
County fêting Mitchell’s 40-year service with partyFree Access
March 11, 2026
Uvalde County representatives invite the public to a retirement celebration for Judge...

Weather service: Severe weather possible tonightFree Access
March 10, 2026
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for Uvalde County, ranging...

Gonzales drops out of runoff
Staff writer Hali Mecklin
Uvalde Leader-News | March 9, 2026
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales announced he would end his reelection bid on...

Former athletic director returns as interim superintendent
Staff writer Hali Mecklin
Uvalde Leader-News | March 9, 2026
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees chose Juan Hinojosa,...

Six local races head to runoff
Staff writer Julye Keeble
Uvalde Leader-News | March 9, 2026
Six Uvalde County races will head to May 26 runoff elections after...

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...

Frank Mendeke Sr.Free Access
In Loving Memory of Frank Mendeke Sr. Oct. 10, 1939 – Feb. 25, 2026 Frank Mendeke Sr., a man of quiet resolve, lifelong athleticism, and...

Claude “Bubba” Frank Cannon IIIFree Access
Claude "Bubba" Frank Cannon III Aug. 3, 1945 – March 8, 2026 Lometa, Texas Claude Frank Cannon III, affectionately known "Bubba," was a remarkable individual...

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...

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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