Visiting team wins cook-off, but Uvaldeans make mark
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
The 11th-annual Briscoe Ranch Cook-off at the Crossroads brought regular attendees and newcomers together for a weekend of barbecue competition.
Montgomery-based Panther Creek Cookers took top honors at the two-day event, which...
Durbon arrested for robbery
Police investigating pellet gun holdup
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
Jeffrey Durbon, who has been booked into the Uvalde County Jail at least 27 times in the last six years, was apprehended Tuesday night after allegedly robbing convenience...
Sound off on psychiatric hospital
Public input welcome regarding potential 30-bed Uvalde facility
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Centers is advocating at the state level for funding to operate a 30-bed regional inpatient psychiatric hospital in Uvalde.
There...
Bidding farewell: Miltons retiring after 40 years
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
As Lucille and Frank Milton assisted a long-time Milton’s Jewelry and Gifts customer prior to the couple’s final Black Friday as storeowners, they asked her to return to bid the downtown Uvalde...
Note Pearl Harbor Day
Susan Anderson, historic preservation officer for the city of Uvalde, will be the keynote speaker at a special Pearl Harbor Day observance to be held tomorrow morning at the Uvalde County Courthouse.
The ceremony...
Suspected intoxicated driver blamed for power outage
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
Richard D. Havens, 48, crashed into a utility pole on South Fourth Street on Saturday night, resulting in one of two late-night power outages.
The second power outage occurred after a transformer...
Students, staff to square off in basketball
The Uvalde High School junior varsity and freshman basketball teams will take on campus police, coaches and staff on Tuesday, Dec. 13, in hopes of collecting toys and clothing to donate to children in...
Best cooks flocking to Uvalde
More than 140 teams registered
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
Each of the Top 10 cooks in the International Barbecue Cookers Association standings will be in Uvalde this week when the South Texas CattleWomen group introduces the 11th-annual Briscoe Ranch...
Parade downtown with Santa
Reindeer, snow slide among attractions
Tomorrow, Christmas at the Crossroads will be held downtown from 6-10 p.m. It will consist of the lighted Christmas parade put on by Newspapers in Education beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Organized...
Manslaughter plea nets Vara 10 years in state prison
Jesus Noel Vara, 39, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the case of 35-year-old Miguel Arredondo’s death and a separate drug charge.
Vara received 10 years...