Uvalde Leader-News

2 weeks ago | uvaldeleadernews.com | Julye Keeble

Uvalde residents now have more options for internet service, but the expansion has come with community complaints about damaged yards and a lack of communication from contractors. Three companies – Lyte Fiber, Vero Fiber and Quest, a subcontractor for AT&T – are installing infrastructure across town, using utility easements and public rights-of-way.

3 weeks ago | uvaldeleadernews.com | Julye Keeble

Texas Hill Country River Region, which manages Uvalde County’s hotel occupancy tax, is seeking a new director for the third time in about three years. Hailey Hart Conrad notified area businesses June 3 she was resigning, two days shy of her one-year anniversary as director. Conrad is working through June 30. THCRR oversees county hotel occupancy tax income and expenditures, with about 25 percent allocated for river cleanup efforts and the rest for tourism promotion.

3 weeks ago | uvaldeleadernews.com | Julye Keeble

Uvalde County Commissioners declined May 27 to enact a burn ban, citing recent rainfall, but they did restrict fireworks in county-governed areas for the July 4 holiday period. The decision not to implement a new burn ban followed nearly an inch of rain that fell across the county on May 26-27, with more expected. County Judge Bill Mitchell noted that […]

3 weeks ago | uvaldeleadernews.com | Julye Keeble

Sabinal resident and UPS driver Tyler Cox is opposing a motion to dismiss the $14.75 million lawsuit he filed in April against Uvalde County Judge Bill Mitchell and the county. Cox’s nine-page filing, dated May 9 but not officially entered into the court record until May 23 due to addressing errors, claims the defendants’ motion to dismiss is “premature and jurisdictionally void.” Cox says he hasn’t yet served Mitchell and the county with the lawsuit and plans to file an amended complaint.

1 month ago | uvaldeleadernews.com | Julye Keeble

Uvalde City Council confirmed former Texas Parks and Wildlife game warden Captain Gustavo Sorola as the new municipal court judge in a 5-1 vote on May 27. Mayor Hector R. Luevano made the motion to appoint Sorola, who retired in August 2012 after a 30-year career with Texas Parks and Wildlife. This was the second time Luevano appointed Sorola and his third attempt overall to fill the position. Per city rules, the mayor nominates the judge, and council confirms the appointment.