
Fundraiser nets pet rescues $2,300
March 9, 2026
Two Uvalde nonprofits, Flights to Furever and Pepe’s Pals Kitten Rescue, received...

Library offers spring break plans
Staff writer Kaitlyn G. Alejandro
Uvalde Leader-News | March 9, 2026
El Progreso Memorial Library will host a myriad of free spring break...

Rubber duck race raising funds for annual Uvalde Relay for Life
March 9, 2026
The Leona River will be the site of three rubber duck races...

SWTX cybersecurity students to attend conference in California
March 9, 2026
Five Southwest Texas College cybersecurity students and their instructor will travel to...

Texas cutting sweets from SNAP benefits
March 9, 2026
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has announced restrictions on Supplemental...

Six UHS girls qualify for state meet
March 9, 2026
Uvalde High School will be represented by six girls at the state powerlifting meet on March 20 in Bert Ogden...

Uvalde athletes vie in Devine March 18
James Volz
Sports editor | March 9, 2026
The next track-and-field meet for Uvalde High School athletes is scheduled for March 18 at Devine. They will enter that...

Coyotes finish second in Uvalde golf tournament
James Volz
Sports editor | March 9, 2026
The Uvalde Coyotes finished three strokes out of first place in the battle for top honors in the Uvalde Invitational...

Coyotes win four times in South Texas Slugfest baseball classic
James Volz
Sports editor | March 9, 2026
The Uvalde Coyotes won their four games played in the South Texas Slugfest tournament held at San Antonio’s Frank Tejeda...

Cristina VictorinoFree Access
Cristina Victorino, 59, of La Pryor died on Feb. 26, 2026, at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital in San Antonio. Visitation will begin at 2...

Roy P. SoteloFree Access
Roy Perez Sotelo Jr., 74, of Uvalde died on Feb. 27, 2026, at Northeast Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. He was born on Nov. 30,...

Victoria MorenoFree Access
Victoria Moreno, 74, of San Antonio, formerly of Uvalde, died on March 1, 2026, in San Antonio. Visitation is set from 9 to 10:15 a.m....

Gloria C. OrtizFree Access
Gloria Castillo Ortiz, 79, of San Antonio, formerly of Uvalde, died March 1, 2026, at Vitas Hospice with her daughter by her side. There will...

Francisco GarciaFree Access
Francisco Garcia, 77, of La Pryor died on Feb. 27, 2026, at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. He was born on Dec. 3, 1948, in...

Vicki L. AllenFree Access
Vicki Lynn Kirksey Allen went to be with the Lord on Feb. 27, 2026, leaving behind a legacy of love and family. Vicki was born...

UMH offers babysitter training
March 8, 2026
Uvalde Memorial Hospital will host a Safe Sitter babysitter training course for students in sixth through eighth grades from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. March...

UHS graduate Willis earns repeated Baylor honors
March 8, 2026
Uvalde High School class of 2022 graduate Vada Willis earned dean’s list honors at Baylor University for the fall 2025 semester, marking her third consecutive...

Sabinal eighth-grader McMillian posts strong rodeo season
March 8, 2026
Rankin McMillian, a Sabinal eighth grader, will head into Region VIII’s final rodeo of the season at the Uvalde County Arena at the Fairplex ranked...

Utopia teachers, students notch wins
March 8, 2026
Our Utopia Independent School District has recently been fully approved for the Texas Teacher Incentive Allotment program which recognizes and rewards highly effective teachers for...

Uvalde horticulturist receives prestigious award
Kaitlyn G. Alejandro
Staff writer | March 8, 2026
Daniel Leskovar, director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center in Uvalde, was awarded the doctor honoris causa award Jan. 28 by the Universidad Politécnica...
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