Julye Keeble

1 week ago | uvaldeleadernews.com | Julye Keeble

Six weeks after closing for modernization, the elevator at the Uvalde County Courthouse is open for business, and noticeably faster when ferrying people to the third floor. TK Elevator staff, out of of San Antonio, started work on March 18, bringing a new elevator controller, the brains of the system, to the courthouse basement, then barricading the area off while […] This content is only available to paid subscribers. Please login below or Subscribe today!

1 week ago | uvaldeleadernews.com | Julye Keeble

May 3 is election day for Sabinal City Council and Nueces Canyon and Sabinal school boards, and less than 5 percent of those eligible voted early in all three races. A combined total of 191 people voted in the three contested races, of 3,874 who were registered, according to election officials. On Election Day, Saturday, May 3, polls will be […]

2 weeks ago | uvaldeleadernews.com | Julye Keeble

After conferring for about an hour in closed session April 22, Uvalde City Council unanimously approved a settlement with families affected by the Robb Elementary School shooting. All council members were present in the meeting, held at the Willie De Leon Civic Center due to ongoing elevator upgrades at city hall. Council members did not disclose details of the settlement. […] This content is only available to paid subscribers. Please login below or Subscribe today!

2 weeks ago | uvaldeleadernews.com | Julye Keeble

Uvalde Estates residents clamored for change April 15, voting in four new board members for Windmill Water Supply: Jim Shoemaker, Santa Perez, Juli Alvarado and Mario Valdez. Palpable frustration filled the El Progreso Memorial Library meeting room where over 80 people gathered for the annual meet, followed by a regular board meeting. The board hadn’t met since Aug. 22, 2024, when they appointed two new members, removing them about a month later while citing a procedural error.

2 weeks ago | uvaldeleadernews.com | Julye Keeble

Sheets of lightning lit up the night shortly before 4 a.m. on April 20, Easter Sunday, as a thunderstorm rolled into Uvalde depositing 0.85 inches of rain. Three days later another 0.83 inches fell. The rainfall brings the year-to-date total for the city to 4.11 inches, about an inch and a half below the 121-year average of 5.57 inches.