Alithia’s Art Angels, an organization started in remembrance of Robb Elementary School shooting victim Alithia Ramirez, will present prizes in its second-annual art contest on Oct. 12 at El Progreso Memorial Library during a book launch for “Alithia Ramirez was an Artist.”
2023-09-14
Grief support group meets weekly
Grief Share, a grief support group, began July 28 and will meet each Friday through Oct. 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Fresh Start Decorating Center, 215 N. Getty St. The Grief Share group is project of Templo Cristiano Church. The free program, per the Uvalde Ministerial Alliance website, offers a “safe, welcoming place where people understand the difficult […]
Two injured in wreck
Three-vehicle collision occurred Sept. 4 on FM 481 Two people were hospitalized following a three-vehicle accident that happened in Uvalde County during Labor Day weekend. Just before 6 p.m. on Sept. 4, the driver of a red 2019 Toyota Camry failed to brake sufficiently when she encountered a stopped vehicle on Farm to Market Road 481 in southwest Uvalde County […]
Sales tax revenue up for city, county this month
This month, sales tax payments allocated to the city of Uvalde were up by more than 10 percent while Uvalde County’s allocation was 19 percent higher than in September of 2022. Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar allocated $323,937 to the city of Uvalde, up by 11.92 percent from $289,431 in September of 2022. Hegar forwarded $236,224 to the county of Uvalde, […]
Arturo Alvarado
Arturo Alvarado, 77, of Uvalde died on Sept. 2, 2023, at St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital in San Antonio. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation took place Sept. 13 beginning at 1 p.m., and a rosary was recited at 7 […]
Nueces Canyon begins homecoming season
Nueces Canyon High School has announced its 2023 homecoming queen candidates are Melody Calderon, Ryanne Lindstrom, and Sarah Whipkey. Calderon is the daughter of Shane and Sara Abbott of Camp Wood. She will be escorted by senior football athlete Diego Galvan. Lindstrom is the daughter of James and Jamie Lindstrom of Camp Wood. She will be escorted by senior football […]
Uvaldeans will host two tennis matches Saturday
Uvalde High School will host two dual-team tennis matches Saturday. Beginning at 9 a.m., the Uvaldeans will face the Laredo LBJ Wolves at the Terri Rambie Tennis Complex. They will take on the Eagle Pass Winn Mavericks at 1 p.m. UHS was scheduled to play the San Antonio Veterans Memorial Patriots tomorrow, but the match at San Antonio was canceled. […]
Jerri Woolf
Ethel Geraldine “Jerri” Willis Woolf, born Jan. 23, 1931, in Brawley, California, left her earthly home on Sept. 9, 2023, in Uvalde, Texas, to join her husband Milton in their heavenly home while family and friends were by her side. Jerri moved to Uvalde accompanied by her mother Irene Willis Stanfield and her siblings, June Stevens, Mary Galloway, Leona Swafford, […]
City recognizes Little League stars
The Uvalde City Council recognized local Little League boys’ and girls’ All-Stars teams who recently won several championships. On July 25, Mayor Don McLaughlin Jr. and city council members lauded the athletes for various championships. “We wanted to recognize you all tonight … for what you all did, the play that you did, and for representing Uvalde so well. On […]
Beach cleanup honors Maite
Volunteers are needed for a South Padre Island adopt-a-beach cleanup event set Sept. 23 in honor of Maite Rodriguez, who died as a result of the May 24 tragedy at Robb Elementary. Maya’s Love beach cleanup, set to begin at 8:30 a.m. at Andy Bowie Park in South Padre Island, supports the 2023 Coastwide Fall Cleanup.
