Julye Keeble

Mayoral candidate Hector R. Luevano asked city staff to publicly outline election procedures Nov. 12 during a meeting at city hall after election-night confusion. On Nov. 5, city officials believed Luevano, as the top vote-getter, had won the city’s mayoral race. The city charter, however, says mayoral candidates must obtain a majority, 50 percent plus one, to win election. The […]

Roland Sanchez took the oath of office Nov. 12 to temporarily fill the Precinct 6 Justice of the Peace spot, which the official election canvass shows voters elected him to fill for an unexpired term of two years. Uvalde County Commissioners on Nov. 12 appointed Sanchez until Dec. 31, stating they needed someone to relieve the workload on other Justices […]

The holidays are all about family and food for two nonagenarians in Uvalde County. Erline Balzen Braesicke of Knippa, who turned 94 in October, and Alice Smart LeMond of Utopia, who will mark her 100th birthday in January, have seen the holidays change a lot over the past century. The women, who were both stars in their respective alma mater’s […]

Uvalde County Commissioners passed a resolution on Nov. 25 deeming the countywide polling place program a success, but the action followed a contentious comment period. Uvalde County’s first experience with the new system took place during the Nov. 5 general election. The program allows registered voters residing in Uvalde County to vote at any county polling site on election day, […]

Former three-year city councilman Ernest Santos is back on the Uvalde City Council, effective Nov. 18 when he took an oath and signed paperwork at the city secretary’s office to replace Everardo “Lalo” Zamora for the approximately two years left on a four-year term. Zamora stepped down mid-term to run for mayor. The city held a ceremonial swearing-in Nov. 26, […]

During Uvalde County’s Pearl Harbor Day observance, held a day early on Dec. 6, local military historian Ricardo Benavides shared riveting stories about the service of World War II veterans James Edwards Moeller, Robert Eugene Galloway, and Frank Franklin. Children from local schools made up about half of the audience at the Uvalde Grand Opera House, where veteran service officer […]

In their last regularly scheduled meeting this year, Uvalde City Council added two new members and gave the go ahead to five projects collectively valued at more than $9.5 million, including a sidewalk improvement project on U.S. Highway 90. The Dec. 10 meeting held at city hall covered numerous topics, and further reporting is forthcoming. Andres Gonzalez with Texas Department […]

Uvalde County Commissioners voted Dec. 9 to keep Monday as the day of the week for their twice-monthly regular meetings at the Uvalde County Courthouse. They also accepted a bid for grant-funded water line work in Knippa and resolved to apply for a $250,000 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department access grant. Commissioners annually set a regular day of the week […]

Uvalde County will likely receive $2,700 after commissioners voted Dec. 16 to join an opioid mitigation settlement. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced in November the $83 million settlement with Kroger over a state opioid lawsuit filed in the 152nd District Court in Harris County. Paxton said this is the latest in a series of over $3 billion in settlements […]

Hector R. Luevano, a retired peace officer and former city councilman, received 30 votes more than Everardo “Lalo” Zamora to win the Dec. 14 runoff election for mayor of Uvalde. Luevano, who will be the city’s third Hispanic mayor, won by 51.15 percent, receiving 668 votes while his opponent Everardo “Lalo” Zamora received 638 votes, or 48.85 percent. Uvalde City […]