Renaissance festival gets a “huzzah” for its big turnout
By Louis Zylka The 830 Times The Del Rio Renaissance Faire returned to the Whitehead Memorial Museum with more than 1,000 patrons attending on Friday, Oct. 9, and Saturday, Oct. 8. The Renaissance Faire is inspired by medieval time periods and 16th century European aesthetics and traditions. The event attracted
Del Rio News
NEWS — Council roundup, Chavez gets city manager post as council tackles water projects, pool contract
By Karen Gleason The 830 Times Six of the seven members of the Del Rio City Council were present. Councilwoman Elsa Reyes was absent. Here’s what happened at the meeting:
NEWS — Council names Manuel Chavez new city manager
By Karen Gleason The 830 Times Writer’s note: The writer left at the start of the council’s executive session. This account was written from the city’s Facebook Livestream of the
NEWS — Commissioners tempers flare during discussion of Precinct 4 light request
By Karen Gleason The 830 Times Tempers flared during the most recent county commissioners court meeting over a request by one commissioner to place a new streetlight in his precinct.
NEWS — Morales rebuts Garza’s campaign’s claim
By Joel Langton The 830 Times State Rep Eddie Morales came out with guns blazing when Robert Garza, a Del Rio attorney and candidate for his seat in the Texas
NEWS — No agreement yet between city and police officers in pay talks
Karen Gleason The 830 Times A gaping divide remains between police officers and city administrators in ongoing contract talks centered on officer pay, with the city offering only a fraction
NEWS — Woman accused of murder in stabbing death released on bond
By Karen Gleason The 830 Times One of three women accused of murder in the stabbing death of another woman here in June has been released from jail after posting
Del Rio Sports
SPORTS — Queens win district cross country title; Rams finish 3rd, both advance to regionals
By Joel Langton The 830 Times The Del Rio Queens captured the District 30-6A cross country championship Wednesday, Oct. 14, while the Rams finished third to give Del Rio two
SPORTS — Queens volleyball catches fire in October
By Joel Langton The 830 Times The Del Rio Queens’ pink shirts for October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month simply say “Fight.” It’s a word the Queens have taken to heart,
SPORTS — Queens avenge opening loss, split series with Southwest
From staff reports The Del Rio Queens and San Antonio Southwest split their district volleyball series this season, with each team winning on the other’s home court after the Queens
SPORTS — Comstock boys claim sixth straight district cross country title
From staff reports The Comstock Panthers captured their sixth consecutive District 31-1A boys cross country championship Monday, Oct. 5, in Utopia, Texas, sweeping the top three individual places and qualifying
SPORTS — Del Rio beats Eagle Pass to earn playoff berth
By Joel Langton The 830 Times The Del Rio High School tennis team is headed to the playoffs. Few victories are sweeter for a Del Rio team than beating rival
SPORTS — Queens fall to district leader United, turns attention to Eagle Pass
By Joel Langton The 830 Times The Del Rio Queens brought plenty of hustle and fight Saturday afternoon, but district co-leader Laredo United pulled away for a three-set volleyball victory.
Community
COMMUNITY – Emiliano Ortiz releases “Pompeya,” featuring Nashville guitar legend Brent Mason, as the first single from his forthcoming Spanish-language country album
Submitted content Acuna singer-songwriter Emiliano Ortiz has released “Pompeya,” the lead single from his forthcoming album Música Country, an eleven-song project built around a simple but still uncommon idea: making
COMMUNITY – Whitehead travels back in time to the renaissance era
By Louis Zylka The 830 Times The Del Rio Renaissance Faire will return to the Whitehead Memorial Museum on Friday, Oct. 9, from 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct.
COMMUNITY – Bring families and friends to go pumpkin shopping
By Louis Zylka The 830 Times Shop for pumpkins at the 17th Annual Pumpkin Patch at the First United Methodist Church (FUMC), 100 Spring St., lasting all the way to
COMMUNITY — Val Verde County celebrates National Night Out
By Karen Gleason The 830 Times Hundreds of Val Verde County residents participated in the annual National Night Out on the grounds of the county fairgrounds on Tuesday, Oct. 6.
COMMUNITY — Chamber prepares for Wild Game Dinner
From staff reports The Del Rio Chamber of Commerce’s Special Projects Committee is offering two firearm raffles ahead of the 38th Wild Game Dinner, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5, at
COMMUNITY — Bands rocked out at Whitehead, attracting hundreds of people
By Louis Zylka The 830 Times More than 900 people attended Draculinafest at the Whitehead Memorial Museum on Friday, Oct. 2, and Saturday, Oct. 3, to hear rock, heavy metal