NTSB issues preliminary report on helicopter crash
The preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board on the Nov. 4 helicopter crash that claimed the lives of a newlywed couple and the pilot offered little insight into what might have caused...
Fallen servicemen remembered in Veterans Day ceremony
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
The city and county of Uvalde observed Veterans Day this week with separate ceremonies held Sunday and Monday.
Veterans Day, which was originally known as Armistice Day, is observed annually on Nov. 11....
Utopia’s World War I sacrifices poignant
Diane Causey
Correspondent
Cold and scared amid freezing conditions on the front lines of World War I in Champagne, France, two young men from the Sabinal Canyon died during their first day of battle in World...
Two of three local incumbents win
Garza is new county commissioner
Meghann Garcia
Managing editor
For the first time in eight years, there will be a new face on the Uvalde County Commissioners Court come next January. After besting incumbent Commissioner Raul Flores...
Defense: Overmedication, trauma to blame for fatal crash
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
Whether a Concan-area crash that killed 13 senior members of the First Baptist Church of New Braunfels was the result of poor decisions or caused by an overly medicated victim of childhood...
Uvalde native posthumously awarded Bronze Star Medal
Former war prisoner was killed in action
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
Uvalde native Santiago “Jimmy” Hernandez-Esparza was killed in action in Belgium on Dec. 23, 1944, just two months after he escaped captivity as a prisoner of...
Tuesday is last chance to speak up
Candidates vying for voters’ attention
Uvalde County voters have one more opportunity to cast a ballot in the general election set Tuesday, Nov. 6, when the Uvalde County judge’s seat will be decided in addition...
Cuellar charged with sexual assault in advance of trial
Kimberly Rubio
Assistant editor
Severo R. Cuellar is due for a final pre-trial hearing on charges of injury to a child later this month, but the state of Texas has added another indictment to his rap...
RGC & Sul Ross: Time for a split?
Jennifer Fry
Staff writer
Amid cries for independence, Sul Ross State University in Alpine continues to describe Rio Grande College as a dependent “off-campus instructional site” rather than a branch campus. Begun as an arm of...
Harrell is lone finalist at UCISD
Jennifer Fry
Staff writer
Twenty-six years after he was first hired as a teacher for Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, Hal Harrell has been named lone finalist in the district’s search for superintendent.
On Thursday in a...