. In […]

Maxwell-Rambie: Adapt to husband, invest in marriage

Kathleen Rambie

From September 1st until October 31st, I trade my heels, dresses and pearls for snake boots, gun, jeans and camouflage. I also trade my purse for a bird bag. I spend every weekend riding around in a pick-up truck with my husband, checking on our dove hunters, occasionally hunting, and in the evenings, we are entertaining our lodge hunters. This […]

COVID-19 cases spike by 30

Julye Keeble 
Staff Writer

Active cases of COVID-19 shot up by 30 in the first two days of December. Uvalde Health Authority official Dr. Jared Reading said, though the rise is likely fueled by holiday gatherings, he expects a better outcome this year than was seen in 2020. “I am not concerned with the number of cases as long as the health care system […]

Turkey, dry and tough, is Thanksgiving side show

Centuries later, it seems we could have chosen something other than turkey as our Thanksgiving go to. Why not roasted pig, beef shanks or a baked chicken? They are easier to prepare and arguably more flavorful (i.e. juicy) – without topping them with dressing, gravy and cranberry sauce. But that is the thing when we sit down to a Thanksgiving […]

Uvaldean back home after three years movie making

10 years ago Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 Beecroft sells off hardware business after 49 years – Longtime Ace Hardware and Lumber store owner Kent Beecroft, who recently sold the business that has been in his family for 78 years, hopes to take a vacation sometime in the next year now that he has entered retirement. While recalling his family’s history […]

Lobos host Del Rio Queens in Friday hoops

The Uvalde Lobos will play their next home game on Friday when they host the Del Rio Queens in basketball competition. Tip-off time for the varsity game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Harvey Kinchlow Gym. Preceding that game will be a 5 p.m. freshman contest and a 6:15 p.m. junior varsity contest. Coach Fortino Patiño’s Lobos, 6-10 for the […]