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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Uvalde County, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 151 stories have been published about Uvalde County which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Uvalde County, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 151 stories have been published about Uvalde County which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Sabinal · SabinalJennifer JacksonErvey Leos Sr., Mike Demko, and Rodolfo Ybarra honor the American flag as it goes up the newly-installed flagpole at the Sabinal Senior Citizens Center. The ceremony took place Tuesday, Sept. 19. Volunteers worked for about two years to fundraise for the endeavor. Please see Page 14 for more information. A group of senior citizens in Sabinal generated about $4,000 through fundraisers and donations to purchase and install a 30-foo…See the Story
Sabinal seniors rally to procure, install flagpole - Uvalde Leader News
Uvalde · UvaldeThe UCISD board of trustees heard an update on the groundbreaking for the school set to replace Robb Elementary and nominated president Luis Fernandez to the Uvalde County Appraisal District’s board on Monday, Sept. 18. Groundbreaking for the $60 million school intended to replace Robb is set for 10 a.m. Oct. 28, interim superintendent Gary Patterson told trustees during their regular meeting. Patterson said H-E-B is coordinating the event alon…See the Story
UCISD eyes Oct. 28 groundbreaking for new school - Uvalde Leader News
Uvalde · UvaldeThe Emmanuel Lutheran Church invites the community to its 100th-annual Knippa Chicken Supper and Country Store set Saturday, Sept. 23. The yearly tradition began 101 years ago – they lost a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic – when Frieda Knippa and Emma Dicke decided the community would benefit families coming together after the fall harvest to share a meal and build the community. In preparation for the supper, pit masters barbecue 750 chicken…See the Story
Knippa Chicken Supper scheduled this weekend - Uvalde Leader News
Uvalde · UvaldeAward-winning hunter education instructor David Rios will present the third in a series of hunters’ education classroom courses on Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Herby Ham Activity Center, 248 Farm to Market Road 3447. About six seats are still available in the course, set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. To register, visit tpwd.elementlms.com/course/hunter-education-classroom-course-8834/. Rios, a Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist, has certified hundreds of …See the Story
Hunter’s education course set Sept. 23 - Uvalde Leader News
Uvalde · UvaldeA ruling on the discharge status of former UCISD police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo will come within the next 60 days, Uvalde school district spokesperson Anne Marie Espinoza said Tuesday, Sept. 19. Counsel representing the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District and Arredondo presented arguments during a closed hearing scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon to review Arredondo’s discharge from the UCISD Police Department last year. Arredondo w…See the Story
UCISD: Arredondo ruling should come within 60 days - Uvalde Leader News
Uvalde · UvaldeAfter a slew of days this month with temperatures in the high 90s – with 100 degrees or more seen Sept. 9 and 10 – a scant but welcome rainfall of 0.07 inches fell in Uvalde on Sept. 13-14. Some surrounding areas saw little to no rain, but others were more fortunate. Scattered showers left Leakey with nearly an inch of rain, Utopia with an inch, Barksdale with 1.4 inches and Camp Wood with 1.8 inches. The rain ushered in cooler weather, with tem…See the Story
Camp Wood sees 1.8 inches of rain over three days - Uvalde Leader News
Uvalde · UvaldeAdolescents in the rural school districts immediately surrounding Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District performed better or comparably to UCISD students on state standardized testing last year. State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness score data, released this summer, included math and reading for students in grades 3-8, fifth- and eighth-grade science, and eighth-grade social studies. For Uvalde CISD, 71 percent of seventh-gr…See the Story
STAAR test scores reported for area schools - Uvalde Leader News
Uvalde · UvaldeThe Texas Attorney General’s office closed the newspaper’s complaint against the Uvalde school district for its noncompliance to an open records ruling after the district told the AG they turned everything over. The newspaper has requested but has not received the cumulative amounts paid to administrators who left in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary tragedy or the number of days former superintendent Hal Harrell worked for the district in hi…See the Story
