Babysitter arrested for biting child
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
Forty-one-year-old Sovana Patricia Trapp was arrested Sunday on charges of injury to a child after she allegedly bit a 16-month-old child 12 times while caring for him in her Nopal Street apartment.
Trapp...
County budget approval on hold
Commissioners considering proposed increase in tax rate
Uvalde County Commissioners on Monday postponed approval of the 2017-2018 operating budget to review the proposed tax rate of 74.09 cents per $100 valuation, equal to the rollback...
Failure to stop causes rollover
After she allegedly ran a stop sign, 27-year-old Jessica Prado’s vehicle was struck by an oncoming vehicle. The impact caused the 1998 Lincoln Navigator that Prado was driving to turn over. An unidentified male...
Airport expansion paying off
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
With a 94-foot wingspan, the Gulfstream G550 that landed in Uvalde last week is the largest to receive work at the multi-service airfield. A 2015 airport expansion made it possible for Garner...
Woman gets probation in child’s death
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
One of three people charged in the November 2015 death of 2-year-old Ismael Gonzalez has pleaded no contest to her involvement. Guadalupe Rosas Cuellar, 65, who was tasked with caring for the...
City says mow it all
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
While most property owners mow their grass to the curb or pavement of the adjacent street or public way, Uvalde City Council on Tuesday learned others expect city employees to maintain anything...
Multi-city sale well attended
Lane Riggs
Staff Writer
Uvalde was a significant stop during the annual 100-mile Hotter than Hell yard sale hosted last weekend along Highway 90.
Debra Stifflemire, event organizer and executive director of Uvalde Convention and...
UHS grad’s outlook creates opportunities
Charley Robinson
Staff writer
He couldn’t speak a word of English when he started school. What does Raul V. Salinas do today? The Uvalde High School graduate teaches English at Mayde Creek High School in the...
Huddle vs TABC
Bar owner upset by problems caused by employee’s alleged actions
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
The Huddle Sports Bar operator Jose Manuel Ramos is contesting the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission’s decision to cancel his liquor permit after...
Decades-old UCISD suit resolved
Non-adherence to desegregation was heart of legal claim
Charley Robinson
Staff writer
Forty-seven years of litigation in Genoveva Morales, et al. vs. E.P. Shannon, et al., finally was resolved Monday evening during a special meeting of the...