Julye Keeble

The city of Uvalde agreed to indefinitely postpone moving trash pickup from alleys to streets in front of homes after residents of a northeast neighborhood rallied in protest. Affected streets are Donna Drive, Barry Street, Williams Street, Charles Place, Cenizo Boulevard, El Norte Circle and Buena Vista, covering approximately 100 households. The city was initially asking residents in these areas

Uvalde County Commissioners on March 23 awarded a $12,200 contract to local firm RKW Pipe for electrical work on the Emergency Operations Center warehouse, selecting the lowest of three local bids that came in roughly $9,600 below competing proposals. The roughly 2,000-square-foot building will house emergency management equipment, with the electrical work covering a service line drop from an adjacent […]

Acting Judge Jerry W. Bates said March 23 he will not appoint a replacement for Precinct 1 Commissioner John Yeackle, who triggered an automatic resignation under state law by filing in late 2025 to run for county judge less than a year into his four-year term. Yeackle may remain in office as a holdover until the county judge appoints a

Using humor and personal stories eliciting some tears, two Green Berets spoke of deriving strength from their faith and the spirit of American military members during the county's National Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony, held March 27. Organizers honored 13 men from Uvalde County who died in the war, reading their names aloud to family members, veterans and others in […]

Storms on Easter weekend, April 4-5, deposited 1.48 inches of rain on parts of Uvalde, bringing the year-to-date precipitation total to 3.47. The tally lands about 0.94 inches below the 100-year average of 4.41 inches. About 1,141 homes, including the north side of Uvalde, lost power starting around 12:30 p.m. due to a broken crossarm, a horizontal beam on poles […]

Early voting in Uvalde and Knippa school elections drew 26 voters April 20, but the single vote cast in Batesville will not count after officials confirmed the ballot listed the wrong candidates.

Norma Esparza-Carranza, a west zone candidate for the Uvalde school district's board of trustees, has accepted an administrative role and said she plans to decline the trustee position if elected. The announcement comes as early voting is underway. A similar situation played out in 2018 when the district offered Esparza-Carranza, then also a candidate for school board, a job at […]

A gas pump canopy at 5 Points Market #5 Store, located at 420 E. Main Street in Uvalde, partially collapsed May 19 during overnight thunderstorms. No injuries were reported and customers were not present during the incident. The storms dropped about three-inches of rain across Uvalde. (Uvalde Leader-News photo by Pete Luna)

Municipal Judge Gustavo Sorola swore in Rafael Arias as the city’s new building official during the May 12 Uvalde City Council meeting held at city hall.

A double rainbow spread across the sky May 26 in the aftermath of a wild storm resulting in more than an hour of power outages and flooding in some streets.