Special Olympics athletes bring home gold, silver medals
Jennifer Fry
Staff writer
Six athletes from Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District brought home a dozen gold and silver medals from Saturday competition at the Area 20 Special Olympics spring games held at Heroes Stadium in...
City puts off nursing home developers
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
Despite a revised resolution – in which developer Jeff Rhodes requested acknowledgement of an application to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission rather than an endorsement of a proposal to build...
Eighteen years
Davaughn’s paternal family decries sentence in boy’s death
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
Sabrina Vielma was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday for her 4-year-old son’s violent death on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, and she will be...
Slain child’s mother receives 18-year prison sentence
by Kimberly Rubio, assistant editor
Sabrina Vielma was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday for her 4-year-old son’s violent death on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, and she will be eligible for parole in...
Flores raises $21K for queen crown
Unica Flores, 5, daughter of Melissa and Leo “Chato” Flores, was crowned the reigning Cinco de Mayo queen on Saturday at the annual festival put on by American Legion Post 479. The event was...
Davaughn’s final hours
Cold, gray child had abrasions over entire body
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
Sabrina Vielma’s documented account of the hours before she discovered her 4-year-old son lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor, the young...
Resolutions sought for area deaths
Trial canceled after Vara cuts off ankle monitor, flees
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
As of Friday afternoon, Jesus Noel Vara, who this week was set to stand trial for the 2015 death of his former brother-in-law, is...
Resolutions sought for area deaths
Vielma faces 5-99 years in prison
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
Sabrina Vielma faces between 5-99 years in prison for the 2011 death of her 4-year-old son Davaughn Rodriguez. This week, Vielma, and those who have followed Davaughn’s...
Election day is tomorrow Saturday, May 5
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
Election day is tomorrow for school board trustee elections in Uvalde and Nueces Canyon, and the municipal election to choose two council members in Sabinal.
For the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District...
Election Day is Saturday
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
Election day is Saturday for school board trustee elections in Uvalde and Nueces Canyon, and the municipal election to choose two council members in Sabinal.
For the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District election,...