Giant tortoise reined in after year on the lam
This is a story about a tortoise. There is no hare – unless you consider last Sunday’s hair-raising experience of Holden Radicke of Uvalde and his two young sons when they drove upon a...
City nixes proposed tax hike
Julye Keeble
Staff writer
Uvalde city manager Vince DiPiazza announced during the special council meeting, held Tuesday at 6 p.m., that the current budget maintains the 2018-2019 rate of 69.99 cents, rather than the initially...
Hospital progress delayed
Julye Keeble
Staff writer
The planning stage of the new Uvalde Memorial Hospital building has experienced a slight delay, which will affect construction timelines, but it is expected to be completed and occupied by July...
Firemen, friends climb for 9/11 fallen
Julye Keeble
Staff writer
Uvalde Volunteer Fire Department Chief Gene Ayala and assistant chief Todd Dorris were in San Antonio Wednesday to climb more than 110 stories of stairs in memory of firefighters who lost...
Two wounded in shooting released from hospital
Two people – a man and a woman – who were wounded in a shooting just before 2 a.m. on Sept. 2 have both been released from a San Antonio Hospital. Christy Alvarez, 21,...
Ground breaks on $62K amphitheater project
Julye Keeble
Staff writer
After the Rotary Club of Uvalde raised more than $62,000, the Memorial Park Amphitheater project is finally becoming a reality. Four tiers of seating providing space for 200 people and a...
Driver slams into deputy
Ruiz OK after multi-vehicle collision
Julye Keeble
Staff writer
Edwards County Sheriff Deputy and Uvalde resident Adrian Ruiz was injured in a crash Wednesday at 6:50 p.m. approximately three miles out of Rocksprings on Highway 377...
UMH receives $75K grant for cardiac lab
Uvalde Memorial Hospital’s cardiopulmonary department received a $75,000 Rural Health Facility Capital Improvement Program grant to purchase a GE Healthcare Cardiac Assessment System for Exercise Testing V6.7 and MUSE V9 ATO Model.
The new cardiac...
One dead, two others wounded in shooting
A suspect has been charged with murder and aggravated assault after a shooting early Monday that left one man dead.
Juan Jose Armendariz Jr., 27, who later turned himself in to police, was charged with...
Water district considering tax increase
Uvalde County Underground Water Conservation District directors are proposing a 2019 tax rate increase of four one-hundredths of a penny, which represents a 3.28 percent hike from 1.22 cents to 1.26 cents per $100...